2023-2024 Course Standards
Legend
IM31 Electronics I
Course Type: Adapted
Standard/Obj # | Standard/Objective | Course Weight | RBT Designation | Essential Employability Skills |
---|---|---|---|---|
1.00 | Basic Safety Precautions | 5% | - | - |
1.10 | Describe digital electronics safe practices and standards. | - | - | - |
1.20 | Describe electrical shock, causes, and emergency responses. | - | - | - |
1.30 | Explain additional Emergency response(s), First Aid concepts and importance to workers in electronic and electric fields. | - | - | - |
1.40 | Define Fire Safety. | - | - | - |
1.50 | Explain precautions needed in the area of electronics safety, statis causes, electrostatic discharge (ESD). | - | - | - |
2.00 | Principles of Alternating Current (AC) | 10% | - | - |
2.10 | Describe atomic structure, the components of the atom, their charges and importance to electronics technology. | - | - | - |
2.20 | Explain electronic physics terminology of work and energy. | - | - | - |
2.30 | Explain the different forms of energy and their applications. | - | - | - |
2.40 | Describe the causes and effects of static electricity including electrostatic discharge (ESD). | - | - | - |
2.50 | Explain basic uses for DC electricity. | - | - | - |
3.00 | Magnetism | 5% | - | - |
3.10 | Explain basic electrical and magnetic properties and differences. | - | - | - |
3.20 | Describe the properties of magnetic and non-magnetic materials. | - | - | - |
3.30 | Explain magnetomotive force (MMF). | - | - | - |
3.40 | Explain magnetic fields and lines of force. | - | - | - |
4.00 | Electronic Components | 10% | - | - |
4.10 | Identify electronic components and their basic usages: Capacitors, Resistors and band color code, Insulators, Conductors, Switches, Fuses, Circuit Breakers, Batteries | - | - | - |
5.00 | Ohms Law and Watts Law for Electronics | 10% | - | - |
5.10 | Summarize Ohms Law. | - | - | - |
5.20 | Explain how to calculate current, voltage or resistance using Ohms Law. | - | - | - |
5.30 | Define Joules and Kilowatt-hour as energy units. | - | - | - |
5.40 | Describe Watts Law. | - | - | - |
5.50 | Explain how to calculate current, voltage or resistance using Watts Law. | - | - | - |
5.60 | Explain the characteristics of DC resistance. | - | - | - |
6.00 | Basic Mathematics for Electronics | 10% | - | - |
6.10 | Describe the basic functions of a scientific calculator. | - | - | - |
6.20 | Explain basic algebraic math and its application in DC electronics. | - | - | - |
6.30 | Identify the scientific symbols used in DC electronics. | - | - | - |
6.40 | Convert fixed numbers to scientific notation. | - | - | - |
6.50 | Identify the fundamental and supplementary units that are the bases of the International System of Units (SI). | - | - | - |
6.60 | Explain the common metric prefixes: tera, giga, mega, kilo, deci, milli, micro, nano, pico. | - | - | - |
6.70 | Demonstrate standard metric conversions. | - | - | - |
7.00 | Electronic Measurements and Equipment | 10% | - | - |
7.10 | Describe electronic measurements and their applications to DC electronics: Current, Voltage, Resistance, Power. | - | - | - |
7.20 | Explain "meter" construction, components and usage. | - | - | - |
7.30 | Differentiate between a digital multimeter and an analog meter. | - | - | - |
8.00 | Series Circuits for DC Electronics | 10% | - | - |
8.10 | Explain how a series circuit is used in DC electronics equipment. | - | - | - |
8.20 | Find total resistance in a series circuit. | - | - | - |
8.30 | Calculate an unknown current, voltage or resistance in a series circuit, using Ohm's Law. | - | - | - |
8.40 | Describe Kirchhoff's voltage law in a series circuit. | - | - | - |
9.00 | Parallel Circuits for DC Electronics | 10% | - | - |
9.10 | Explain how a parallel circuit is used in DC electronic equipment. | - | - | - |
9.20 | Solve for total resistance of a parallel circuit. | - | - | - |
9.30 | Apply Kirchhoff's current law in a parallel circuit. | - | - | - |
9.40 | Calculate current, in a parallel circuit, using the current-divider rule. | - | - | - |
10.00 | Series/Parallel Combination Circuits for Electronics | 15% | - | - |
10.10 | Describe the basic series/parallel combination circuit. | - | - | - |
10.20 | Calculate current, voltage, and resistance in a combination unit. | - | - | - |
10.30 | Describe how Thevenin's theorem is used to simplify an equivalent series/parallel circuit. | - | - | - |
10.40 | Solve for an unknown value in a combination circuit using Kirchhoff's law. | - | - | - |
10.50 | Define Wheatstone bridge circuit and its usage. | - | - | - |
10.60 | Identify unknown voltages, currents, resistances and power dissipation in a loaded voltage divider circuit. | - | - | - |
11.00 | Battery Power Supplies | 5% | - | - |
11.10 | Describe battery construction. | - | - | - |
11.20 | Describe battery ratings/outputs. | - | - | - |
11.30 | Explain charging and re-charging principles (electrochemical reactions). | - | - | - |