Digital Electronics and Microprocessors Quiz 1

1. What is the addition of the binary numbers 11011011010 and 010100101?

a) 01101011
b) 11011111111
c) 10111011111
d) 11101111111

Answer: d

2. A(A + B) = ?
a) AB
b) 1
c) (1 + AB)
d) A

Answer: d

3. (A + B)(A’ * B’) = ?
a) 1
b) 0
c) AB
d) AB’

Answer: b

4. Product-of-Sums expressions can be implemented using ___________

a) 2-level OR-AND logic circuits
b) 2-level NOR logic circuits
c) 2-level XOR logic circuits
d) Both 2-level OR-AND and NOR logic circuits

Answer: d
5. A J-K flip-flop with J = 1 and K = 1 has a 20 kHz clock input. The Q output
is ________
a) Constantly LOW
b) Constantly HIGH
c) A 20 kHz square wave
d) A 10 kHz square wave

Answer: d

6. What is the maximum possible range of bit-count specifically in n-bit binary

counter consisting of ‘n’ number of flip-flops?
a) 0 to 2n
b) 0 to 2n + 1
c) 0 to 2n – 1
d) 0 to 2n+1/2

Answer: c

7. A bidirectional 4-bit shift register is storing the nibble 1101. Its mode input is
HIGH. Mode is high enables right shift. The nibble 1011 is waiting to be
entered on the serial data-input line. After three clock pulses, the shift register
is storing

a) 1101
b) 0111
c) 0001
d) 1110

Answer: b

8. To operate correctly, starting a ring shift counter requires

a) Clearing all the flip-flops

b) Presetting one flip-flop and clearing all others
c) Clearing one flip-flop and presetting all others
d) Presetting all the flip-flops

Answer: b
9.  Procedure for the design of combinational circuits are:
A. From the word description of the problem, identify the inputs and outputs
and draw a block diagram.
B. Draw the truth table such that it completely describes the operation of the
circuit for different combinations of inputs.
C. Simplify the switching expression(s) for the output(s).
D. Implement the simplified expression using logic gates.
E. Write down the switching expression(s) for the output(s).
a) B, C, D, E, A
b) A, D, E, B, C
c) A, B, E, C, D
d) B, A, E, C, D

Answer: c

10. Without any additional circuitry an 8:1 MUX can be used to obtain
____________
a) Some but not all Boolean functions of 3 variables
b) All function of 3 variables but none of 4 variables
c) All functions of 3 variables and some but not all of 4 variables
d) All functions of 4 variables

Answer: d

11. A 4-bit ripple counter consists of flip-flops, which each have a propagation
delay from clock to Q output of 15 ns. For the counter to recycle from 0111 to
1000, it takes a total of ________
a) 15 ns
b) 30 ns
c) 45 ns
d) 60 ns

Answer: d

12. What is the maximum delay that can occur if four flip-flops are connected
as a ripple counter and each flip-flop has propagation delays of tPHL = 22 ns
and tPLH = 15 ns?
a) 15 ns
b) 22 ns
c) 60 ns
d) 88 ns

Answer: d

13. The hexadecimal equivalent of 15,536 is ________

a) 3CB0
b) 3C66
c) 63C0
d) 6300

Answer: a

14 In 2’s complement representation the number 11100101 represents the

decimal number ……………
a)+37
b)-31
c)+27
d)-27
Answer : d

15. A decade counter skips ………..

a)binary states 1000 to 1111
b)binary states 0000 to 0011
c)binary states 1010 to 1111
d)binary states 1111 to higher.
Answer : c

16. A ring counter with 5 flip flops will have ………. states.
a)5
b)10
c)32
d)Infinite
Answer : a