Name ___Christopher N.

Tadlock________________
Location ______________________________ Date _9.16.09____________
Instructions: There is no passing or failing score. This exam is designed to help the
hiring manager evaluate your knowledge of basic electronics and arcade game repair.
Most of the questions are multiple choice. Some of the questions require you to fill
in a blank, or identify a tool or a symbol. Read the entire question before selecting
an answer. Decide which is the best answer available, and then circle the letter to
the left of the best answer. Remember that there will be only one best answer per
question. If a question is a fill-in-the-blank, simply write in the best possible answer
or answers. If a question requires more than one blank to be filled in, all blanks must
be filled in correctly.

Questions: 8. In a pinball machine, an assembly consisting of a

1. What type of screwdriver would best fit the screw
magnetic-field coil and a sliding metal plunger is
illustrated below? D
called a: D
(a) Safe-T.
(a) control button.
(b) Opsit.
(b) firing pin.
(c) Phillips.
(c) target assembly.
(d) Torx.
(d) solenoid.
2. What does a bridge rectifier do in a circuit? C
9. On most raster-scan monitors the beam is
(a) Separates the color in the monitor.
constantly scanning across the screen from: A
(b) Converts AC to DC.
(a) left to right, top to bottom.
(c) Keeps a voltage constant.
(b) right to left, top to bottom.
(d) Transmits RF signals.
(c) right to left, bottom to top.
3. If you have a two-player arcade game with one (d) left to right, bottom to top.
side out of order, but repairable with parts that will
10. If the color bands on a resistor are jumbled or
take a week to arrive, what should you do? B
(a) Put the whole machine Out of Order until the
unreadable, the easiest way to determine its value is
parts arrive. to: B
(b) Put just the bad side Out of Order. (a) match its shape in the RCA Resistor Shape
Guide..
4. What does a capacitor accomplish? D (b) read it with a multimeter across the leads.
(a) Filters out AC ripple. (c) check the National Semiconductor Chart.
(b) Holds a charge. (d) place the resistor in a Digital Resistor Reader.
(c) Changes AC cycles.
(d) All the above are correct. 11. The worst cleaning solution to use on a pinball
machine’s mylar playfield is: B
5. 14 gauge electrical wire is: B (a) Lemon Pledge.
(a) thicker than 12 gauge wire. (b) water.
(b) thinner than 12 gauge wire.
12. The process of demagnetizing a CRT is called: D
6. When an electrical circuit is overloaded, a fuse is (a) dipswitching.
designed to: A (b) dumping.
(a) open the circuit. (c) depolarizing.
(b) close the circuit. (d). degaussing.
7. What is the answer to the equation shown below? 13. A refresh rate of 60Hz means the screen is
D drawn: A
(a) 10 22.5 (a) 60 times per second.
(b) 31.25 + 7.75 (b) 6000 times per second.
(c). 29. 80 ? (c) 60 times in 60 seconds.
(d) 30¼
 (d) 60 times the speed of sound.
Equipment Identification
Please identify the tool/equipment illustrated below.
14. The term EPROM stands for: (fill in the blanks)
E _Erasable _________
P _Programmable_________
R _Read_________
O _Only_________
M_Memory_________
15. The best solder for repairing items on a circuit
board is: B
(a) rosin flux core.
(b) 95/5 lead free.
(c) acid flux. 22. Ground Strap
(d) non-flux.
16. Which of the following is NOT a component of a
fluorescent fixture? B
(a) Ballast.
(b) Rectifier.
(c) Starter.
(d) Bulb.
17. If a video arcade monitor has a horizontal line
where the picture should be, what is it telling you? C
(a) The b+ is too high.
(b) Bad sink signal. 23. __Soldering_Iron___________________________
(c) No vertical deflection.
18. A conponent that converts raw input
power (120v) to a controlled or stabilized
voltage and/or current through low loss
components such as capacitors, inductors,
and transformers for the operation of Logic Probe
electronic equipment is called a: C 24.
(a) zener diode. _____________________________________________
(b) bridge rectifier. _
(c) switching power supply.
(d) low loss voltage pot.
19. A memory chip's pins are numbered: B
(a) counterclockwise.
(b) clockwise.
20. If a game needs to be locked-out, but it is plugged
into an outlet that is used by other equipment
powered off the same breaker, then: C
(a) the game should be moved to a different outlet. 25. __________Test Leads /
(b) the breaker must be locked-out. Jumpers_________________
(c) the game should be locked-out at the plug and
tagged.
(d) All of the above are wrong.
21. Before removing an IC chip you should: D
(a) count the number of pins.
(b) refer to the schematic.
(c) touch your removing tool to a ground to remove
static.
(d) All the above are correct.
26.________Oscilloscope____________________
_
27. An element that is harmful to a pneumatically-
operated arcade game (and must be eliminated Schematic Symbol Identification
regularly) is: D Please write in the names and draw in the symbols of
(a) air. the electronic components showen in the right-hand
(b) carbon dioxide. column. Use the symbols illustrated at the bottom of
(c) ultraviolet light. this page.
(d) water. Name Symbol Compone
28. A small, inexpensive device that shows a circuit is
nt
either at zero or +5 volts is called a: C 35.
(a) voltage LCD. Resistor
(b) tweeter meter.
(c) logic probe.
(d) oscilloscope. 36.
29. The strength of the flip on most pinball machines LED
using "solid state" flippers is controlled by: A
(a) high/low-voltage electromagnetic coils.
(b) pneumatic solenoids. 37.
(c) software.
(d) manual pressure. Transfo
30. On a video arcade game, the monitor should
normally operate at close to what voltage? B
rmer
(a) 110 vac.
(b) 120 vdc. 38.
(c) 5.0 vac.
(d) 5.0 vdc.
31. If the screen on a video arcade game displays Transis
only bright green, the problem could be: B
(a) the B+ is too low. tor
(b) an output transistor has shorted out.
(c) the focus is out of adjustment.
(d) the red and blue tubes are burned out. 39.
32. A logic chip normally operates at: D DIP
(a) 110 vac.
(b) 12 vac. chip
(c) 12 vac.
(d) 5.0 vdc.
40.
33. If a one-to-one power transformer has 110 vac on
POT
the primary side, what should the power be on the
secondary side? B
(a) 110 vdc.
(b) 110 vac.
(c) 220 vac. 41.
(d) 220 vdc.
Capacit
34. Dangerously high voltage may remain in a
powered-down monitor for up to: D or
(a) 60 minutes.
(b) 6 hours.
(c) 24 hours. 42.
(d) several days.
Diode
43. You have a standard electrical cord with a black, 47. To keep from damaging Guests’ hearing, the
white, and green wire in it. Match the correct color sound level on an arcade game should kept around:
wire with its electrical function. (a) 150 decibels.
Ground ___Green____________ (b) 200 decibels.
Hot______Black____________ (c) 250 decibels.
Neutral____White___________ (d) None of the above is correct.

44. Most video arcade machines require four 48. An 18 volt zener diode costs approximately how
different voltages out of the secondary side of their much? A
power supplies. List these voltages next to their (a) 30 cents
corresponding colors. (b) $3.00
Red__+5_____ (c) $13.00
Yellow or orange__+12_____ (d) $30.00
Black_Gnd______ 49. Removing a monitor’s flyback connector (suction
Blue_-5______ cup piece attached to the top of the monitor) may
45. Is is possible to repair a broken trace on a PCB? release: C
(a) Sometimes. A (a) a vacuum.
(b) Never. (b) a stuck monitor from its housing.
(c) several thousand volts.
Circuit Identification (d) dangerous phosphoric dust.
Please identify the components of the schematic
illustrated below. 50. The schematic drawing shown below is for what
46. type of electronic device? C
(a) Audio amplifier.
A ___Bridge Rectifier____________________
(b) Pinball light sequencer.
B ___Transformer____________________
(c) Power supply.
C ___Fuse____________________ (d) Wack-A-Mole solenoid controller.
D ___Transistor____________________
E ___Amplifier____________________
F ___Zener Diode____________________
G___Ground____________________

D G
E
F

A
C B