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  • Question
  • Which of the following is the primary advantage of using the BCD code instead of straight binary coding?


  • Options
  • A. Fewer bits are required to represent a decimal number with the BCD code.
  • B. The relative ease of converting to and from decimal.
  • C. BCD codes are easily converted to hexadecimal codes.
  • D. BCD codes are easily converted to straight binary codes.

  • Correct Answer
  • The relative ease of converting to and from decimal. 


  • More questions

    • 1. How many 1K × 4 RAM chips would be required to build a 1K × 8 memory system?

    • Options
    • A. 2
    • B. 4
    • C. 8
    • D. 16
    • Discuss
    • 2. PALs tend to execute ________ logic.

    • Options
    • A. SAP
    • B. SOP
    • C. PLA
    • D. SPD
    • Discuss
    • 3. 34FC + AD31 = ________.

    • Options
    • A. E22D
    • B. E31D
    • C. E21D
    • D. E42D
    • Discuss
    • 4. A decimal 11 in BCD is ________.

    • Options
    • A. 00001011
    • B. 00001100
    • C. 00010001
    • D. 00010010
    • Discuss
    • 5. Convert the following BCD number to decimal.
      010101101001bcd

    • Options
    • A. 539
    • B. 2551
    • C. 569
    • D. 1552
    • Discuss
    • 6. Parallel transmission is faster than serial.

    • Options
    • A. True
    • B. False
    • Discuss
    • 7. The complement of 1 is 0.

    • Options
    • A. True
    • B. False
    • Discuss
    • 8. Digital signal processing must be at least half as fast as the incoming signal to be processed.

    • Options
    • A. True
    • B. False
    • Discuss
    • 9. In the keypad HDL encoder, NANDing of the columns is used to activate the freeze bit.

    • Options
    • A. True
    • B. False
    • Discuss
    • 10. Resolution in the analog output of a DAC is primarily dependent on the number of input binary bits.

    • Options
    • A. True
    • B. False
    • Discuss


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