One of my "standard" interview questions for the young ones is a simple voltage divider. 5 volts in, a 4k and a 1k resistor. Last time I used the guy said 7volts...... -Denny On Friday, January 2, 2015, Dwayne Reid wrote: > Good day to all. > > I've been asked to assist with evaluating questions for > an Electronics Engineering Technology exam as well as helping come > up with new questions. I've been able to offer constructive > criticism for the existing questions but they want a larger pool of > questions to choose from. > > These are to be multiple-choice questions - the existing questions > all have 4 choices. If the questions require calculation, they > should be simple enough that the calculations should be able to be > done easily without requiring a calculator. Pencil and paper is just > fine, or done entirely in one's head. > > Generally speaking, our definitions are as follows: Technologist: 1 > year course. Engineering Technologist: 2 or 3 year > course. Engineering: 4 year course or longer. Engineering > Technologists help bridge the gap between what a Technologist and an > Engineer can do. Electronics Engineering Technologists (EETs) are > often involved in circuit or product design, sometimes working with > engineers, sometimes working on their own. Troubleshooting is a > primary skill requirement. > > The existing pool of questions do include some programming questions > - all written in C. I'm not particularly fond of those questions > because not all EETs write code. In fact, many do not. But all EETs > should know most analog and digital circuit concepts. If there are > programming questions, they should be language agnostic. That is: > not based on a detailed knowledge of any particular language (C, > Basic, Java, whatever). > > Suitable questions can include: identify what a particular circuit > block is doing (4 choices). Identify the gain of an op-amp circuit > (4 choices). I'm not sure what else to ask. > > I'm not looking for trick questions intended to trip someone > up. Rather, we want questions that help determine the level of > competence of that individual. > > Questions can include circuit diagrams, block diagrams, text, > graphics. Answers are all multiple choice. So far as I know, only > one correct choice is permitted. That's actually too bad, really. > > Any suggestions greatly appreciated. In particular, pointers to > existing questions are appreciated. I don't want to copy existing > questions exactly but rather, want ideas for creating either new > questions or variations of existing questions. > > I go into a meeting next week and would very much like to offer some > suggestions. > > Many thanks! > > dwayne > > -- > Dwayne Reid > > Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA > (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax > www.trinity-electronics.com > Custom Electronics Design and Manufacturing > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .