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Digital Concepts problems


  • 1. Which format requires fewer conductors?

  • Options
  • A. Parallel
  • B. Serial
  • C. Both are the same
  • D. Cannot tell
  • Discuss
  • 2. What is one relative disadvantage of serial transfer?

  • Options
  • A. It requires too many conductors.
  • B. Its interconnect system is complex.
  • C. It is slow.
  • D. It can only be used over very short distances.
  • Discuss
  • 3. The output of a NOT gate is HIGH when ________.

  • Options
  • A. the input is LOW
  • B. the input is HIGH
  • C. the input changes from LOW to HIGH
  • D. voltage is removed from the gate
  • Discuss
  • 4. A pulse has a period of 15 ms. Its frequency is ________.

  • Options
  • A. 6.66 Hz
  • B. 66.66 Hz
  • C. 666.66 Hz
  • D. 15 Hz
  • Discuss
  • 5. Digital representations of numerical values of quantities may BEST be described as having characteristics:

  • Options
  • A. that are difficult to interpret because they are continuously changing.
  • B. that vary constantly over a continuous range of values.
  • C. that vary in constant and direct proportion to the values they represent.
  • D. that vary in discrete steps in proportion to the values they represent.
  • Discuss
  • 6. Which format can send several bits of information faster?

  • Options
  • A. Parallel
  • B. Serial
  • C. Both are the same
  • D. Cannot tell
  • Discuss
  • 7. In positive logic, ________.

  • Options
  • A. a HIGH = 1, a LOW = 0
  • B. a LOW = 1, a HIGH = 0
  • C. only HIGHs are present
  • D. only LOWs are present
  • Discuss
  • 8. What is an analog-to-digital converter?

  • Options
  • A. It makes digital signals.
  • B. It takes analog signals and puts them in digital format.
  • C. It allows the use of digital signals in everyday life.
  • D. It stores information on a CD.
  • Discuss
  • 9. In the decimal numbering system, what is the MSD?

  • Options
  • A. The middle digit of a stream of numbers
  • B. The digit to the right of the decimal point
  • C. The last digit on the right
  • D. The digit with the most weight
  • Discuss
  • 10. The output of an AND gate is LOW ________.

  • Options
  • A. all the time
  • B. when any input is LOW
  • C. when any input is HIGH
  • D. when all inputs are HIGH
  • Discuss

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