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| 251. | 
                                    Effective address is calculated by adding or subtracting displacement value to | 
                            
| A. | immediate address | 
| B. | Relative address | 
| C. | absolute address | 
| D. | base address | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 252. | 
                                    A 4 line to 16 line decoder has | 
                            
| A. | 16 inputs and 4 outputs | 
| B. | 4 inputs and 16 outputs | 
| C. | either (a) or (b) | 
| D. | neither (a) nor (b) | 
| Answer» C. either (a) or (b) | |
| 253. | 
                                    The two outputs of RS flip-flop are | 
                            
| A. | always low | 
| B. | always high | 
| C. | either low or high | 
| D. | always complementary | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 254. | 
                                    Which of the following is 'synchronous'? | 
                            
| A. | Half adder | 
| B. | Full adder | 
| C. | R-S flip-flop | 
| D. | Clocked R-S flip-flop | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 255. | 
                                    Which of the following binary product is incorrect? | 
                            
| A. | 1100 x 1010 = 1111000 | 
| B. | 1.01 x 10.1 = 11.001 | 
| C. | 1100110 x 1000 = 1100110000 | 
| D. | None of the above | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 256. | 
                                    1111 + 11111 = | 
                            
| A. | 101111 | 
| B. | 101110 | 
| C. | 111111 | 
| D. | 011111 | 
| Answer» C. 111111 | |
| 257. | 
                                    The value of 2⁵ in octal system is | 
                            
| A. | 40 | 
| B. | 20 | 
| C. | 100 | 
| D. | 200 | 
| Answer» B. 20 | |
| 258. | 
                                    (7BF)₁₆ = __________ ₂ | 
                            
| A. | 0111 1011 1110 | 
| B. | 0111 1011 1111 | 
| C. | 0111 1011 0111 | 
| D. | 0111 1011 0011 | 
| Answer» C. 0111 1011 0111 | |
| 259. | 
                                    The stack is a specialized temporary __________ access memory during __________ and __________ instructions.The 8156 of a figure has RAM locations from 2000 H to 20 FFH. | 
                            
| A. | random, store, load | 
| B. | random, push, load | 
| C. | sequential, store, pop | 
| D. | sequential, push, pop | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 260. | 
                                    Assertion (A): Power drain of CMOS increases with operating frequency Reason (R): All unused CMOS inputs should be tied either to a fixed voltage level (0 or VDD) or to another input. | 
                            
| A. | Both A and R are correct and R is correct explanation of A | 
| B. | Both A and R are correct but R is not correct explanation of A | 
| C. | A is true, R is false | 
| D. | A is false, R is true | 
| Answer» C. A is true, R is false | |
| 261. | 
                                    In ASCII, letter B is coded as | 
                            
| A. | 1000001 | 
| B. | 1000010 | 
| C. | 100100 | 
| D. | 1001000 | 
| Answer» C. 100100 | |
| 262. | 
                                    A buffer is | 
                            
| A. | always non-inverting | 
| B. | always inverting | 
| C. | inverting or non-inverting | 
| D. | none of the above | 
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 263. | 
                                    A D-flip-flop is | 
                            
| A. | dial type flip-flop | 
| B. | delay flip-flop | 
| C. | differential flip-flop | 
| D. | digital flip-flop | 
| Answer» C. differential flip-flop | |
| 264. | 
                                    Status register in the 8156 contains information about | 
                            
| A. | the timer | 
| B. | the ports | 
| C. | both (a) and (b) | 
| D. | none of the above | 
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 265. | 
                                    How many lines are there in address bus of 8085 μp? | 
                            
| A. | 6 | 
| B. | 8 | 
| C. | 12 | 
| D. | 16 | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 266. | 
                                    EEPROM is also known as | 
                            
| A. | UVPROM | 
| B. | EAPROM | 
| C. | both UVPROM and EAPROM | 
| D. | none of the above | 
| Answer» C. both UVPROM and EAPROM | |
| 267. | 
                                    In CCD | 
                            
| A. | a small charge is deposited for logical 1 | 
| B. | a small charge is deposited for both logical 1 and 0 | 
| C. | a small charge is deposited for logical 0 and large charge for logical 1 | 
| D. | none of the above | 
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 268. | 
                                    What is the purpose of using ALE signal high? | 
                            
| A. | To latch low order address from bus to separate A₀ - A₇ lines | 
| B. | To latch data D₀ - D₇ from bus to separate data bus | 
| C. | To disable data bus latch | 
| D. | All of the above | 
| Answer» B. To latch data D₀ - D₇ from bus to separate data bus | |
| 269. | 
                                    For the switch circuit, taking open as 0 and closed as 1, the expression for the circuit is Y. Y is given by | 
                            
| A. | A + (B + C) D | 
| B. | A + BC + D | 
| C. | A(BC + D) | 
| D. | none of these | 
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 270. | 
                                    For the binary number 11101000, the equivalent hexadecimal number is | 
                            
| A. | F 9 | 
| B. | F 8 | 
| C. | E 9 | 
| D. | E 8 | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 271. | 
                                    In Von-Neumann-or Princeton-type computers, the program | 
                            
| A. | can appear any where within the memory | 
| B. | memory and data memory are clearly distinguished | 
| C. | data and instructions are distinguished at the first stage | 
| D. | none of the above | 
| Answer» B. memory and data memory are clearly distinguished | |
| 272. | 
                                    An 8085 microprocessor based system uses a 4 k x 8 bit RAM whose address in AAOOH. The address of the last byte in this RAM is | 
                            
| A. | OFFFH | 
| B. | 1000H | 
| C. | B9FFH | 
| D. | BA00H | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 273. | 
                                    The hexadecimal number BBC7 is equivalent to decimal number | 
                            
| A. | 49761 | 
| B. | 46791 | 
| C. | 47691 | 
| D. | 49761 | 
| Answer» C. 47691 | |
| 274. | 
                                    When two 16-input multiplexers drive a 2-input MUX, what is the result? | 
                            
| A. | 2-input MUX | 
| B. | 4-input MUX | 
| C. | 16-input MUX | 
| D. | 32 input MUX | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 275. | 
                                    In 8085 microprocessor, what is the memory word addressing capability? | 
                            
| A. | 32 K | 
| B. | 64 K | 
| C. | 256 K | 
| D. | 512 K | 
| Answer» C. 256 K | |
| 276. | 
                                    A 4 bit parallel type A/D converter uses a 6 volt reference. How many comparators are required and what is the resolution in volts? | 
                            
| A. | 0.375 V | 
| B. | 15 V | 
| C. | 4.5 V | 
| D. | 10 V | 
| Answer» B. 15 V | |
| 277. | 
                                    Most of the digital computers do not have floating-point hardware because | 
                            
| A. | floating point hardware is costly | 
| B. | it is slower than software | 
| C. | it is not possible to perform floating point addition by hardware | 
| D. | of not specific reason | 
| Answer» B. it is slower than software | |
| 278. | 
                                    In the expression A + BC, the total number of minterms will be | 
                            
| A. | 2 | 
| B. | 3 | 
| C. | 4 | 
| D. | 5 | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 279. | 
                                    The number of bits in a nibble is | 
                            
| A. | 8 | 
| B. | 4 | 
| C. | 2 | 
| D. | 16 | 
| Answer» C. 2 | |
| 280. | 
                                    Some of MOS families are PMOS, CMOS, the family dominating the LSI field, where low power consumption is necessary is | 
                            
| A. | NMOS | 
| B. | CMOS | 
| C. | PMOS | 
| D. | both NMOS, CMOS | 
| Answer» C. PMOS | |
| 281. | 
                                    When all the seven segments of a display are energized, the number shown is | 
                            
| A. | 0 | 
| B. | 1 | 
| C. | 7 | 
| D. | 8 | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 282. | 
                                    Recommended fanout for ECL is | 
                            
| A. | 5 | 
| B. | 10 | 
| C. | 15 | 
| D. | 25 | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 283. | 
                                    The number of logic devices required in a Mod-16 synchronous counter are | 
                            
| A. | 4 | 
| B. | 5 | 
| C. | 6 | 
| D. | 7 | 
| Answer» D. 7 | |
| 284. | 
                                    For the following decimal multiplication the result are given in binary numbers, Spot the incorrect relation, if any | 
                            
| A. | A | 
| B. | B | 
| C. | C | 
| D. | D | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 285. | 
                                    A five bit binary adder is used to add 01001 and 00111. The adders from LSB position are numbered as FA₀, FA₁, FA₂ and FA₃. The outputs of FA₂ are | 
                            
| A. | SUM = 0 | 
| B. | SUM = 0, CARRY = 1 | 
| C. | SUM = 1, CARRY = 0 | 
| D. | SUM = 1, CARRY = 1 | 
| Answer» B. SUM = 0, CARRY = 1 | |
| 286. | 
                                    The advantages of flash memory over EEPROM are | 
                            
| A. | higher density | 
| B. | lower cost | 
| C. | both higher density and lower cost | 
| D. | none of the above | 
| Answer» D. none of the above | |
| 287. | 
                                    If all the LEDs in a seven segment display are turned on, the number displayed is | 
                            
| A. | 1 | 
| B. | 3 | 
| C. | 0 | 
| D. | 8 | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 288. | 
                                    Consider the following statements 1. ECL has least propagation delay2. TTL has largest fan out3. CMOS has highest noise margin4. TTL has lowest power dissipation Which of these are correct? | 
                            
| A. | 1 and 3 | 
| B. | 2 and 4 | 
| C. | 3 and 4 | 
| D. | 1 and 2 | 
| Answer» B. 2 and 4 | |
| 289. | 
                                    Assertion (A): In a parallel in-serial out shift register data is loaded one bit-at a time.Reason (R): A serial in-serial out shift register can be used to introduce a time delay. | 
                            
| A. | Both A and R are correct and R is correct explanation of A | 
| B. | Both A and R are correct but R is not correct explanation of A | 
| C. | A is true, R is false | 
| D. | A is false, R is true | 
| Answer» E. | |
| 290. | 
                                    If the mantissa of a digital computer is 37 bit long then the accuracy of the digital computer will be of | 
                            
| A. | 37 decimal places | 
| B. | 23 decimal places | 
| C. | 11 decimal places | 
| D. | accuracy is independent of the length to mantissa | 
| Answer» D. accuracy is independent of the length to mantissa | |
| 291. | 
                                    Which of them radiates emission? | 
                            
| A. | LED only | 
| B. | LCD only | 
| C. | Both LED and LCD | 
| D. | Neither LED nor LCD | 
| Answer» B. LCD only | |
| 292. | 
                                    If a RAM has 34 bits in its MAR and 16 bits its MAR, then its capacity will be | 
                            
| A. | 32 GB | 
| B. | 16 GB | 
| C. | 32 MB | 
| D. | 16 MB | 
| Answer» D. 16 MB | |
| 293. | 
                                    Which of the following flip-flops is used as latch? | 
                            
| A. | JK flip-flop | 
| B. | D flip-flop | 
| C. | RS flip-flop | 
| D. | T flip-flop | 
| Answer» D. T flip-flop | |
| 294. | 
                                    Binary number 1101101101 is equal to decimal number | 
                            
| A. | 3289 | 
| B. | 2289 | 
| C. | 1289 | 
| D. | 289 | 
| Answer» B. 2289 | |
| 295. | 
                                    Decimal number 10 is equal to binary number | 
                            
| A. | 1110 | 
| B. | 1010 | 
| C. | 1001 | 
| D. | 1000 | 
| Answer» C. 1001 | |
| 296. | 
                                    Data from a satellite is received in serial form (1 bit after another). If this data is coming at a 5 MHz rate and if the clock frequency is 5 MHz how long will it take to serially load a word in a 32-bit shift register? | 
                            
| A. | 1.6ms | 
| B. | 3.2ms | 
| C. | 6.4ms | 
| D. | 12.8ms | 
| Answer» D. 12.8ms | |
| 297. | 
                                    Zero suppression is not used in actual practice. | 
                            
| A. | True | 
| B. | False | 
| C. | May be True or False | 
| D. | Can't say | 
| Answer» C. May be True or False | |
| 298. | 
                                    A mod 4 counter will count | 
                            
| A. | from 0 to 4 | 
| B. | from 0 to 3 | 
| C. | from any number n to n + 4 | 
| D. | none of the above | 
| Answer» C. from any number n to n + 4 | |
| 299. | 
                                    In a NOT gate the output is always the opposite of the input. | 
                            
| A. | True | 
| B. | False | 
| C. | May be True or False | 
| D. | Can't say | 
| Answer» B. False | |
| 300. | 
                                    The method used to transfer data from I/O units to memory by suspending the memory-CPU data transfer for one memory cycle is called | 
                            
| A. | I/O spooling | 
| B. | Cycle stealing | 
| C. | Line conditioning | 
| D. | Demand paging | 
| Answer» C. Line conditioning | |