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1.

The EXCLUSIVE NOR gate is equivalent to which gate followed by an inverter ?

A. OR
B. AND
C. NAND
D. XOR
Answer» E.
2.

A one-to-four line demultiplexer is to be implemented using a memory. How many bits must each word have ?

A. 1 bit
B. 2 bits
C. 4 bits
D. 8 bits
Answer» B. 2 bits
3.

What logic function is produced by adding an inverter to the output of an AND gate ?

A. NAND
B. NOR
C. XOR
D. OR
Answer» B. NOR
4.

Which of the following gates is known as coincidence detector ?

A. AND gate
B. OR gate
C. NOT gate
D. NAND gate
Answer» B. OR gate
5.

Which table shows the logical state of a digital circuit output for every possible combination of logical states in the inputs ?

A. Function table
B. Truth table
C. Routing table
D. ASCII table
Answer» C. Routing table
6.

For JK flip flop with J=1, K=0, the output after clock pulse will be

A. 0
B. 1
C. High impedance
D. No change
Answer» C. High impedance
7.

The output of SR flip flop when S=1, R=0 is

A. 1
B. 0
C. No change
D. High impedance
Answer» B. 0
8.

The number of flip flops contained in IC 7490 is

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 10
Answer» B. 3
9.

How many two-input AND and OR gates are required to realize Y=CD+EF+G

A. 2,2
B. 2,3
C. 3,3
D. None of these
Answer» B. 2,3
10.

When an input signal A=11001 is applied to a NOT gate serially, its output signal is

A. 00111
B. 00110
C. 10101
D. 11001
Answer» C. 10101
11.

The result of adding hexadecimal number A6 to 3A is

A. DD
B. E0
C. F0
D. EF
Answer» C. F0
12.

A universal logic gate is one, which can be used to generate any logic function. Which of the following is a universal logic gate?

A. OR
B. AND
C. XOR
D. NAND
Answer» E.
13.

A full adder logic circuit will have

A. Two inputs and one output
B. Three inputs and three outputs
C. Two inputs and two outputs
D. Three inputs and two outputs
Answer» E.
14.

An eight stage ripple counter uses a flip-flop with propagation delay of 75 nanoseconds. The pulse width of the strobe is 50ns. The frequency of the input signal which can be used for proper operation of the counter is approximately

A. 1 MHz
B. 500 MHz
C. 2 MHz
D. 4 MHz
Answer» B. 500 MHz
15.

The output of a JK flipflop with asynchronous preset and clear inputs is 1 . The output can be changed to 0 with one of the following conditions.

A. By applying J = 0, K = 0 and using a clock.
B. By applying J = 1, K = 0 and using the clock.
C. By applying J = 1, K = 1 and using the clock.
D. By applying a synchronous preset input.
Answer» D. By applying a synchronous preset input.
16.

A weighted resistor digital to analog converter using N bits requires a total of

A. N precision resistors
B. 2N precision resistors
C. N + 1 precision resistors
D. N 1 precision resistors
Answer» B. 2N precision resistors
17.

How many two input AND gates and two input OR gates are required to realize Y = BD+CE+AB ?

A. 1, 1
B. 4, 2
C. 3, 2
D. 2, 3
Answer» B. 4, 2
18.

For JK flipflop J = 0, K=1, the output after clock pulse will be

A. 1
B. No change
C. 0
D. High impedance
Answer» D. High impedance
19.

Which of following are known as universal gates ?

A. NAND & NOR
B. AND & OR
C. XOR & OR
D. None of these
Answer» B. AND & OR
20.

In the implementation of a Multiplier circuit in the system we make use of _______ .

A. Counter
B. Flip flop
C. Shift register
D. Push down stack
Answer» D. Push down stack
21.

When 1101 is used to divide 100010010 the remainder is ______ .

A. 101
B. 11
C. 0
D. 1
Answer» E.
22.

The correction to be applied in decimal adder to the generated sum is

A. 00101
B. 00110
C. 01101
D. 01010
Answer» C. 01101
23.

The digital logic family which has the lowest propagation delay time is

A. ECL
B. TTL
C. CMOS
D. PMOS
Answer» B. TTL
24.

How many AND gates are required to realize Y = CD+EF+G

A. 4
B. 5
C. 3
D. 2
Answer» E.
25.

How many select lines will a 16 to 1 multiplexer will have

A. 4
B. 5
C. 3
D. 1
Answer» B. 5
26.

CMOS circuits consume power

A. Equal to TTL
B. Less than TTL
C. Twice of TTL
D. Thrice of TTL
Answer» C. Twice of TTL
27.

The commercially available 8-input multiplexer integrated circuit in the TTL family is

A. 7495
B. 74153
C. 74154
D. 74151
Answer» C. 74154
28.

CMOS circuits are extensively used for ON-chip computers mainly because of their extremely

A. Low power dissipation
B. High noise immunity
C. Large packing density
D. Low cost
Answer» D. Low cost
29.

Which of the following memories stores the most number of bits

A. a 5M 8 memory
B. A 1M 16 memory
C. a 5M 4 memory
D. A 1M 12 memory
Answer» B. A 1M 16 memory
30.

Which of the following is the fastest logic?

A. ECL
B. TTL
C. CMOS
D. LSI
Answer» B. TTL
31.

Shifting a register content to left by one bit position is equivalent to

A. Division by two
B. addition by two
C. Multiplication by two
D. Subtraction by two
Answer» D. Subtraction by two
32.

A demultiplexer is used to

A. Route the data from single input to one of many outputs
B. Perform serial to parallel conversion
C. Both a & b
D. Select data from several inputs and route it to single output
Answer» D. Select data from several inputs and route it to single output
33.

How many full adders are required to construct an m-bit parallel adder ?

A. M/2
B. M-1
C. M
D. M+1
Answer» C. M
34.

The most efficient method followed by computers to multiply two unsigned numbers is _______ .

A. Booth algorithm
B. Bit pair recording of multipliers
C. Restoring algorithm
D. Non restoring algorithm
Answer» C. Restoring algorithm
35.

For the addition of large integers most of the systems make use of ______ .

A. Fast adders
B. Full adders
C. Carry look-ahead adders
D. None of the above
Answer» D. None of the above
36.

In a normal n-bit adder , to find out if an overflow as occurred we make use of _____ .

A. And gate
B. Nand gate
C. Nor gate
D. Xor gate
Answer» E.
37.

Don t care conditions can be used for simplifying Boolean expressions in_______________.

A. Examples
B. Terms
C. K-maps
D. Either a or b
Answer» D. Either a or b
38.

It should be kept in mind that don t care terms should be used along with the terms that are present in________________.

A. Minterms
B. Maxterm
C. K-Map
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Maxterm
39.

Using the transformation method, you can realize any POS realization of OR-AND with only

A. XOR
B. NAND
C. AND
D. NOR
Answer» E.
40.

Logic High at the output is treated as gate ________.

A. On
B. Off
C. 0
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Off
41.

In digital electronics, the ON state is often represented by

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
Answer» C. 2
42.

The basic logic gates are NOT, AND and

A. OR
B. XOR
C. XNOR
D. All of the above
Answer» E.
43.

The output of the NOT gate is always the _______________________ of the input.

A. Same
B. Negation
C. Opposite
D. Both b and c
Answer» E.
44.

Symbol: F = A.B, where . implies ________________ operation.

A. OR
B. AND
C. XOR
D. NOR
Answer» C. XOR
45.

A basic OR gate is a two input, _________________ output gate.

A. Two
B. Infinity
C. Single
D. Zero
Answer» D. Zero
46.

The OR gate output is 0 only when both the inputs are _________________.

A. Minus
B. 2
C. 1
D. 0
Answer» E.
47.

Symbol: F = A + B, where + implies _____ operation.

A. OR
B. AND
C. NAND
D. XOR
Answer» B. AND
48.

A gate related to the OR gate is the _____________ or _________________.

A. NOR
B. XOR Gate
C. Exclusive OR Gate
D. Both b and c
Answer» E.
49.

The XOR output is 1 if the inputs are ______________________ .

A. Different
B. Same
C. Finite
D. Infinite
Answer» B. Same
50.

Symbol: F = A B, where implies _________ operation.

A. OR
B. XOR
C. NOR
D. NAND
Answer» C. NOR