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| The fusing of metal objects |
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| What is the relationship between wire guage and the thickness of the wire? |
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| Inversely proportional. The higher the guage the thinner the wire |
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| Name the three types of shielding. |
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| Braided Shield, Foil Sheild, Wrapped Sheild |
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| What type of sheilding is best for moving cables? |
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| What type of sheilding is best for permanant installation? |
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| What are the three types of noise? |
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| RFI (Radio Frequency Interference), ESI (Electro Static Interference), and EMF, (Electro Magnetic Frequency) |
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| In cables without sheilding such as Ethernet or phone cables, how is interference reduced? |
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| What happens when the cable capacitance is increased? |
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| It acts as a Low Pass Filter |
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| What happens when the cable resistance is increased? |
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| A type of flux that enhances the fusing of two conductors |
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| Pre-coating an iron or conductor with solder |
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| Why do we pre-heat conductors? |
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| To prevent Cold Solder joints |
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| What is the difference between an open and a short? |
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| An open has an infinite number of Ohms of resistance, and a short has 0 ohms of resistance |
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| What are the common balanced connectors? |
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| TT (patch cables), 1/4" TRS, and XLR |
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| What are the common unbalanced cables? |
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| T/S (Instrument cables) and RCA |
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| When wiring a balanced cable to an unbalanced cable what gets wired where? |
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| HI goes to HOT and LO and SLEEVE go to GND |
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| Define Fully Normalled Connections. |
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| All 4 normalling connections are hooked up so patching into the send or the return will break the original connection |
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| Define Half Normalled Connections. |
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| 2 of the Normalling connections are hooked up, so only patching into the returns will break the connections |
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| How do you wire a TRS cable to be an insert? |
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| Wire the tip to send, the ring to the return, and the sleeve to the ground |
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| What does an oscillator do? |
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| What does an Oscillascope do? |
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| Measures the current running through it |
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| The difference in electrical potential between two points |
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| What are the three types of voltage? |
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| AC, DC, and AC with a DC offset |
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| What is Consumer Line Level? |
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| What type of AC current doeas a DMM measure? |
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| Vrms (Volts Root Meanh Squared) |
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| What type of AC Voltage does an Oscilloscope measure? |
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| What are the two types of Tape Calibration? |
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| Mechanical Cal and Electrical Cal |
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| What happens to a tape machine if demagnitization is not performed regularly? |
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| What do we use for play cal? |
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| MRL (Magnetic Reference Laboratory) |
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| What is Reference Fluxivity? |
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| The term for the volume level on tape |
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| What is an operating level? |
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| Amplification level for record and playback |
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| How do we store analog tape? |
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| With the tails out in a cool, dry environment |
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| What are the types of audio inputs and outputs? |
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| Active, Passive, Balanced, and Unbalanced |
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| What type of component requres power? |
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| Which pin on a component typically has a visual reference? |
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| What is an IC socket used for? |
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| Easy chip replacement, and heat dissapation |
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| What is the PCB letter and units for a resistor? |
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| What is the PCB letter and units for a Variable Resistor? |
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| What is the PCB letter and units for a Capacitor? |
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| What is the PCB letter and units for a Switch? |
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| What is the PCB letter and units for a Fuse? |
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| What is the PCB letter and units for a Inductor? |
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| What is the PCB letter and units for a Transformer? |
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| What is the PCB letter and units for a Relay? |
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| What is the PCB letter and units for a Diode? |
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| What is the PCB letter and units for a LED? |
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| What is the PCB letter and units for a Bipolar Transistor? |
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| What is the PCB letter and units for a FET Transistor? |
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| What is the PCB letter and units for a Voltage Regulator? |
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| What is the PCB letter and units for a Op Amp? |
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