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Position Title
Electronics Technician
Agency
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Announcement Number
PML-688-24-12292493-AS Opens in new window
Open Period
Wednesday, January 31, 2024 to Tuesday, February 20, 2024
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Eligibilities
1. Do you claim Veterans’ Preference? (limit characters)
2. Are you eligible for derived preference or military spouse preference for a PCS move?

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3. Are you a current or former federal employee DISPLACED from the Department of Commerce?  For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.

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4. Are you a current or former federal employee DISPLACED from a position in a Federal agency OTHER THAN the Department of Commerce? 

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5. Are you a current Federal or former employee on a career or career-conditional appointment in the competitive service?

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6. Are you a United States citizen?

 

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7. Are you a former Peace Corps volunteer or VISTA member?

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8. Are you applying for eligibility based on the Schedule A hiring authority for the employment of persons with severe physical, intellectual, or psychiatric disabilities?

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9. Are you a veteran eligible for an appointment under the Veterans Employment Opportunity Act

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10. Are you a veteran eligible to be hired under the Veterans Recruitment Authority (VRA)?

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Assessment 1
1. How do you meet the qualification requirements for the ZT-III pay band? (limit characters)
2. A resistor has the color bands brown-black-brown. What is its resistance in ohms? (limit characters)
3. Microfarads is a unit of measurement for which type of electronic component? (limit characters)
4. Which of these test instruments can measure voltage, resistance, and current? (limit characters)
5. Which of the following tools would be the best choice for loosening a 10 mm hex bolt? (limit characters)
6. What electronic component is "a small, multi-pin module made up of interconnected electronic components formed on a single semiconductor wafer"? (limit characters)
7. Which electronic component is "a three-terminal semiconductor device that can be used to switch or amplify current"? (limit characters)
8. If you have a 100-volt DC power source feeding a load resistance of 10 ohms, how much current will flow? (limit characters)
9. A piece of electronic equipment is rated to consume 150 watts when powered by 120 VAC. How much current will this device be pulling from the power
source?
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10. In the initial troubleshooting of a dead electronic system, which of these actions would be the best first step? (limit characters)
11. 1000 milliamps is equal to what value in amps? (limit characters)