Hardest exam for an EE student revaled!

• Hardest exam for an EE student revaled!
  Posted by sean87 on 01 Aug, 2011 20:34
• Go ahead and answer
  
  Q. The time base control of the oscilloscope
  does the following:
  a. Adjusts the vertical scale.
  b. Shows you the current time of day.
  c. Sets the amount of time represented by the
  horizontal width of the screen.
  d. Sends a clock pulse to the probe.
  
  
• #1 Reply
  Posted by MrPlacid on 01 Aug, 2011 21:03
• Let me know if I am wrong

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• #2 Reply
  Posted by sean87 on 01 Aug, 2011 21:10
• nice artwork!
• #3 Reply
  Posted by MrPlacid on 01 Aug, 2011 21:16
• Not mine
  
  I got it off the net and placed it in my local website. Yeah, truly awesome picture.
• #4 Reply
  Posted by mikeselectricstuff on 01 Aug, 2011 21:44
• Of course strictly speaking none of the above is correct, as timebase controls are invariably calibrated in time per division, not per screen.
• #5 Reply
  Posted by Bored@Work on 01 Aug, 2011 22:12
• The whiner in https://www.eevblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=4325.msg57324#msg57324 wouldn't probably figure it out.
• #6 Reply
  Posted by sean87 on 01 Aug, 2011 23:19
• Quote from: BoredAtWork on 01 Aug, 2011 22:12

  The whiner in https://www.eevblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=4325.msg57324#msg57324 wouldn't probably figure it out.
  

  
  Haha I bet you were very bored while posting that reply
• #7 Reply
  Posted by ivan747 on 02 Aug, 2011 01:42
• "Hardest exam for an EE student revaled!"
  
  Is this sarcasm, realistic sarcasm or are there a bunch of incompetent engineers out there? The correct answer was all messed up, as Mike pointed out.
• #8 Reply
  Posted by EEVblog on 02 Aug, 2011 02:21
• This should be a classic "Which answer is MOST correct?" question!
  
  If I was marking the paper and someone corrected the supposed correct answer, then I'd instantly pass them and fail the rest 
  
  Dave.
• #9 Reply
  Posted by MrPlacid on 02 Aug, 2011 04:26
• Personally, I wouldn't bother reading long answer. If it is multiple choices and the shorter answers are definitely wrong, the long one is the correct answer.
  
  This makes test taking faster.
  
  

  Quote from: EEVblog on 02 Aug, 2011 02:21

  If I was marking the paper and someone corrected the supposed correct answer, then I'd instantly pass them and fail the rest 
  Dave.
  

  
  I wouldn't since it was the instructor that failed.
• #10 Reply
  Posted by Bored@Work on 02 Aug, 2011 07:14
• Quote from: sean87 on 01 Aug, 2011 23:19

  Quote from: BoredAtWork on 01 Aug, 2011 22:12

  The whiner in https://www.eevblog.com/forum/index.php?topic=4325.msg57324#msg57324 wouldn't probably figure it out.
  

  
  Haha I bet you were very bored while posting that reply
  

  
  Come on, an EE student shitting his pants over oscilloscope specs ... Either he sooner or later starts to get that it is up to him, and no one else, to learn the basics of the trade, or he is on the way to fail or become a FAIL.
• #11 Reply
  Posted by sean87 on 02 Aug, 2011 09:44
• Guys, this question was at end of XYZ of oscilloscopes from TekTronix!
  
  As I couldnt find the best answer between options I decided to post it here! The great idea would be showing current time of the day on your scope using time base knob
• #12 Reply
  Posted by sean87 on 02 Aug, 2011 10:41
• Quote from: EEVblog on 02 Aug, 2011 02:21

  This should be a classic "Which answer is MOST correct?" question!
  

  
  Yes, TekTronix guys need to learn how to make exams! If I was not suspecting this question I would just remember the partly true answer in my permament brain memory and refuse to correct it later. Not a very big deal, but they are TEK guys