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1. How many number of digits in octal system ? Ans. 8 2. How many number of digits in Hexadecimal system? Ans. 16 3. How many number of bits in a nibble? Ans. 4 4. The digit F in Hexadecimal system, What is the equivalent in decimal system? Ans. 15 5. What is the binary numbers equivalent to decimal 10 ? Ans. 1010 6. The number FF in Hexadecimal system, What is the equivalent in decimal system? Ans. 255 7. What is the output state of an OR gate if the inputs are 0 and 1? Ans. 1 8. What is the output state of an AND gate if the inputs are 0 and 1? Ans. 0 9. How many Input and Output a NOT gate have? Ans. One input and one output 10. How many Input and Output an OR gate have? Ans. Two inputs and one output 11. How many output state of a logic gate can have ? Ans. Two States

12. Logic states can only be ?

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Ans. 1 OR 0

13. Which Gate output is only 1 when all of its inputs are 1 ? Ans. AND 14. What is equivalent to an AND gate plus a NOT gate put together ? Ans. ANAND gate 15. What is Half adder ? Ans. A circuit to add two bits together 16. In Which form Numbers are stored and transmitted inside a computer ? Ans. binary form 17. The decimal number 127 may be represented in binary form ? Ans. 0111 1111 18. A byte corresponds to ? Ans. 8 bits 19. A Gigabyte represents ? Ans. 1024 Mega bytes 20. A Megabyte represents ? Ans. 1024 Kilobytes 21. A Kb corresponds to ? Ans. 1024 bytes 22. Where is a parity bit use ? Ans. used to detect errors 23. In hexadecimal number system, A is equal to decimal number ? Ans. 10 24. Hexadecimal number F is equal to octal number ? Ans. 17 25. Hexadecimal number E is equal to binary number ?

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Ans. 1110

26. Binary number 1101 is equal to octal number ? Ans. 15 26. Octal number 12 is equal to decimal number ? Ans. 10 27. Decimal number 10 is equal to binary number ? Ans. 1010 28. Binary number 110011011001 is equal to decimal number ? Ans. 3289 29. 1111+11111= ? Ans. 101110 30. Binary multiplication 1*0= ? Ans. 0 31. 4 bits is equal to ? Ans. 1 nibble 32. Which is non-volatile memory ? Ans. ROM 33. The contents of these chips are lost when the computer is switched off ? Ans. RAM chips 34. What are responsible for storing permanent data and instructions ? Ans. ROM chips 35. Which parts of the computer perform arithmetic calculations ? Ans. ALU 36. What type of computer chips are said to be volatile? Ans. RAM chips

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37. RAM can be expanded to ? Ans. increase word size or increase word number 38. The internal structure of PLA is similar to RAM or ROM ? Ans. ROM 39. An output of combinational ckt depends on ? Ans. present inputs 40. Which are combinational gates ? Ans. NOT, OR & AND 41. A+1= ? Ans. 1 42. Counter is a Sequential ckt or Combinational ckt ? Ans. Sequential ckt 43. In number of information bits is 11,the number of parity Bits in hamming code is ? Ans. 4 44. For a 4096*8 EPROM ,the number of address lines is ? Ans. 12 45. BCD number 0110011=..10 ? Ans. 66 46. A buffer is inverting or non-inverting ? Ans. Non-inverting 47. In a 3 input NOR gate,the number of states in which output is 1 equals ? Ans. 1 48. Which Gates are universal gates ? Ans. NOR and NAND 49. In a 3 input NAND gate,the number of gates in which output in 1equals ?

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50. The first contribution to logic was made by ? Ans. George Boole 51. A+(B.C)= ? Ans. (A+B).(A+C) 52. A.0= ? Ans. 0 53. A+A.B= ? Ans. A 54. Demorgans first theorem is ? Ans. (A+B)=A.B 55. Demorgans second theorem is ? Ans. (AB)=A+B 56. What term is min term ? Ans. SOP 57. What term is max term ? Ans. POS 58. The min term designation for ABCD is ? Ans m15

59. How many cells in a 4 variable karnaugh map has ? Ans. 16 cells 60. In a karnaugh map for an expression having dont care terms the dont cares can be treated as ? Ans. 1 or 0

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61. Parallel adder is sequential or combinational circuits ? Ans. Combinational Circuits 62. What is Comparator ? Ans. A logic circuit that compares two binary numbers and produces an output indicating whether they are equal or which is greater if they are unequal. 63. What is Demultiplexer ? Ans. A logic circuit that connects a single input line to one of the several output lines. 64. What is Encoder ? Ans. A logic circuit that produces coded binary outputs from unencoded inputs. 65. What is Look-ahead carry ? Ans. A method of generating carry for fast addition. 66. What is Multiplexer ? Ans. A logic circuit that selects one of several input lines and connects it to a single output line. 67. What is Priorty encoder ? Ans. An encoder that responds to the highest number when two or more numbers are applied simultaneously. 68. What is Subtractor ? Ans. A logic circuit used for subtraction. 69. What is Tens Complement ? Ans. It is 9s Complement of a decimal number plus one. 70. What is Flip-Flop ? Ans. Flip-Flop is a Basic memory element which is used to store 1 bit of digital information. 71. How many Flip-Flop are required for storing N bit of information ? Ans. N. 72. Define Half adder ?

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Ans. A Logic circuit that accept two single bit inputs and produces their sum bit and carry bit as outputs. 73. Define Half subtractor ? Ans. A Logic circuit that accept two single bit inputs and produces their difference bit and borrow bit as outputs. 74. Define Full Adder ? Ans. A Logic circuit that accept two one bit signals and a carry-in as inputs and produces their sum and carry bits as outputs. 75. Define Full Subtractor ? Ans. A Logic circuit that accept two one bit signal and a borrow-in as inputs and produces their difference and borrow as output. 76. What is Essential Prime Implicant ? Ans. A term in SOP form in a logic function that must be present in the minimal expression. 77. Define Decoder ? Ans. A logic circuit used to decode a coded binary word. 78. What is Combinational logic ? Ans. The logic in which the outputs at any instant of time are dependent only on the inputs present at that time. 79. What is Code Convertor ? Ans. A logic circuit that converts data from one binary code to another binary code. 80. Define Buffer ? Ans. A Circuit or Gate that can drive a substantially higher number of gate or other loads. Also known as Buffer driver. 81. Define Bus ? Ans. A group of conductors carrying a related set of signals. 82. Define Fan-in ? Ans. The number of inputs of a Logic Gate.

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83. Define Fan-out ? Ans. The Maximum number of similar Logic Gates Which can be driven by a Logic Gate. 84. What is figure of Merit (of digital ICs) ? Ans. It is the product of speed expressed as propagation delay time and power dissipation. It is also known as the speed power product. 85. What is Noise immunity ? Ans. A circuits ability to tolerate noise. 86. Define Noise margin ? Ans. A measure of noise which can be tolerated by a logic circuit. 87. Define Gray-Code ? Ans. A code in which only one bit changes between successive numbers. 88. What is Excess-3 Code ? Ans. A BCD code formed by adding 3 (0011) to the binary equivalent of the decimal number. 89. Define ASCII-Code ? Ans. A Seven Bit Code widely used in computers and related areas for representation of Alphanumeric characters and special symbols. 90. What is Weighted-Code ? Ans. A Binary Code in which weight is assigned to each position in the number. 91. What is Parity ? Ans. A term use to specify the number of ones in a digital word as odd or even. 92. What is Sign bit ? Ans. The MSB of a signed binary number if 0, the number is positive, when it is one, the number is negative. 93. Define Active-High input ? Ans. The input terminal is active (or enabled) when held at high logic level.

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94. Define Active-high output ? Ans. The Output Terminal is at HIGH logic level when Active (or enabled). 95. What is Analog Circuit ? Ans. An Electronic Circuit that processes analog signals. 96. What is Noise ? Ans. Unwanted electrical signals which are random in nature. 97. Define Truth table ? Ans. A Table that gives outputs for all possible combinations of inputs to a logic circuits. 98. What is Enable ? Ans. Allows activity to proceed or output to be produced in a digital circuit. 99. Define Gate ? Ans. A logic circuit in which the outputs depends upon the inputs according to some logic rules. 100. What is Digital Electronics ? Ans. Branch of electronics which deals with the digital devices, circuits and systems. 101. What is the number of Quad 2-input NAND Gate TTL IC ? Ans. 7400. 102. What is the number of Quad 2-input AND Gate TTL IC ? Ans. 7408. 103. What is the number of Quad 2-input NOR Gate TTL IC ? Ans. 7402. 104. What is the number of Quad 2-input OR Gate TTL IC ? Ans. 7432. 105. What is the number of Quad EX-OR Gate TTL IC ? Ans. 7486.

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106. What is the number of Hex inverters TTL IC ? Ans. 7404. 107. What is Tristate Gate ? Ans. A gate having a 1, 0 or High-impedance output states. 108. Define Set in Flip-flop ? Ans. When Q=1 state of a Flip-flop. 109. Define Asynchronous Sequential Circuit ? Ans. A Sequential circuit whose behavior depends upon the sequence in which the input signals change. It is event driven and does not require clock pulses. 110. Define Synchronous Sequential Circuit ? Ans. A Sequential circuit whose operation is synchronized with the application of clock pulses, between which no change of state of occur. 111. How many States a Flip-flop has ? Ans. 2. 112. Define PAL ? Ans. A Programmable AND array that provides product terms that feed fixed OR gates. 113. PAL stands for ? Ans. Programmable Array Logic. 114. Define PLA ? Ans. A Programmable AND array whose product term outputs feed a programmable OR array.

115. Define Access time ? Ans. The time required for reading or writing a memory location. 116. What is the use of D-Flip-flop ? Ans. As a delay switch.

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117. What is the use of T-Flip-flop ? Ans. As a Toggle Switch. 118. How Many Flip-flop are required for a MOD-10 ripple counter ? Ans. 4. 119. The 1s compliment of the number 1101 is ? Ans. 0010. 120. How many Flip-flop are required to build a mod-19 counter ? Ans. 5. 121. Is Excess-3 code is a weighted code ? Ans. No. 122. Is 5111 is weighted code ? Ans. Yes. 123. What is the advantage of Excess-3 code ? Ans. Self complimenting Code. 124. What is the draw back in J-K Flip-flop ? Ans. Race around problem. 125. How many Minimum NAND Gates are required for a XOR Gate ? Ans. 4. 126. What is the Fan-out for 74 series ? Ans. 10. 127. How many error can be detect using Parity-check ? Ans. 1 Bit error.