4. Answer the following questions:

1. What are basic electronic components?

2. How can electronic components be classified?

3. What does PCB stand for? 4. What are passive components?

5. How does electronics differ from electrical and electro-mechanical science and technology?

6. What is the difference between lossless and lossy components?

7. What components do not have a net power flow into or out of the component?

8. To what group of components does the resistor refer?

Exercises

1. State to what part of speech do the following words belong. Underline the common features of these words.

Possible, motor, mechanical, distribution, transformer, together, lossless, loss, generator, generation, electrical, discretely, receiver, oscillator, usually, rely on, typically, property, information, distribution, prototypical.

2. Determine which of the following words are terms. Explain the terms in your own words.

External, practice, components, modeled, increase, create, generation, nonlinear, ability, element, available, introduce, except for, two-terminal, flow, consisting, connected, consequence.

3. Match adjectives in column A with the nouns in column B to make terminological word combinations:

A		B
	vacuum		energy
	integrated		diodes
	signal		film
	electrical		tubes
	passive		processing
	electronic		power
	thick		circuits
	to inject		components
	tunnel		element

4. Translate the following word combinations into Ukrainian. Make up your own sentences:

Інтегральні схеми, мати справу з чимось, що включають, обробка інорфмації, нелінійна поведінка, слабкі сигнали, реле, перемикачі, основний (базовий) електронний елемент, бути з’єднаним разом, особлива функція, матриці, резонансний контур, мережі, джерело живлення, доступний, друкована плата, електронна схема, окрім, посилювати, двополюсний, конденсатор, електронна лампа, схожий, на практиці.

5. Complete the sentences with the words from the box. Translate the sentences into Ukraininan.

basic, terminals, non-ideal, inductors, thick film devices, diodes, amplification, net power flow, lossy, electronic components, nonlinear behavior, integrated circuits, signal processing, information, active, discrete, resistors, lossless,capacitors, passive.

1. Practically, all ……… passive components are at least a little ……… . 2. Basic ……… ……… may be packaged discretely, as arrays or networks of like components, or integrated inside of packages such as semiconductor ……… ………  or ……… ……… ……… . 3. We are familiar with two-terminal components such as ……… , ……… , ……… , and most sorts of ……… . 4. What amplifying components do you know? 5. ……… components do not have a ……… into or out of the component. 6. ……… of weak signals is possible due to ……… of components and their ability to control electron flows. 7. Traditionally this principle can be applied to ……… and ………. 8. Any electronic component is also known as a ……… electronic element. 9. An electronic component may be available in a ……… form having two or more electrical ……… (or leads). 10. When it is necessary to describe electronic components they are usually classified as ……… or ……… .