DL Q1
DL Q1
2. Which one of the following expressions does NOT represent exclusive NOR of x and y?
(a) X (b) X + Y
(c) X xor Y (d) Y
4. What is the minimal form of the Karnaugh map shown below? Assume that X denotes a don’t
care term.
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(a) b’d’ (b) b’d’ + b’c’
(c) b’d’ + a’b’c’d’ (d) b’d’ + b’c’ + c’d’
5. Which one of the following circuits is NOT equivalent to a 2-input XNOR (exclusive NOR)
gate?
7. Consider the following circuit involving three D-type flip-flops used in a certain type of
counter configuration.
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If at some instance prior to the occurrence of the clock edge, P, Q and R have a value 0, 1 and
0 respectively, what shall be the value of PQR after the clock edge?
8. Consider the data given in previous question. If all the flip-flops were reset to 0 at power on,
what is the total number of distinct outputs (states) represented by PQR generated by the
counter?
(a) 3 (b) 4
(c) 5 (d) 6
(a) m2 + m4 + m6 + m7 (b) m0 + m1 + m3 + m5
(c) m0 + m1 + m6 + m7 (d) m2 + m3 + m4 + m5
10. The Boolean expression for the output ‘f’ of the multiplexer shown below is
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(a) (P(XOR) Q(XOR) R)’ (b) P (XOR) Q(XOR) R
(c) (P+Q+R)’ (d) P+Q+R
11. What is the Boolean expression for the output f of the combinational logic circuit of NOR
gates given below?
12. In the sequential circuit shown below, if the initial value of the output Q1Q0 is 00, what are
the next four values of Q1Q0?
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13. In the Karnaugh map shown below, X denotes a don’t care term. What is the minimal form
of the function represented by the Karnaugh map?
14. What is the minimum number of gates required to implement the Boolean function (AB+C)
if we have to use only 2-input NOR gates?
(a) 2 (b) 3
(c) 4 (d) 5
15. Let r denote number system radix. The only value(s) of r that satisfy the equation
√121r = 11r is/are
16. Given f1, f3 and f in canonical sum of products form (in decimal) for the circuit
𝑓1 = Ʃm(4, 5,6,7,8)
f3 = Ʃm(1,6,15)
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f = Ʃm(1,6,8,15)
then f2 is
18. How many 3-to-8 line decoders with an enable input are needed to construct a 6-to-64 line
decoder without using any other logic gates?
(a) 7 (b) 8
(c) 9 (d) 10
20. Let f(w, x, y, z) = ∑(0, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 13, 15). Which of the following expressions are NOT
equivalent to f?