• 1. 
    The unary operation _________ inverts the value of its operand.

  • OR
  • NOT
  • NAND
  • XOR
  • 2. 
    A _______ is an electronic circuit that produces an output signal that is a simple Boolean operation on its input signals.

  • gate
  • decoder
  • counter
  • flip-flop
  • 3. 
    A _________ is a PLD featuring a general structure that allows very high logic capacity and offers more narrow logic resources and a higher ration of flip-flops to logic resources than do CPLDs.

  • SPLD
  • FPGA
  • PAL
  • PLA
  • 4. 
    Which of the following is a functionally complete set?

  • AND, NOT
  • NOR
  • AND, OR, NOT
  • all of the above
  • 5. 
    A Boolean function can be realized in the sum of products (SOP) form but not in the product of sums (POS) form.

  • True
  • False
  • 6. 
    The ________ flip-flop has two inputs and all possible combinations of input values are valid.

  • J-K
  • D
  • S-R
  • clocked S-R
  • 7. 
    The operation _________ yields true if either or both of its operands are true.

  • NOT
  • AND
  • NAND
  • OR
  • 8. 
    Claude Shannon, a research assistant in the Electrical Engineering Department at M.I.T., proposed the basic principles of Boolean algebra.

  • True
  • False
  • 9. 
    Counters can be designated as _________.

  • a. asynchronous
  • b. synchronous
  • c. both asynchronous and synchronous
  • d. neither asynchronous or synchronous
  • 10. 
    ________ is implemented with combinational circuits.

  • Nano memory
  • Random access memory
  • Read only memory
  • No memory
  • 11. 
    A _________ accepts and/or transfers information serially.

  • S-R latch
  • shift register
  • FPGA
  • parallel register
  • 12. 
    The operand ________ yields true if and only if both of its operands are true.

  • XOR
  • OR
  • AND
  • NOT
  • 13. 
    For more than four variables an alternative approach is a tabular technique referred to as the _________ method.

  • DeMorgan
  • Quine-McCluskey
  • Karnaugh map
  • Boole-Shannon
  • 14. 
    The operation of the digital computer is based on the storage and processing of binary data.

  • True
  • False
  • 15. 
    CPUs make use of _________ counters, in which all of the flip-flops of the counter change at the same time.

  • synchronous
  • asynchronous
  • clocked S-R
  • timed ripple
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