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Logic gates and circuits 11

Answers to Revision questions: 11 Logic gates & circuits 1 Cambridge IGCSE Computer Studies
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1 a Tis truth table is for an OR gate.
b Tis truth table is for an AND gate.
c Tis truth table is for a NOR gate.
d Tis truth table is for a NAND gate.
e Tis truth table is for a NOT gate.
See Truth tables on page 276.
2 a
INPUT 1 INPUT 2 OUTPUT
0 0 0
0 1 0
1 0 0
1 1 1
See Truth tables on page 276.
b
See Combinatorial logic circuits with two inputs on page 277.
3 a
A
B
C
NAND
AND
OR

INPUT 1 INPUT 2 OUTPUT
0 0 1
0 1 0
1 0 0
1 1 0
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b
A
B
C
L
NOT
AND
OR
See Designing simple logic circuits on page 279.
4 a
See Combinational logic circuits with two inputs on page 277.
b
See Combinational logic circuits with two inputs on page 277.
c
See Combinational logic circuits with three inputs on page 278.
INPUT A INPUT B A AND B NOT B OUTPUT C
0 0 0 1 0
0 1 0 0 1
1 0 0 1 0
1 1 1 0 0
INPUT A INPUT B NOT A NOT B A AND
(NOT B)
B AND
(NOT A)
OUTPUT C
0 0 1 1 0 0 0
0 1 1 0 0 1 1
1 0 0 1 1 0 1
1 1 0 0 0 0 0
INPUT A INPUT B INPUT C A AND C B AND (NOT C) OUTPUT D
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 1 1
0 1 1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 1 1 0 1
1 1 0 0 1 1
1 1 1 1 0 1