Electrical/Instrumentation Skills

Hello tiptoe,

Your question is not getting much response because it is too general. The problem seems to be that there is no magical answer book for every problem. Each measurement, for which you would use some instrument, requires some knowledge and expectation of the item to be measured. Consequently, there are no instruments out there that simply does it all.

That is not to say that you couldn't use an oscilloscope to calculate an impedance. But you won't detect voltage distortion with a multimeter either. These are things you have to learn through years of education and practice. There are no short cuts. Specific problems require specific instruments for an effective analysis. A working knowledge has to be earned and it can not be faked. That is why there are tests.

certainly understood, but my efforts are not to fake knowledge but to help prepare myself more for test material. field experience is certainly just something that is acquired which ive had nearly 4.5 years experience doing however by being out of the loop for a minute i wanted to refresh myself with some "testing" material. as you may even know in your profession, field application can sometimes differ from an array of test material. simple practice test or relative new prep guides is more on the lines of what im seeking. if you may be of any help i would def appreciate it.

While I am not sure exactly about which areas you wish to focus, here are some links that I like and it is all free.

http://www.electronicsteacher.com/

http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/

http://www.galco.com/fmtechinfo.htm

http://www.newark.com/jsp/bespoke/bespoke9.jsp?bespokepage=newark/en_US/techcast/techcast.jsp&ICID=Online_Product_Training

Enjoy! I hope this covers it.

thank you for the info and link updates. I'll be sure to check them out and see if it may certainly help. thanks for your time!