Viva practice

Exam-style questions generated from the component library — practice like it's the real viva.

Set up your round

Instant feedback after every question, with worked solutions.

Every question is multiple choice with 4 options. Components you've missed before show up more often, rounds rotate through the question bank so repeats stay rare, and "All categories" rounds mix in circuit-law calculations.

What the wires, cables & interconnect quiz asks

Questions are generated from this site’s own reference pages for the 5 wires, cables & interconnect parts below — connectors, headers, wires — the plumbing. Because each one is built from a specific field of a specific part, a wrong answer always has somewhere to send you: the component page the question came from. Nothing here is a fixed question list, so no two runs are identical.

Question types in this category

Choosing5 parts
Failure modes5 parts
Function5 parts
Key specs5 parts
Markings5 parts
Package & pinout5 parts
Substitutes5 parts
Testing5 parts
Types & variants5 parts

Example questions

The real prompts, shown against the wire (solid/stranded, by awg/mm2).

  • How do you choose the right Wire (solid/stranded, by AWG/mm2) for a job?
  • What are the common ways a Wire (solid/stranded, by AWG/mm2) fails?
  • What does a Wire (solid/stranded, by AWG/mm2) do?
  • Which key specs matter when choosing a Wire (solid/stranded, by AWG/mm2)?
  • How do you read the value or markings on a Wire (solid/stranded, by AWG/mm2)?

Parts you’ll be asked about

Every one has a reference page with specs, testing procedure and failure modes.