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1) _______ grounds are located on the Printed Circuit Board.
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2) _______ grounds are the most exposed part of a grounding system.
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3) The three main parts of an Earth grounding system are the ________ ________, the _________ __________, and the ________ _________.
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grounding electrode grounding conductors
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4) The Earth is an _______ circuit to noise currents, and therefore has no means to 'sink' , or absorb system noise.
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5) A ground loop is a _______ _______ within the grounding system.
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6) A ground noise current is ___________ current flow on a ground conductor.
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7) The currents flowing on an ___________ signal shield are both intentional and unintentional.
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8) Improper wiring may be a source of ground current when there is a ___ ___ reversal, or an improper ___ ___ bond in addition to the bonding location.
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9) __________ capacitance is an unintentional source of ground current.
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10) Loose THIN wires installed in electrical conduit are a source of __________ coupled ground current.
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11) The ______ is neither a source nor a destination for system noise.
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12) __________ ___________ _________ is the mechanism by which ground currents cause noise in unbalanced signals.
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13) Unintentional ground current flowing through the circuit ground of a circuit board is known as a Pin ___ Problem.
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14) A _______ may be used to expose a Pin ____ Problem by passing a 60 Hz noise current across a signal ground and the chassis ground.
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15) Balanced Signals depend on matched __________ of the high and low signal interfaces with respect to ground.
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16 An amplitude that is different across both signal conductors is in ___________ mode, or 'normal' mode.
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17) An amplitude that is the same across both signal conductors is _________ mode.
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18) C_______ M ________ R_________ is the apparent cancelling of identical voltages by a differential input.
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19) Cable shielding effectively blocks ______ fields, but is ineffective at blocking magnetic fields.
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20) ________ plugs, or audio signal terminators may be used to diagnose system noise causes based on observable symptoms.
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21) Unacceptable ground loop hum may be prevented by changing the ______ of ground current, the _______ of the ground loop conductors, or the ________
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22) Star Grounding schemes are built around a single ground connection referred to as a ________ ________.
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23) Telescoping Grounding schemes solve ground loops with strategically located _______ resistance.
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24) Ground lift cables and switches may not be used for _________ signals because the ground is a return path for current.
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25) Grounds associated with ________ cables may be lifted, but you must never tamper with a device Earth (power) ground.
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26) An isolated ground receptacle uses an ________ supply grounding conductor to separate it from other grounding devices and materials.
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