Electronics tests - Where can I find them?

[gjpollitt]

I have googled but just get a lot of mixed results.

Am looking for general electronics tests ie questions from ohms law to IC applications etc so I can enhance my learning by doing rather than just reading and following examples.

Also anyone recommend any good electronic problems books?

Thanks
Graham

 

[tansis]

you could test yourself , have a read through the questions submitted here at this forum ... perhaps even chip in your two penneth

 

[_3iMaJ]

I TA electronics, if you'd like I could send you a few of my quizzes and tests.

 

[ThermalRunaway]

I can give you a couple of good book recommendations. Probably the most used Electronics book I have is:

"Electronic Systems" by M.W. Brimicombe ISBN: 0-17-448067-9

I used this book frequently back when I was just beginning in Electronics and I still refer to it as a reference. It covers quite a wide range of the electronics field and does start at the basics so it's a good introduction. The only negative point I'd put to it is that some of the topics covered are a bit mathematical, more so than perhaps they need to be and sometimes that can make the concepts more confusing. But definately a good book and it does have examples / problems with answers at the back.

Another book I've found extremely useful is:

"Discovering Electronics" by Roy Edwards ISBN: 1-85805-088-X

This book also starts right at the basics and educates you right up to BTEC Diploma Standard, but it takes more of a practical approach backed up by theory so in that respect it's very useful. This book also has problems for you to do at the end of each topic. The downside is that since it's very practical based (which really is a good thing), you do need to have some basic equipment in order to follow all of the examples, problems and experiments.

If you want to go even further you can also try this book:

"Electronics 4" by D C Green ISBN: 0-582-24517-6

This book aims to educate you to HND level and it's very good, but it's probably aimed more at someone who already has an understanding of the basics so it might be one for you to consider at a later date. I only own version 4 of this book but you might want to take a look at versions 1,2 or 3 as they increase in difficulty with 1 being the absolute basics and 4 being HND level Electronics. Again the one critisism I'd give this book is that at times it's very mathematical, but then this is a HND level book so you'd have to expect a certain amount of boring maths!

Hope this is useful

Brian Hoskins

 

[ThermalRunaway]

Also, I've compiled an archive of some recent GCSE level Electronics papers. There's foundation and higher level papers in there, plus the mark schemes (answer papers) to go with them. Point your browser in the general direction of this link:

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Hope this helps. Any problems downloading the file email me and I'll see what I can do for you. You can email me on brianjhoskins@hotmail.com

Brian

 

[gjpollitt]

thats great, many thanks for the links and the test papers !!