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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