Question 1
The 2’s complement of–17 is:
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101110
110001
111110
101111
Question 2
The 4-bit 2’s complement representation of a decimal number is 1000. The number is:
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+8
0
-7
-8
Question 3
The range of signed decimal numbers that can be represented by a 6-bit 1’s complement number is:
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-31 to +31
-63 to +63
-64 to +63
-32 to +31
Question 4
X = 01110 and Y = 11001 are two 5-bit binary numbers represented in 2’s complement format. The sum of X and Y represented in 2’s complement format using 6 bits is:
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100111
001000
000111
101001
Question 5
11001, 1001 and 111001 are 2’s complement representations of which of the following sets of numbers?
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25, 9 and 57 respectively
-6, -6 and -6 respectively
-7, -7 and -7 respectively
-25, -9 and -57 respectively
Question 6
For the logic circuit shown in the figure, the required input conditions (A, B, C) to make the output X = 1 are:

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1, 0, 1
0, 0, 1
1, 1, 1
0, 1, 1
Question 7
For the ring oscillator shown in the figure, the propagation delay of each inverter is 100 pico sec. What is the fundamental frequency of the oscillator output?

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10 MHz
100MHz
2 GHz
1 GHz
Question 8
In the figure, the LED:

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Emits light when both S1 and S2 are closed.
Emits light when both S1 and S2 are open.
Emits light when only S1 and S2 are closed.
Does not emit light, irrespective of the switch positions.
Question 9
The figure shows the internal schematic of a TTLAND-OR-Invert (AOI) gate. For the inputs shown in the figure, the output Y is

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0
1
AB
(AB)̄
Question 10
A Boolean function f of two variables x and y is defined as follows:
f (0, 0) = f (0,1) = f (1, 1) = 1; f (1, 0) = 0
Assuming complements of x and y are not available, a minimum cost solution or realizing f using only 2-input NOR gates and 2-input OR gates (each having unit cost) would have a total cost of:
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1 unit
4 unit
3 unit
2 unit
There are 151 questions to complete.