wouter van ooijen wrote:
> some more comments from a nitpicker...
>
> diodes: I don't know an anode from a cathode, I don't want to know and I
> don't need to know. I do know the band on the component is the bar in
> the symbol, that's all I need.
>
>   
An arrow should suffice. I have had a mental block on which is which 
since I first ever read the words anode and cathode.

> AC amplifier: no aplification factor is mentioned, so I'd offer either a
> single capacitor between in put and output (factor ~1) or between output
> and ground (factor ~0). Now that I think about it, no frequency range is
> mentioned either, so I would specify 0 pF capacitors.
>
>   
I'd draw an op-amp circuit. It's extremely rare that in this day and age 
anyone will need to draw a discrete amplifier especially having "good 
temp. stability" without looking at a book.

I don't like closed book tests for this application. If you really want 
to see resourcefulness and ingenuity which is what you probably want 
from an employee you should give them a more difficult test and a stack 
of books.
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MK
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