Floyd The Science of Electronics: Digital 1e

Chapter 1

Multiple Choice

1. Digital quantities are those that have _____ rather than ______ values.

a. continuous, discrete
b. continuous, analog
c. discrete, continuous
d. analog, discrete

Answer: c
Hint: Refer to Section 1-1 of the text.
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2. A public address system is an example of a(n) __________.

a. digital system
b. pulse modulated system
c. FM system
d. analog system

Answer: d
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3. A compact disk (CD) player is an example of a(n) ___________.

a. digital system
b. analog system
c. combined digital and analog system
d. pulse modulated system
Answer: c
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4. What is the weight of the MSB in 1011012?

a. 16
b. 32
c. 64
d. 128

Answer: b
Hint: Refer to Section 1-2 of the text.
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5. What is the decimal value of the binary number 10110101?

a. 151
b. 161
c. 171
d. 181

Answer: d
Hint: Refer to Section 1-2 of the text.
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6. What is the binary value of the decimal number 276?

a. 11010100
b. 10110100
c. 100010100
d. 10100100

Answer: c
Hint: Refer to Section 1-2 of the text.
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7. How many digits are there in the hexadecimal number system?

a. 16
b. 10
c. 8
d. 2

Answer: a
Hint: Refer to Section 1-3 of the text.
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8. Convert the binary number 101101110001010110 to hexadecimal.

a. 2CD66
b. 2CDA6
c. 2DC56
d. 2DCB6

Answer: c
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9. What is the base of the octal number system?

a. 16
b. 10
c. 8
d. 2

Answer: c
Hint: Refer to Section 1-3 of the text.
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10. Which of the following cannot be an octal number?

a. 238
b. 258
c. 278
d. 298

Answer: d
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11. Convert the binary number 101101000100001011101 to octal.

a. 5504135
b. 5503065
c. 5514135
d. 5504235

Answer: a
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12. Two types of digital waveforms are _____ and ______.

a. timing, data
b. octal, data
c. timing, decimal
d. analog, digital

Answer: a
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13. The _____ is the time duration of each pulse in a waveform.

a. amplitude
b. period
c. frequency
d. pulse width

Answer: d
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14. The _______ of a digital waveform is the number of pulses that repetitively occur in
one second, expressed in the units of hertz (Hz).

a. duty cycle
b. frequency
c. pulse width
d. period

Answer: b
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15. ________ are the building blocks of a digital system.

a. Logic gates
b. Binary digits
c. Binary codes
d. Logic levels

Answer: a
Hint: Refer to Section 1-6 of the text.
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16. A _______ is basically a group of flip-flops used to store and shift more than one bit
at a time.

a. logic gate
b. timer
c. shift register
d. counter

Answer: c
Hint: Refer to Section 1-6 of the text.
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17. You should always use ______ when measuring a digital waveform on an
oscilloscope.

a. ac coupling
b. dc coupling
c. digital coupling
d. analog coupling
Answer: b
Hint: Refer to Section 1-7 of the text.
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