PHY405 Past Question
PHY405 Past Question
1(a) Convert the following number systems to the indicated number systems: (i) 17.50ten to
binary (ii)266ten to Octal (iii) 5431eight to binary (iv) 33.25ten to Octal (v) 100111010two to Octal
(vi) 11010110two to Octal (vii) 356hexadecimal to decimal.
(b) A house has one main entrance door and three windows. A thief can only enter the main
entrance door only if the entrance door is opened and two of the three windows are opened. (i)
Draw the truth table to indicate when a thief can enter the house. (ii) Write out the output
function for the thief to have access to the main entrance. (ii) Hence, implement the simplified
output of (ii) above using appropriate logic circuits.
2(a) Convert the following number systems to the indicated number systems:
(i)2AFhexadecimal to denary (ii) 214ten to hexadecimal (iii) 9F2hexadecimal to binary (iv) 1110100110two
to hexadecimal (v) 874ten to BCD (vi) 0110100000111001BCD to denary (vii) 24CEhexadecimal to
octal (viii) 3527eight to hexadecimal
(b) Design a logic circuit that will allow a signal to pass to the output only when two of the
control inputs B and C are both HIGH out of the three inputs A, B and C, otherwise the output
will stay low.
3(a)(i) State one main advantage of BCD number system (ii) What is a byte? Differentiate
between byte and bit. (iii) How many bytes are required to represent 137ten in binary, and BCD.
(c) perform the following operations in BCD (i) 47 ten+ 21ten (ii) 87 ten+75 ten
4(a)(i) Write down Boolean basic identities in addition and multiplication forms (ii) Simply the
following expressions: D= X + XY
Y = A C + ABC
Z= A B C D+ A B C D
Q= AC + B C+ A BC
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(b) State De-Morgan's theorems. Hence, complement the following expressions:
(c) Draw circuit diagram to represent the following expressions: (i) X =AB+ B C (ii)
Y = AC + B+ B C
5(a) Construct truth tables for the following basic logic gates: NOT, AND, OR, NAND, NOR,
EOR, ENOR. Hence, draw their circuit symbols.
(b) Design a half adder to perform the operation 1two +1two in digital form.
(c) Differentiate between sequential and combinational logic circuits. Give one example each.