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What is the difference between setup time and hold time?
Options
A. Setup time occurs after the active clock edge, hold time occurs before the active clock edge.
B. Setup time occurs before the active clock edge, hold time occurs after the active clock edge.
C. Setup time and hold time both occur at the active clock edge.
Correct Answer
Setup time occurs before the active clock edge, hold time occurs after the active clock edge.
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1. A settable flip-flop's normal starting state when power is first applied to a circuit is always the ________ state.
Options
A. reset
B. set
C. toggle
D. dual
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Correct Answer: set
2. In the automatic reset circuit for a flip-flop, how long does it take the capacitor to completely charge?
Options
A. 1 time constant (RC)
B. 2 time constants (RC)
C. 5 time constants (RC)
D. 10 time constants (RC)
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Correct Answer: 5 time constants (RC)
3. Look up the propagation delay from the clock to the output for the 7476. Are the HIGH-to-LOW and LOW-to-HIGH propagation delays the same?
Options
A. yes
B. no,
t
PLH
= 25 ns,
t
PHL
= 40 ns
C. no,
t
PLH
= 40 ns,
t
PHL
= 25 ns
D. no,
t
PHL
= 25 ns,
t
PLH
= 40 ns
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Correct Answer: no,
t
PLH
= 25 ns,
t
PHL
= 40 ns
4. Why is the Schmitt trigger needed in the 60-Hz TTL-level clock pulse generator?
Options
A. to provide a triangle wave
B. to provide a sine wave
C. to provide a rounded pulse waveform
D. to provide a sharp pulse waveform
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Correct Answer: to provide a sharp pulse waveform
5. Why would a delay gate be needed for a digital circuit?
Options
A. A delay gate is never needed.
B. to provide for setup times
C. to provide for hold times
D. to provide for setup times and hold times
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Correct Answer: to provide for setup times and hold times
6. Which of the following circuit parameters would be most likely to limit the maximum operating frequency of a flip-flop?
Options
A. setup and hold time
B. clock pulse HIGH and LOW time
C. propagation delay time
D. clock transition time
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Correct Answer: propagation delay time
7. Is the propagation delay from the clock to the output for the 7476 the same as the delay from the set or reset to the output?
Options
A. yes
B. no
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Correct Answer: yes
8. Decoupling capacitors should be tied from
V
CC
on one device to ground on a different device.
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A. True
B. False
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Correct Answer: False
9. The purpose of a pull-up resistor is to keep a terminal at a ________ level when it would normally be at a ________ level.
Options
A. LOW, float
B. HIGH, float
C. clock, float
D. pulsed, float
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Correct Answer: HIGH, float
10. Why does the data sheet for the 7476 only give a minimum value for the clock pulse width (both HIGH and LOW)?
Options
A. nominal value
B. best-case condition
C. worst-case condition
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Correct Answer: worst-case condition
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