VAAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF PROCESS CONTROL AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS

NATIONAL DIPLOMA: ENGINEERING COMPUTER SYSTEMS

SUBJECT: DIGITAL SYSTEMS I

SUBJECT CODE: ERDISIC

TEST: 1 (31st AUGUST 2017)

DURATION: 60 MINUTES

EXERMINER: TND MATHABA

MARKS: TOTAL MARKS: 63 Marks, FULL MARKS: 60 Marks

REQUIREMENTS:
Calculator may be used.

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Answer all questions
2. Clearly write your student number in the space provided on the answer sheet.
3. If necessary, use your answer sheet to complete your rough work.
4. Hint: The time spent to answer a question must be in accordance with the
marks.

DO NOT TURN THE PAGE BEFORE PERMISSION IS GRANTED

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SECTION A_______________________________________________________ [20 MARKS]
Multiple choice questions – Each question in this section carries 2 Marks.
 Select the correct option (a, b, c or d) when answering the following questions.
 Write all the necessary calculations in the answering work book.
 When answering, write both the correct option and answer in full.

1. Pulse width is defined as the time interval between;

a) The 50% points of the falling and rising edges.
b) The 10% point on the rising edge and 90% point on the falling edge.
c) The 50% point on the falling edge and 10% point on the rising edge.
d) 90% point of the falling and rising edges.
2. What is the frequency of a periodic pulse with a period of 5 milliseconds and amplitude
of 10 millivolts?
a) 0.2 Hz
b) 0.1 Hz
c) 200 Hz
d) 100 Hz
3. Which of the following statements is true?
a) Digital systems transmit data more efficiently than analogue systems.
b) Analogue systems are highly inaccurate.
c) Analogue systems store and reproduce data more easily than digital systems.
d) Both a) and b).
4. Which of the following statements is true about digital codes?
a) The Unicode is able to represent more characters than the ASCII code.
b) Gray code is mainly applied in codding alphanumeric and control characters for digital
communication.
c) The Gray code is used to encode decimal numbers into a binary format.
d) The code 1101 is a valid Gray code.
5. Which of the following statements are true about a real pulse?
a) It may have an overshoot.
b) Its rise-time is much smaller than that of an ideal pulse.
c) It does not have amplitude.
d) Both b) and c).

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 6. The 2’s complement of the number 011101002 is
a) 100010112
b) 100011002
c) 011100112
d) 111101002
7. Which of the following statements is false?
a) The output of a logic function ‘AND’ is LOW when one input is LOW.
b) The output of a logic function ‘AND’ is HIGH when at least one input is HIGH.
c) The output of a logic function ‘OR’ is LOW when all inputs are LOW.
d) The output of a logic function ‘NOT’ is LOW when the input is HIGH.
8. Which of the following statements is false?
a) ASCII code is used to represent alphanumeric characters in binary form.
b) There is only a single bit change between two consecutive Gray code words.
c) A BCD code for the number 1010 has more than 4-bits.
d) ASCII code encodes more characters than Unicode.
9. In an even parity system, the parity bit assigned to the binary code “1010110” is
a) 2
b) 1
c) 0
d) Either of b) or c).
10. The decimal number 89 can be represented by;
a) 2-bits.
b) At most 3 bits.
c) No less than 7 bits.
d) Both a) and b).

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SECTION B_______________________________________________________ [20 MARKS]

1. Calculate the following. Give your answers in base 2;

a. Sum of unsigned numbers; 1010112 + 1011112 (4 Marks)
b. Product of unsigned numbers; 11002 x 1012 (4 Marks)
c. 10102 divided by 102 (4 Marks)
2. Convert the following numbers into appropriate 2’s complement form and compute the
difference; 000011102 - 111011112. (4 Marks)

3. Calculate the following. Give your answers in base 16; AC16 + 5716 (4 Marks)

SECTION C_______________________________________________________ [23 MARKS]

1. Calculate the sum 1101001(BCD) + 101(BCD) and give your answer in BCD format.(3 Marks)
2. Convert the number 35.45610 into binary equivalent with 5 decimal places. (8 Marks)
3. Convert the code 10101111(GRAY) to binary (base-2) (4 Marks)
4. Calculate the following sum and give your answer in octal form (base-8); 2548+DA16.
(6 Marks)
5. Briefly state one key difference between the Cyclic redundancy check (CRC) and
Hamming code methods. (2 Marks)

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