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Digital Fundamentals
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Stands for Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor and is implemented with a type of field transistor
Bode Plot
Boolean addition
CMOS
Ammeter
2. A one- way group of conductors from the to a memory - or other external device - on which the address code is sent
bed- of- nails
Norton's Theorem
Adjacency
Address Bus
3. A digital code in which each of the decimal digits - 0 through 9 - is represented by a group of four bits
DCE
Binary coded decimal
Counter
Angular Velocity
4. Dynamic random- access memory; a type of semiconductor memory that uses capacitors as the storage elements and is a volatile - read/write memory
DRAM
Balanced Bridge
Charge- coupled device
Dynamic Memory
5. The time from the application of a valid memory address to the appearance of valid output data
Access time
Baseline
Average value
Comparator
6. The maximum value of a voltage or current
Carry generation
Amplitude
Data Sheet
Bus interface unit
7. In addition (Oring) and multiplication (ANDing) of three or more variables - the order in which the variables are grouped makes no difference
Balanced Bridge
Associative law
Data Sheet
CLB (Configurable Logic Block)
8. American wire gauge; a standardization based on wire diameter
Bus contention
Charge- coupled device
AWG
AND
9. Describes a number system with a base of ten
DMA
Ampere- hour(Ah) rating
Average value
Decimal
10. A nominally continuous electrical signal that varies in amplitude or frequency in response to changes in sound - light - heat - position - or pressure.
Boolean expression
Analog
CMOS
Balanced Load
11. A digital circuit device that converts coded information into another (familiar) or noncoded form
Complement
DIMM
Data
Decoder
12. The application of a dc voltage to an electronic device to produce a desired mode of operation
CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
Decode
Debug
Bias
13. A program that translates an assembly language program for one type of microprocessor to an assembly language for another type of microprocessor
Autotransformer
Bidirectional shift Register
Cross - assembler
Atomic number
14. The process of rippling an input carry to become the output carry in a full- adder when either or both of the input bits are 1's and the input carry is a 1
Capacity
Carry propagation
Cross - assembler
Kirchoff's Voltage Law
15. An expression of variables and operators used to express the operation of a logic circuit
Capacity
Boolean expression
Adder
Baseline
16. The interval of time occupied by a single bit in a sequence of bits; the period of the clock
Capacitor
Central processing unit
ANSI
Bit time
17. The process or sequence of operations carried out to program a target device
Base
Analog
Design flow
CPLD
18. A type of semiconductor memory that stores data in the form of charge packets and is serially accessed
Charge- coupled device
Buffer
DRAM
DSP
19. Burst extended data output dynamic random- access memory
Balanced Load
Bias
BEDO DRAM
Band- stop filter
20. A bridge circuit that is in the balanced state as indicated by 0 V across the output.
Data Selector
Balanced Bridge
Demultiplexer
BIOS
21. In addition (ORing) and multiplication (ANDing) of two variables the order in which the variables are ORed or ANDed makes no difference
Bipolar
BIOS
Circuit
Commutative Law
22. A electrical property of matter that exist because of an excess or a deficiency of electrons. Can be either positive or negative
Address
Charge
Boundary scan
Baseline
23. An asynchronous input used to reset a flip- flop (make the Q output 0); to place a register or counter in the state in which it contains all 0's
Antifuse
DTE
Carry generation
Clear
24. Digital Signal Processor; a special type of microprocessor that processes data in real time
CMOS
Decode
AHDL
DSP
25. Data Communications equipment
Counter
Base address
DCE
DMA
26. One of the three regions in a bipolar Junction transistor(North junction of NpN)
Alphanumeric
Collector
DSP
AWG
27. Characterized by ten states or values
Antifuse
Decade
Bus arbitration
Dividend
28. In a pulse waveform - the height or maximum value of the pulse as measured from its low level.
Thevenin Equivalent Circuit
bed- of- nails
Amplitude
Aliasing
29. A binary digit - which can be either 1 or 0
Amplitude
Boolean algebra
Adder
Bit
30. Having two opposites charge carriers within the transistor structure
Data Sheet
Branch
Concurrency
Bipolar
31. The digit generated when the sum of two binary digits exceeds 1
Controller
Vx=(Vs * Rx) /RT
Array
Carry
32. A stage of the DSP pipeline operation in which instructions are assigned to functional units and are decoded.
Band- stop filter
Boundary scan
AND array
Decode
33. A filter that passes a range of frequencies lying between two critical freqencies and rejects frequencies above and below that range.
Band- pass filter
Cross - assembler
Decimal
Norton's Theorem
34. The unit of electrical current
Antifuse
Ampere
bed- of- nails
Attenuation
35. To connect 'end- to- end' as when several counters are connected from the terminal count output of one counter to the enable input of the next counter
Array
Charge- coupled device
Augend
Cascade
36. A circuit (digital service) that switches digital data from one input line to several output lines in a specified time sequence
Thevenin Equivalent Circuit
Center Tap
DMA
Demultiplexer
37. The total number of data units(bits - nibbles - bytes - words) that a memory can store.
Antifuse
Capacity
Balanced Load
Counter
38. A type of PLD nonvolatile programmable link that can be left open or can be shorted once as directed by the program
ALU
Antifuse
Data bus
Bus interface unit
39. Having two directions. the stored data can be shifted right or left
Compiler
Apparent power
Bidirectional shift Register
Decimal
40. Characteristic of cells in a Karnaugh map in which there is a single- variable change from one cell to another cell next to it on any of its four sides
Bandwidth
Capacitance Reactance
Assembly language
Adjacency
41. The range of frequencies for which the current (or output voltage) is equal to or greater than 70.7% of its value at the resonant frequency that is considered to be passed by a filter.
Bandwidth
Associative law
Apparent power
Analog
42. A semiconductor device that conducts current in only one direction
Band- pass filter
Diode
Autotransformer
Analog
43. A set of interconnections that interface one or more devices based on a standardized specification
Decrement
Bus
AWG
Dual in - line package
44. A interconnection of electrical components designed to produce a desired result. A basic circuits consists of a source - a load and an interconnecting current path.
Circuit
Adjacency
Central processing unit
Bandwidth
45. The main part of a computer responsible for control and processing of data; the core of a DSP that processes the program instructions
Central processing unit
TTL
Dual in - line package
Circuit Breaker
46. A digital counter having ten states
Decade Counter
Bandwidth
Bus arbitration
Boolean multiplication
47. Arithmetic Logic Unit; the key processing element of a microprocessor that perfoms arithmetic and logic operations.
Control Bus
Debug
Aliasing
ALU
48. The current left after the total load current is subtracted from the total current into the circuit
Control Bus
Bipolar
Bleeder Current
Associative law
49. In a division operation the quantity that is being divided
Dividend
Bleeder Current
AWG
Clock
50. The process of producing an output carry in full- adder when both input bits are 1s.
Vx=(Vs * Rx) /RT
Carry generation
BJT
Augend