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Digital Circuits
Assignment 1- Week 1
TYPE OF QUESTION: MCQ
Number of questions: 15 Total mark: 15 X 1 = 15
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QUESTION 1:
What year was the bipolar transistor invented?
A) 1947
B) 1906
C) 1925
D) 1956

Correct Answer: A

Detailed Solution:

Bardeen, Shockley, and Brattain at Bell Labs - Brattain and Bardeen invented the bipolar
transistor in 1947.
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QUESTION 2:
Which of the following statement is TRUE?
A) Moore’s law states that the number of transistors on a chip doubles annually.
B) Moore’s law states that the number of transistors on a chip doubles approximately every
1-2 months.
C) Rock’s law states that the number of transistors on a chip doubles annually.
D) Machrone’s law states that the cost of the semiconductor tools doubles every four years.

Correct Answer: A
Detailed Solution: Moore’s law states that the number of transistors on a chip doubles annually.

QUESTION 3:

Which number system is primarily used by humans?

A) Binary
B) Decimal
C) Octal
D) Hexa-Decimal

Correct Answer: B
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Detailed Solution:
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QUESTION 4:

What is the binary representation of the decimal number 9?

A) (11001)2
B) (10011)2
C) (1001)2
D) (1101)2

Correct Answer: C
Detailed Solution:

 9 divided by 2 is 4 with a remainder of 1 (least significant bit).

 4 divided by 2 is 2 with a remainder of 0.
 2 divided by 2 is 1 with a remainder of 0.
 1 divided by 2 is 0 with a remainder of 1 (most significant bit).
Reading the remainders from bottom to top gives 1001 in binary.

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QUESTION 5:

What is the binary representation of 468?

A) 1101102
B) 1000102
C) 1001102
D) 0101102

Correct Answer: C

Detailed Solution:

Base 8 to decimal calculation:

(46)8 = (4 × 81) + (6 × 80) = (38)10
Decimal to base 2 calculation:
Divide by the base to get the digits from the remainders:
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Remainder
Division Quotient (Digit) Digit #
38/2 19 0 0
19/2 9 1 1
9/2 4 1 2
4/2 2 0 3
2/2 1 0 4
1/2 0 1 5
= (100110)2
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QUESTION 6:

What is the octal representation of 3510?

A) 328
B) 438
C) 408
D) 338

Correct Answer: B

Detailed Solution:

Decimal to base 8 calculation:

Divide by the base to get the digits from the remainders:

Remainder

Division Quotient (Digit) Digit #

35/8 4 3 0

4/8 0 4 1

= (43)8

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QUESTION 7:

What is the Hexadecimal representation of 1000 01012?

A) 8516
B) 858
C) 9616
D) 5116

Correct Answer: A

Detailed Solution:

Base 2 to decimal calculation:

(10000101)2 = (1 × 27) + (0 × 26) + (0 × 25) + (0 × 24) + (0 × 23) + (1 × 22) + (0 × 21) + (1 × 20) =

(133)10

Decimal to base 16 calculation:

Divide by the base to get the digits from the remainders:

Remainder

Division Quotient (Digit) Digit #

133/16 8 5 0
8/16 0 8 1

= (85)16

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QUESTION 8:

What is the octal representation of 3516?

A) 6516
B) 658
C) 568
D) 358
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Correct Answer: B

Detailed Solution:

Base 16 to decimal calculation:

(35)16 = (3 × 161) + (5 × 160) = (53)10
Decimal to base 8 calculation:
Divide by the base to get the digits from the remainders:
Remainder

Division Quotient (Digit) Digit #

53/8 6 5 0

6/8 0 6 1

= (65)8

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QUESTION 9:

What is the decimal equivalent of AA16?

A) 16010
B) 16510
C) 14710
D) 17010

Correct Answer: D

Detailed Solution:

Base 16 to decimal calculation:

(AA)16 = (10 × 161) + (10 × 160) = (170)10

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QUESTION 10:

What is the decimal equivalent of 148?

A) 1210
B) 1410
C) 1010
D) 810

Correct Answer: A

Detailed Solution:

Base 8 to decimal calculation:

(14)8 = (1 × 81) + (4 × 80) = (12)10

QUESTION 11:
8-bit 2’s complement form of (-15)10 is _________.
A) 0001 00012
B) 1111 00012
C) 1111 11112
D) 0000 11112

Correct Answer: B

Detailed Solution:

To represent -15 in 2's complement form, follow these steps:

1. Convert 15 to Binary:

The decimal number 15 in binary (assuming an 8-bit system for demonstration) is:
000011112

2. 2's Complement:

00001111 (15 in binary)

11110000 (1's complement of 15)

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Add 1 to the 1's complement:

1111 0000

+ 1

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1111 0001

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QUESTION 12:
What is the binary equivalent of 5.1510 ?
A) 101.00102
B) 101.10102
C) 111.00102
D) 101.11102

Correct Answer: A

Detailed Solution:

510=1012

Multiply the Fractional Part by 2 and record the integer part of the result. Repeat this process for
subsequent fractional parts.

0.15 × 2 = 0.30 (record 0)

0.30×2=0.60 (record 0)

0.60×2=1.20 (record 1; keep 0.20)

0.20×2=0.40 (record 0)

0.40×2=0.80 (record 0)

0.80×2=1.60 (record 1; keep 0.60)

Combine Integer and Fractional Parts

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Combining these, the binary equivalent of 5.15 is:

 Integer part: 101

 Fractional part: .0010

Thus, the binary representation of 5.155.155.15 to a reasonable precision is 101.0010.

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QUESTION 13:
What is the 1’s complement of (01001)2
A) (01010)2
B) (10110)2
C) (10010)2
D) (01011)2
Correct Answer: B

Detailed Solution:

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QUESTION 14:
What is the decimal equivalent of 10.10012?
A) 2.5625
B) 2.6875
C) 1.6875
D) 2.0457
Correct Answer: A

Detailed Solution:
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QUESTION 15:
What is the hexadecimal equivalent of 568?
A) 2F16
B) 2E16
C) 1E16
D) 0E16

Correct Answer: B
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Detailed Solution:

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