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1201.

The recently-introduces CD-ROM PC by Head Start Technologies Co. of New York enables users to view or play __________ .

A. vast amounts of text
B. graphics
C. music
D. all of the above
Answer» E.
1202.

Which display device resembles vacuum tube?

A. LED
B. LCD
C. VF
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
1203.

Four inputs A, B, C, D are fed to a NOR gate. The output of NOR gate is fed to an inverter. The output of inverter is

A. A + B + C + D
B. A + B + C + D
C. ABCD
D. ABCD
Answer» B. A + B + C + D
1204.

In a gate output is Low if and only if all inputs are High. The gate is

A. OR
B. AND
C. NOR
D. NAND
Answer» E.
1205.

The 2732 is 4096 x 8 EPROM. How many address lines does it have?

A. 12
B. 24
C. 50
D. 100
Answer» B. 24
1206.

Which material is generally used for LED?

A. Compounds of silica
B. Compounds of gallium
C. Compounds of phosphorus
D. Compounds of sulphur
Answer» C. Compounds of phosphorus
1207.

In 8085, to disable the whole interrupt system (except TRAP)

A. the DI instruction may be used
B. the DO instruction may be used
C. the INTERRUPT instruction may be used
D. the El instruction may be used
Answer» B. the DO instruction may be used
1208.

A multiple emitter transistor has many emitters and collectors.

A. 1
B.
C. 10
D. 100
Answer» C. 10
1209.

The basic storage element in a digital system is

A. flip flop
B. counter
C. multiplexer
D. encoder
Answer» B. counter
1210.

The main advantage of hexadecimal numbers is

A. ease of conversion from hexadecimal to binary and vice-versa
B. ease of conversion from hexadecimal to decimal and vice-versa
C. ease of conversion from gray code to binary and vice-versa
D. the use of numbers and alphabets
Answer» B. ease of conversion from hexadecimal to decimal and vice-versa
1211.

Which of the following correctly declares a pointer to an array of intergers in C?

A. int * P [20]
B. int * P
C. int (* P) [20]
D. int * (P [20])
Answer» D. int * (P [20])
1212.

The expression Y (A, B, C) = ‚àëm (1, 3, 5, 6) is to realized using a multiplexer. Then

A. use 8 : 1 multiplexer and ground input lines 1, 3, 5, 6
B. use 8 : 1 multiplexer and ground input lines 0, 2, 4, 7
C. use 8 : 1 multiplexer and ground input lines 0, 1, 2, 3
D. use 8 : 1 multiplexer and ground input lines 4, 5, 6, 7
Answer» C. use 8 : 1 multiplexer and ground input lines 0, 1, 2, 3
1213.

Assertion (A): TTL is a very popular logic in SSI and MSI category.Reason (R): In Schottky TTL the power dissipation is less than in ordinary TTL.

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» D. A is false, R is true
1214.

The inputs to a 4 channel MUX have the following bandwidths. Channel 1-50 Hz, channel 2-200 Hz. Channel 3-75 Hz. Channel 4-90 Hz. The theoretical minimum sampling rate of the MUX is

A. 200 Hz
B. 400 Hz
C. 415 Hz
D. 1600 Hz
Answer» E.
1215.

In which function is each term known as maxterm?

A. SOP
B. POS
C. Hybrid
D. SOP and Hybrid
Answer» C. Hybrid
1216.

The write cycle time of memory is 200 nsec. The maximum rate of data which can be stored is

A. 200 words/sec
B. 5 x 103 words/sec
C. 5 x 106 word/sec
D. 5 x 109 words/sec
Answer» D. 5 x 109 words/sec
1217.

Which of the following characteristics is not true for TTL Logic?

A. Good speed
B. Low power dissipation per gate
C. High cost
D. None of these
Answer» D. None of these
1218.

Consider the following statements: Race around condition can occur in JK flip flop when both inputs are 1A flip flop is used to store one bit of informationA transparent latch is a D type flip flopMaster slave flip flop is used to store two bits of information Which of the above are correct?

A. 1, 2, 3
B. 1, 3, 4
C. 1, 2, 4
D. 2, 3, 4
Answer» E.
1219.

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
1220.

Assertion (A): The output of a NOR gate is equal to the complement of OR of input variables. Reason (R): A XOR gate is a universal gate.

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» D. A is false, R is true
1221.

Which of the following can provide a digital signal?

A. Slow change in the value of a resister
B. Sine wave
C. Square wave
D. Gradual turning of a potentiometer
Answer» D. Gradual turning of a potentiometer
1222.

A memory system of size 16 k bytes is to be designed using memory chips which have 12 address lines and 4 data lines each. The number of such chips required to design the memory system is

A. 2
B. 4
C. 8
D. 18
Answer» D. 18
1223.

Hexadecimal number E is equal to binary number

A. 1110
B. 1101
C. 1001
D. 1111
Answer» B. 1101
1224.

A 4 bit counter with four flip-flops will count upto decimal

A. 8
B. 15
C. 31
D. 63
Answer» C. 31
1225.

A 4 bit ripple counter is in 0000 state. The clock pulses are applied and then removed. The counter reads 0011. The number of clock pulses which have occurred are

A. 3
B. 3 or 19
C. 3 or 19 or 35
D. none of the above
Answer» D. none of the above
1226.

In the expression A + BC, the total number of minterms will be

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
Answer» E.
1227.

As access time is decreased, the cost of memory

A. remains the same
B. increases
C. decreases
D. may increase or decrease
Answer» C. decreases
1228.

In 8085 microprocessor, an interrupt service request is serviced

A. immediately on receipt of request
B. after the execution of the current instruction is completed
C. at the end of the current machine cycle
D. none
Answer» C. at the end of the current machine cycle
1229.

How many zone bits are there?The 8156 of a figure has RAM locations from 2000 H to 20 FFH.

A. 2
B. 4
C. 8
D. 16
Answer» D. 16
1230.

The number of switching functions of 3 variables are

A. 3
B. 8
C. 16
D. 32
Answer» C. 16
1231.

A mod-10 counter can divide the clock frequency by a factor of

A. 10
B. 20
C. 210
D. 102
Answer» B. 20
1232.

NAND and NOR gates are universal gates.

A. 1
B.
C. two flip-flop & 2 x 4 decoder are needed
D. four flip-flop & 2 x 4 decoder are needed
Answer» B.
1233.

Which of these are universal gates?

A. Only NOR
B. Only NAND
C. Both NOR and NAND
D. NOR, NAND, OR
Answer» D. NOR, NAND, OR
1234.

Commercial ECL gates use two ground lines and one negative supply to

A. reduce power consumption
B. increase fan out
C. reduce loading effect
D. eliminate the effect of power line glitches on the biasing circuit
Answer» E.
1235.

In a T flip-flop the output frequency is

A. same as input frequency
B. half of I/p frequency
C. double the input frequency
D. none
Answer» C. double the input frequency
1236.

Decimal number 10 is equal to binary number

A. 1110
B. 1010
C. 1001
D. 1000
Answer» C. 1001
1237.

An AND gate has two inputs A and B and one inhibit input 3, Output is 1 if

A. A = 1, B = 1, S = 1
B. A = 1, B = 1, S = 0
C. A = 1, B = 0, S = 1
D. A = 1, B = 0, S = 0
Answer» C. A = 1, B = 0, S = 1
1238.

A decade counter

A. counts for ten days
B. counts ten times faster than a binary counters
C. counts to 9 and reset on the next pulse
D. reverts on the pulse after the tenth
Answer» D. reverts on the pulse after the tenth
1239.

Assertion (A): In a parallel in-serial out shift register data is loaded one bit-at a timeReason (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.
1240.

The number of distinct Boolean expression of 4 variables is

A. 16
B. 256
C. 1024
D. 65536
Answer» E.
1241.

Octal number 12 is equal to decimal number

A. 8
B. 9
C. 10
D. 11
Answer» D. 11
1242.

The subtraction of a binary number Y from another binary number X, done by adding the 2's complement of Y to X results in a binary number without overflow. This implies that the result is

A. #NAME?
B. -ve and 2's complement form
C. #NAME?
D. +ve and in 2's complement
Answer» E.
1243.

What is the direction of control bus?

A. Unidirection into μp
B. Unidirection out of up
C. Bidirectional
D. Mixed direction i.e., some lines into μp and some other out of μp
Answer» E.
1244.

Consider the followings statements: A multiplier selects one of the several inputs and steers it to the outputroutes the data from a single input to many outputsconverts parallel data into serial datais a combinational circuit On the above statements which are correct?

A. 1, 2, 4
B. 2, 3, 4
C. 1, 3, 4
D. 1, 2, 3
Answer» D. 1, 2, 3
1245.

2's complement of binary number 0101 is

A. 1011
B. 1111
C. 1101
D. 1110
Answer» B. 1111
1246.

The access time of a word in 4 MB main memory is 100 ms. The access time of a word in a 32 kb data cache memory is 10 ns. The average data cache bit ratio is 0.95. The efficiency of memory access time is

A. 9.5 ns
B. 14.5 ns
C. 20 ns
D. 95 ns
Answer» C. 20 ns
1247.

7BF16 = __________ 2

A. 0111 1011 1110
B. 0111 1011 1111
C. 0111 1011 0111
D. 0111 1011 0011
Answer» C. 0111 1011 0111
1248.

High speed counter

A. ring counter
B. ripple counter
C. synchronous counter
D. asynchronous counter
Answer» D. asynchronous counter
1249.

A full adder adds

A. 2 bits
B. 3 bits
C. 4 bits
D. any number of bits
Answer» C. 4 bits
1250.

A buffer is a device that isolates other devices. Typically a buffer has

A. a high input impedance and a low output impedance
B. a high input impedance as well as output impedance
C. a low input impedance and a high output impedance
D. a low input impedance as well as output impedance
Answer» B. a high input impedance as well as output impedance