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  • Question
  • Once a PAL has been programmed:


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  • A. it cannot be reprogrammed.
  • B. its outputs are only active HIGHs
  • C. its outputs are only active LOWs
  • D. its logic capacity is lost

  • Correct Answer
  • it cannot be reprogrammed. 


  • Programmable Logic Devices (PLD) problems


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    • 1. The commutative law of addition and multiplication indicates that:

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    • A. the way we OR or AND two variables is unimportant because the result is the same
    • B. we can group variables in an AND or in an OR any way we want
    • C. an expression can be expanded by multiplying term by term just the same as in ordinary algebra
    • D. the factoring of Boolean expressions requires the multiplication of product terms that contain like variables
    • Discuss
    • 2. Logically, the output of a NOR gate would have the same Boolean expression as a(n):

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    • A. NAND gate immediately followed by an INVERTER
    • B. OR gate immediately followed by an INVERTER
    • C. AND gate immediately followed by an INVERTER
    • D. NOR gate immediately followed by an INVERTER
    • Discuss
    • 3. The observation that a bubbled input OR gate is interchangeable with a bubbled output AND gate is referred to as:

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    • A. a Karnaugh map
    • B. DeMorgan's second theorem
    • C. the commutative law of addition
    • D. the associative law of multiplication
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the examples below expresses the distributive law of Boolean algebra?

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    • A. A ? (B ? C) = (A ? B) + C
    • B. A + (B + C) = (A ? B) + (A ? C)
    • C. A ? (B + C) = (A ? B) + (A ? C)
    • D. (A + B) + C = A + (B + C)
    • Discuss
    • 5. One of DeMorgan's theorems states that . Simply stated, this means that logically there is no difference between:

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    • A. a NAND gate and an AND gate with a bubbled output
    • B. a NOR gate and an AND gate with a bubbled output
    • C. a NOR gate and a NAND gate with a bubbled output
    • D. a NAND gate and an OR gate with a bubbled output
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which type of PLD should be used to program basic logic functions?

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    • A. PLA
    • B. PAL
    • C. CPLD
    • D. SLD
    • Discuss
    • 7. The complex programmable logic device (CPLD) contains several PLD blocks and:

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    • A. field-programmable switches
    • B. AND/OR arrays
    • C. a global interconnection matrix
    • D. a language compiler
    • Discuss
    • 8. PLAs, CPLDs, and FPGAs are all which type of device?

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    • A. SLD
    • B. PLD
    • C. EPROM
    • D. SRAM
    • Discuss
    • 9. The content of a simple programmable logic device (PLD) consists of:

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    • A. fuse-link arrays
    • B. thousands of basic logic gates
    • C. advanced sequential logic functions
    • D. thousands of basic logic gates and advanced sequential logic functions
    • Discuss
    • 10. The difference between a PLA and a PAL is:

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    • A. the PLA has a programmable OR plane and a programmable AND plane, while the PAL only has a programmable AND plane
    • B. the PAL has a programmable OR plane and a programmable AND plane, while the PLA only has a programmable AND plane
    • C. the PAL has more possible product terms than the PLA
    • D. PALs and PLAs are the same thing.
    • Discuss


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