Combinational Circuits – Exercise – 2

86. Two 4-bit comparators are cascaded to form an 8-bit comparator. The cascading inputs of the most significant 4 bits should be connected ________.

(a) to the outputs from the least significant 4-bit comparator
(b) to the cascading inputs of the least significant 4-bit comparator
(c) A = B to a logic high, A < b and a > B to a logic low
(d) ground

Answer
Answer : (a)
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87. The 7447A is a BCD-to-7-segment decoder with ripple blanking input and output functions. The purpose of these lines is to ________.

(a) turn off the display for any nonsignificant digit
(b) turn off the display for any zero
(c) turn off the display for leading or trailing zeros
(d) test the display to assure all segments are operational

Answer
Answer : (a)
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88. To subtract a signed number (the subtrahend) from another signed number (the minuend) in the 2’s complement system, the minuend is ________.

(a) complemented only if it is positive
(b) complemented only if it is negative
(c) always complemented
(d) never complemented

Answer
Answer : (d)
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89. The largest truth table that can be implemented directly with an 8-line-to-1-line MUX has ________.

(a) 3 rows
(b) 4 rows
(c) 8 rows
(d) 16 rows

Answer
Answer : (c)
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90. An 8-bit binary number is input to an odd parity generator. The parity bit will equal 1 only if ________.

(a) the number is odd
(b) the number of 1s in the number is odd
(c) the number is even
(d) the number of 1s in the number is even

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