Digital Electronics Questions with Solutions

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Digital electronics is the study of circuits that work with binary signals, and it forms the hardware basis of every computer. This topic covers logic gates (AND, OR, NOT, NAND, NOR, XOR and XNOR) and their truth tables, Boolean algebra and its laws, De Morgan's theorems, and simplifying Boolean expressions, including with Karnaugh maps (K-maps). It also covers combinational circuits such as half adders, full adders, multiplexers, demultiplexers, encoders and decoders, and sequential circuits such as flip-flops (SR, JK, D and T), registers and counters. Exam questions test writing or reading truth tables, simplifying expressions, and identifying the output of a given circuit. Remember that NAND and NOR are universal gates, which means any other gate can be built using only NAND gates or only NOR gates. Practise the digital electronics questions below, each with a step-by-step solution.

  1. Q1.

    The simplified Boolean value of the expression is:

    A. B. C. D.
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  2. Q2.

    Consider , where the minterms 2, 7, 8 and 13 are don't-care terms. The minimal sum of products form for F is

    A. B. C. D.
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  3. Q3.

    Consider the Boolean expression . The minimal sum of products form of F is

    A. B. C. D.
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  4. Q4.

    The reduced form of the Boolean function F = xyz + xyz' + x'yz + xy'z is

    A. B. C. D.
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  5. Q5.

    A device that converts from decimal to binary number is known as

    A. InstructorB. DecoderC. AND GateD. Encoder
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  6. Q6.

    The simplified form of is

    A. B. C. D. None of these
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  7. Q7.

    Which gate is equivalent to (NOR) OR (XOR)?

    A. NANDB. ORC. ANDD. XOR
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  8. Q8.

    The function is equivalent to

    A. B. C. D.
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  9. Q9.

    The minimum number of NAND gates required for implementing the Boolean expression is

    A. 1B. 0C. 2D. 3
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  10. Q10.

    Which of the following is equivalent to the Boolean expression ?

    A. B. C. D.
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  11. Q11.

    Write the simplified form of the Boolean expression .

    A. B. C. D.
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  12. Q12.

    Which term is redundant in the expression AB + A'C + BC?

    A. BCB. A'CC. ABD. None of these
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  13. Q13.

    The total number of binary functions that can be defined using n Boolean variables is

    A. B. C. D. None of these
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  14. Q14.

    Which one of the following expressions does NOT represent the exclusive NOR of x and y?

    A. B. C. D.
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  15. Q15.

    The Boolean expression for the following truth table is ______ x y z f 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1

    A. F = x'yz' + xy'z + x'y'z'B. F = x'y'z' + xy'z + xyz'C. F = x'yz' + xy'z + xyzD. None of these
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  16. Q16.

    Consider the Boolean function in a CPU control unit: Which of the following is equivalent to Y?

    A. B. C. D.
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