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Digital Logic and Microprocessor

Multiple Choice Questions (Digital Logic)
1. The digital systems usually operate on ………. system.
a. binary b. decimal
c. octal d. hexadecimal
2. Names, numbers and other information needed to solve a problem are called ……….
a. program b. instruction
c. data d. controls
3. The ………. is a sequence of instructions that tells the computer how to process the data
a. data b. program
c. controls d. instruction
4. Computer ICs work reliably because they based on ………. design
a. top-button b. system
c. two-stage d. two-status
5. A record at the end of file which contains control total is
a. pointers b. trailer
c. trunk d. trunkey
6. A six-bit alpha-numeric code is able to code
a. 36 characters b. 48 characters
c. 64 characters d. 128 characters
7. A ………. Is group of devices that store digital data
a. circuits b. register
c. variations d. bit
8. In a digital signal the number of levels is
a. two b. three
c. four d. five
9. A BYTE stands for a string of ………. BITS.
a. sixteen b. four
c. eight d. twelve
10. How many bits are there in one byte?
 a. 2 b. 4
c. 8 d. 16
11. ………. Is an unweighted code.
a. 63210 b. 2421
c. 8421 d. Excess-3 code
12. A byte is a string of ………. bits
a. two b. four
c. eight d. ten
13. How many bytes are there in 1011 1001 0110 1110 numbers?
a. 1 b. 2
c. 4 d. 8
14. ………. is an abbreviation for binary digit
a. 0 and 1 b. binary
c. base d. bit
15. A binary system has radix of
a. 0 b. 1
c. 2 d. None of these
16. The binary system uses power of ………. for positional values.
a. 2 b. 10
c. 8 d. 16
17. Binary means ……….
a. three b. four
c. ten d. two
18. The binary number 1100 0101 has ….. bytes
a. 1 b. 2
c. 4 d. 8
19. The digits used in a binary number systems are ….. and …..
a. 9 and 0 b. 0 and 1
c. 1 and 2 d. 3 and 4
20. A binary digit is called
 a. bite b. bit
c. byte d. None of these
21. The number of bits in a nibble is
a. 16 b. 5
c. 4 d. 8
22. A binary with n digits all of which are unity has the value
a. 2n b. 2n-1
c. 2n + 1 d. 2n - 1
23. In binary system, decimal 1 can be written as
a. 0001 b. 1010
c. 0100 d. 1000
24. In binary numbers shifting the binary point one place to the right
a. Multiplies by 2 b. Multiplies by 4
c. divides by 4 d. divides by 2
25. After counting 0, 1, 10, 11 the next binary number is
a. 15 b. 100
c. 110 d. 120
26. Decimal 15 in binary system can be written as
a. 1111 b. 1110
c. 1100 d. 1000
27. If 4 in binary system is 100 then 8 will be
a. 10 b. 100
c. 111 d. 1000
28. Binary 1111 when subtracted from binary 11111, the result in binary is
a. 111111 b. 1111
c. 1000 d. 10000
29. Binary 1000 multiplied by binary 1000 gives
a. 10000 b. 100000
c. 1000000 d. 10000000
30. Which binary addition is incorrect?
 a. 1101.1+1011.1 = 11001.0 b. 101101+1101101 = 1100011
c. 0.0011+0.1110 = 1.0001 d. 1100.011+1011.011 = 10111.100
31. Which of the following binary product is incorrect?
a. 1100×1010 = 1111000 b. 1.01×10.1 = 11.001
c. 1100110×1000 = 1100110000 d. none of the above
32. The binary sum of 1110102 and 110112 is
a. 10101012 b. 10110012
c. 10111012 d. 11111112
33. The digit 0 with carry of 1 is the sum of binary addition?
a. 1+1 b. 1+0
c. 0+1 d. 0+0
34. How many different binary numbers can be stored in a register consisting of six
switches?
a. 16 b. 32
c. 64 d. 128
35. (1111.11)2 is
a. (1.01)10 b. –(0.75)10
c. (15.3)10 d. (15.75)10
36. Octal coding involves grouping the bits in
a. 3’s b. 4’s
c. 5’s d. 7’s
37. In decimal system the base or radix is
a. 20 b. 12
c. 10 d. 8
38. What is the decimal equivalent of 210?
a. 4096 b. 1024
c. 1000 d. 16
39. The hexadecimal number system is widely used in analyzing and programming ……….
a. registers b. chips
c. microprocessors d. vacuum tube
40. The radix of a hexadecimal system is
a. 4 b. 6
c. 8 d. 12
41. Hexadecimal number system with base
a. 16 b. 10
c. 8 d. 2
42. The hexadecimal digits are 0 and 9 and A to …..
a. E b. F
c. G d. D
43. The main advantage of hexadecimal numbers is the case of conversion from
hexadecimal to ….. and vice versa
a. decimal b. binary
c. ASCII d. BCD
44. What is the base of F4C316 numbers?
a. 2 b. 4
c. 8 d. 16
45. Binary 1010 in decimal system is equivalent to
a. 13 b. 19
c. 10 d. 23
46. Which of the following represents the decimal form of binary 0.0111?
a. 0.1600 b. 0.2728
c. 0.4375 d. 0.7964
47. The decimal equivalent of the binary number 10110.0101011101 is
a. 22.3408216500 b. 22.3408216750
c. 22.3408213125 d. 22.3408203125
48. The hexadecimal number A492 is equivalent to decimal number
a. 31330 b. 42230
c. 43120 d. 42130
49. The binary number 101101 is equal to octal number
a. 65 b. 55
c. 51 d. 45
50. The binary number 011 1011011 is equivalent to decimal number
a. 355.4 b. 0.3554
c. 3.554 d. 35.54
51. The decimal number 4429.625 is equal to octal number
a. 10515.5 b. 10515.0
c. 10115.5 d. 10110.5
52. (62)10 in binary system is
a. 110000 b. 111100
c. 111110 d. 111111
53. Which of the following pairs of octal and binary numbers are not equal?
a. 111110112 = 7678 b. 1101101012 = 6658
c. 110102 = 38 d. 10101.112 = 25.68
54. In 8421 Binary Coded Decimal system the decimal number 237 is represented by
a. 1000110111 b. 1000111110
c. 001000110111 d. 10010010011
55. In a decimal digital computer, the number 127 is stored as
a. 1111111 b. 000100100111
c. 10001 d. 11000111
56. The octal number 1170, 76051 when converted to decimal number will be
a. 632.97 b. 622.67
c. 632.37 d. 632.17
57. The hexadecimal number AB6 is equal to decimal number
a. 2274 b. 2427
c. 2742 d. 2247
58. BCD code is
a. Non-weighted b. the same thing as binary numbers
c. a binary code d. an alphanumeric code
59. Which of the following 4-bit combination (s) is/are invalid in the BCD code
a. 1010 b. 0010
c. 0101 d. 1000
60. How would the 16-bit BCD representation of decimal number 27 look like?
a. 0000000000100111 b. 10000000000100111
c. 1000000001100111 d. 1100000000100111
61. Amongst the following four-bit groups, the only invalid BCD code is 1001, 0111, 1000
and 1010
a. 0111 b. 1001
c. 1010 d. 1000
62. In Excess-3 code each coded number is ………. that in the BCD code.
a. Four larger b. three smaller
c. three larger d. much larger
63. Number 17 in BCD representation is
a. 10001 b. 001111
c. 10111 d. 10001
64. Binary-Coded-Decimal (BCD) numbers express each digit as a ……….
a. bytes b. nibble
c. bit d. all of the above
65. BCD numbers are useful whenever ….. information is transferred into or out a digital
system
a. decimal b. binary
c. ASCII d. hexadecimal
66. The hexadecimal number AB6 is equal to
a. (2738)10 b. (2478)10
c. (2742)10 d. (2240)10
67. In the 8421 BCD code, the decimal number 125 is written as
a. 1111101 b. 000100100101
c. 6D d. 11000101
68. The ASCII code is a 7-bit code for
a. letters b. numbers
c. other symbols d. all of the above
69. Consider an arbitrary number system with independent digits as 0, 1 and A. The sixth
number in this number system would be
 b. AA b. A1
c. 100 d. 1A
70. Hexadecimal equivalent of decimal number 15 is
a. 100 A b. 0 F
c. 1111 d. 0101
71. Which of the following binary number is equivalent to decimal 10?
a. 1000 b. 1100
c. 1010 d. 1001
72. The binary equivalent of decimal number 12 is
a. (1100)2 b. (0011)2
c. (1010)2 d. (1011)2
73. Find the decimal equivalent number, (11101)2 = (?)10
a. 23 b. 29
c. 17 d. 37
74. Which of the following is binary equivalent of (0.875)10?
a. 0.0110 b. 0.1010
c. 0.1110 d. 0.1001
75. Gray code for 1101 is given by
a. 1111 b. 1011
c. 1001 d. 0101
76. Conversion of 13.8125 in digital form is
a. 1101.1011 b. 1101.1101
c. 1011.1111 d. 1011.1110
77. The square of octal number 23 is
a. 529 b. 539
c. 550 d. 650
78. Binary 111 represents
a. Decimal 4 b. decimal 7
c. decimal 8 d. decimal 12
79. The number 10002 is equivalent to decimal number
 a. One thousand b. eight
c. four d. sixteen
80. The result of binary subtraction (100 – 011) is
a. – 111 b. 111
c. 011 d. 001
81. The binary equivalent of A16 is
a. 1010 b. 1011
c. 1000 d. 1110
82. The chief reason why digital computers use complemental subtraction is that it
a. Simplifies their circuitry b. is a very simple process
c. can handle negative numbers easily d. avoid direct subtraction
83. The number 1001012 is equivalent to octal ……….
a. 54 b. 45
c. 37 d. 25
84. ………. Is not an octal number.
a. 15 b. 100
c. 77 d. 101
85. Which of the following is not an octal number?
a. 19 b. 77
c. 15 d. 101
86. In octal system the value of 25 is
b. 480 b. 40
c. 44 d. 400
87. The number 178 is equivalent to binary
a. 111 b. 1110
c. 1111 d. 11101
88. Which if the following represents the decimal form of binary 0.0111?
a. 0.1600 b. 0.2728
c. 0.4375 d. 0.7964
89. Which of the following is decimal equivalent of the binary 1111111?
 a. 67 b. 87
c. 127 d. 167
90. Decimal 18.293 when converted into 10’s complement will become
a. 81.707 b. 81.700
c. 81.777 d. 81.077
91. The binary number 101100.110 in octal number will be
a. 152.6 b. 154.6
c. 145.6 d. 174.6
92. (62)10 in binary system is
a. 110000 b. 111100
c. 111110 d. 111111
93. 10 in BCD code is represented as
a. 10100 b. 1100
c. 010111 d. None of these
94. Decimal 17 in octal system is represented by
a. 244 b. 115
c. 21 d. 25
95. Octal 16 is equal to decimal
a. 12 b. 14
c. 15 d. 18
96. (1001)2 is equal to
a. 9 b. 8
c. (7)4 d. (10)4
97. Which of the following is incorrect?
a. (8)16 = (8)8 b. (5)16 = (5)8
c. (10)2 = (2)10 d. (2)16 = (2)10
98. Square root of 4 is
a. (16)16 b. (2)2
c. (8)16 d. (F)16
99. The binary number 101100.110 in octal number will be
 a. 152.6 b. 154.6
c. 156.6 d. 162.6
100. (100101)2 is
a. (37)10 b. (45)10
c. (40)10 d. (32)10
101. (1111.11)2 is equal to
a. (2.03)10 b. (10.75)10
c. (15.3)10 d. (15.75)10
102. Binary equivalent of the octal number 374.26 is
a. 11111100.01011 b. 11101100.01011
c. 11111100.10111 d. 11111100.01001
103. Octal equivalent of hexadecimal number 2E.C1 would be
a. 212.602 b. 56.602
c. 56.623 d. 6F.C4
104. Number of bits required to encode the decimal numbers from 0 to 9999 in
straight binary and BCD codes would be, respectively
a. 16 and 14 b. 14 and 20
c. 14 and 16 d. 8 and 16
105. Binary equivalent of Gray code number 1111 would be
a. 1100 b. 1101
c. 0100 d. 1010
106. Determine the hexadecimal equivalent of (82.25)10
a. 52.2 b. 52.4
c. 52.6 d. 52.8
107. Find the binary equivalent of (28E.F3)16
a. 1001001110.11110011 b. 1010001110.11110011
c. 1000101111.11110011 d. 1000101110.10100011
108. What is the gray code equivalent of the decimal 13?
a. 1101 b. 1010
c. 1100 d. 1011