Logic Circuits

What is a primary advantage of digital signals over analog signals, particularly when noise is introduced?

What is the decimal equivalent of the binary number 1101.1?

How is the decimal integer 343 converted to its binary equivalent?

What is the defining characteristic of a Gray code that makes it advantageous for encoding positions?

How is the two's complement of a binary number obtained?

In Boolean algebra, what is the result of the expression A(BC) according to the associative law?

According to De Morgan's laws, what is the expression AB (A AND B, inverted) equivalent to?

What is the key implication of the logical sufficiency of NAND gates?

In the context of logic circuit synthesis, what is a minterm?

What is the purpose of a Karnaugh map in logic circuit design?

How does a sequential logic circuit differ from a combinatorial logic circuit?

What is the primary function of an SR flip-flop in the context of a mechanical switch?

What decimal value is represented by the hexadecimal number 1FA.2A?

When performing an eight-bit signed two's-complement addition of 97 and 63, what condition occurs?

What is the name for a digital word consisting of eight bits?

In a logic circuit, what does Voh represent?

What is the binary equivalent of the octal number 317.2?

What is the decimal equivalent of the octal number 173.21?

When converting the binary number 11110110.1 to octal, what is the correct grouping of bits and the final result?

What is the result of the logic expression A + A (A OR A-bar)?

Which logic gate is equivalent to an OR gate followed by an inverter?

In a Product-of-Sums (POS) implementation, what do the individual sum terms correspond to in the truth table?

On a four-variable Karnaugh map with variables A, B, C, D (where AB represents rows and CD represents columns), which product term is represented by the four corner squares?

What is the state Qn of a clocked SR flip-flop if the inputs are S=1, R=0, and the clock C is high?

How is a serial-in parallel-out shift register constructed?

What is the decimal equivalent of the binary number 10011.011?

If a JK flip-flop has both J and K inputs held high, what happens to its output on each active clock edge?

How many bits are required for a Gray code to represent the position of a robot arm with a range of motion of 20 inches and a required resolution of 0.01 inch or better?

What is the BCD representation of the decimal number 197?

What is the simplified logic expression for F = ABC + ABC + (C + D)(D + E) after manipulation?

What is the function of a three-to-eight-line decoder?

For the logic function E = sum of minterms (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 12, 13), what is the minimum SOP expression found using a Karnaugh map?

What is the purpose of the preset (Pr) and clear (Cl) inputs on a flip-flop?

A ripple counter is constructed by cascading which type of flip-flops?

What is the decimal equivalent of the hexadecimal number FA6?

What is the eight-bit signed two's-complement representation for the decimal number -30?

When using a truth table to prove a Boolean algebra identity, what must be shown?

In the logic expression D = AB + C, for which combination of inputs A, B, and C is the output D equal to 1?

What is the function of the exclusive-OR (XOR) gate?

When a logic circuit's output depends on an input combination that cannot physically occur, what is the output in the truth table called?

When minimizing a logic function using a Karnaugh map, what is the primary goal when grouping the 1s?

How are the basic logic functions AND, OR, and NOT implemented using only NOR gates?

What is the key difference between a level-triggered flip-flop and an edge-triggered flip-flop?

In the logic circuit shown in Figure 7.35, the switches are controlled by logic variables. If switch B is open when logic variable B is high, and closed when B is low, how is switch B behaving?

What is the binary sum of 1000.111 and 1100.011?

What is the minimum number of bits required to construct a Gray code that can represent angular position with a resolution better than 1 degree?

Which logic gate is constructed from two inverters and two NOR gates, as shown in Figure 7.38?

What is the primary purpose of a parallel-in serial-out shift register?

What is the minimum number of distinct words in a nine-bit Gray code?

When is underflow or overflow NOT possible when adding two signed two's-complement numbers?