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  • One characteristic of a ring counter is that the modulus is equal to the number of flip-flops in the register and, consequently, there are never any unused or invalid states.


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  • A. True
  • B. False

  • Correct Answer
  • False 


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    • 1. The terminal marked A on the CTR block in the given figure is the SET terminal.


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    • A. True
    • B. False
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    • 2. A parallel in/serial out shift register enters all data bits simultaneously and transfers them out one bit at a time.

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    • A. True
    • B. False
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    • 3. Three cascaded modulus-10 counters have an overall modulus of 1000.

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    • A. True
    • B. False
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    • 4. Asynchronous counters are known as modulus counters.

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    • A. True
    • B. False
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    • 5. The 7447 has a 4-bit BCD input, seven individual active-LOW outputs, and a ripple blanking input and output.

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    • A. True
    • B. False
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    • 6. In general, when using a scope to troubleshoot digital systems the instrument should be triggered by ________.

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    • A. the A channel or channel 1
    • B. the vertical input mode, when using more than one channel
    • C. the system clock
    • D. line sync, in order to observe troublesome power line glitches
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    • 7. ________ is the modulus of the counter shown below.


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    • A. 200
    • B. 19
    • C. 0.005
    • D. 5000
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    • 8. The circuit shown below is a ________.


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    • A. parallel in/serial out register
    • B. serial in/parallel load register
    • C. multiplexer
    • D. demultiplexer
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    • 9. The minimum number of flip-flops that can be used to construct a modulus-5 counter is ________.

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    • A. 3
    • B. 5
    • C. 8
    • D. 10
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    • 10. Referring to the function table given below, taking the CLEAR, S1, and S0 inputs all HIGH ________.


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    • A. will inhibit the operation of the register
    • B. will reset the parallel registers and inhibit the serial data inputs
    • C. will cause the parallel data inputs to be loaded and passed to the parallel data outputs
    • D. will depend on what values are loaded into the parallel data inputs
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