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Digital Fundamentals
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The portion within the microprocessor that provides the timing and control signals for getting data into and out of the microprocessor and for synchronizing the execution of instructions.
Bleeder Current
Asynchronous counter
Base
Control Unit
2. The maximum value of a voltage or current
Amplitude
Circuit Breaker
Bipolar
BEDO DRAM
3. The basic timing signal in a digital system; a periodic waveform in which the interval between pulses equals the time for one bit; the triggering input of a flip- flop
Collector
Debug
Access time
Clock
4. A resettable protective device used for interrupting execessive current in an electric circuit
DSP
Circuit Breaker
Amplitude
Charge
5. In a division operation the quantity that is being divided
Dividend
Balanced Load
Combinational logic
Circuit
6. An electrical instrument used to measure current
DSP
Aliasing
Ammeter
Dependency notation
7. Dual in - line memory module
TTL
Debug
DIMM
Branch
8. An application program in development software packages that controls the design flow process and translates source code into object code in a format that can be logically tested or downloaded to a target device
Duty cycle
Compiler
BIOS
Aliasing
9. A basic logic operation in which a true(high) output occurs only when all the input conditions are true (high)
CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
DAT
Choke
AND
10. The process of converting an analog signal to digital form
Central processing unit
Atomic number
Base address
Analog- to- digital (A/D) conversion
11. Consisting of numerals - letters - and other characters
Balanced Bridge
Assembler
Alphanumeric
Carry generation
12. A digital counter having ten states
Array
Component
Decade Counter
Norton's Theorem
13. A type of semiconductor memory that stores data in the form of charge packets and is serially accessed
Kirchoff's Voltage Law
Current sinking
Boolean expression
Charge- coupled device
14. A condition where all the load currents are equal and the neutral current is zero
Cross - assembler
Balanced Load
Apparent power
Decimal
15. A class of integrated logic circuits that is implemented with a type of field effect transistor
BIOS
DRAM
Branch
CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
16. A type of IC package whose leads must pass through holes to the other side of a PC board
Assembly language
Dual in - line package
Circuit
Cache memory
17. 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.
Astable
Circuit
DMA
Central processing unit
18. A program that translates an assembly language program for one type of microprocessor to an assembly language for another type of microprocessor
Ammeter
Charge
Cross - assembler
Balanced Bridge
19. Dynamic random- access memory; a type of semiconductor memory that uses capacitors as the storage elements and is a volatile - read/write memory
DRAM
Circular Mil (CM)
Cache memory
Bus
20. American wire gauge; a standardization based on wire diameter
Central processing unit
Asynchronous counter
AWG
Average value
21. Altera HDL; a nonstandard HDL
Baseline
Circular Mil (CM)
Current sinking
AHDL
22. A set of conductive paths hat connects the CPU to other parts of the computer to coordinate its operations and to communicate with external devices
Average value
Capacitance Reactance
Control Bus
Bus contention
23. A bidirectional set of conductive paths on which data or instruction codes are transferred into a microprocessor or on which the result of an operation is sent out from the microprocessor
bed- of- nails
Cascade
Clock
Data bus
24. Stands for Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor and is implemented with a type of field transistor
Boolean addition
Vx=(Vs * Rx) /RT
CMOS
Control Bus
25. A complex programmable logic device that consists basically of muliple SPLD arrays with programmable interconnections.
Collector
Assembly language
AWG
CPLD
26. A type of PLD nonvolatile programmable link that can be left open or can be shorted once as directed by the program
Antifuse
Carry generation
Clock
DSP
27. The opposition of a capacitor to permit current; the reciprocal of capacitive reactance. The unit is the siemens.
Circuit
Data Sheet
Capacitance Reactance
Base
28. The ability of a capacitor to store electrical charge.
BEDO DRAM
Capacitance
Ampere- hour(Ah) rating
DAT
29. One of the three regions in a bipolar Junction transistor(North junction of NpN)
CMOS
Atomic number
Collector
Complement
30. To decrease the binary state of a counter by one
Branch Current
ALU
Carry propagation
Decrement
31. Having two directions. the stored data can be shifted right or left
Bias
Counter
DAT
Bidirectional shift Register
32. A code within DOS that allows various operations on files and includes a primitive assembler; to eliminate a problem in hardware or software.
Atomic number
CPLD
Debug
DTE
33. A type of magnetic tape format
Digital linear tape
Distributive Law
Closed circuit
Attenuation
34. Sum of all currents entering a node is equal to the sum of all currents leaving the same node
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35. The mathematics of logic circuits
Collector
AWG
Dependency notation
Boolean algebra
36. Having two stable states. Flip- flops and latches are bistable multivibrators.
ANSI
Bistable
BEDO DRAM
Capacitor
37. A group of eight bits
Byte
Array
Ampere
AND gate
38. Digital Signal Processor; a special type of microprocessor that processes data in real time
Circuit Breaker
DSP
CLB (Configurable Logic Block)
Bus arbitration
39. A semiconductor device that conducts current in only one direction
Diode
Apparent power
Bus interface unit
Carry propagation
40. The application of a dc voltage to an electronic device to produce a desired mode of operation
Bandwidth
Bidirectional shift Register
Decode
Bias
41. A digital circuit device that converts coded information into another (familiar) or noncoded form
Counter
Assembler
Collector
Decoder
42. An electrical device consisting of two conductive plates separated by an insulating material and possessing the property of capacitance.
Capacitor
Average value
Commutative Law
Charge
43. The smallest particle of an element possessing the unique characteristics of that element.
Angular Velocity
Component
Circuit
Atom
44. A type of bistable multivibrator in which the output assumes the state of the D input on the triggering edge of a clock pulse.
Current sinking
Central processing unit
D Flip-Flop
Alphanumeric
45. 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
Cascade
Assembler
Diode
Bidirectional shift Register
46. American National Standards Institute
Data Selector
Cross - assembler
Counter
ANSI
47. A combined coder and decoder
Bipolar
Code
Digital linear tape
Amplitude
48. The current left after the total load current is subtracted from the total current into the circuit
AHDL
Bleeder Current
Charge- coupled device
Boolean algebra
49. The effect created when a signal is sampled at less than twice the signal frequency. Aliasing creates unwanted frequencies that interfere with the signal frequency.
Aliasing
Atomic number
Bidirectional shift Register
Adder
50. Having two values or states; describes a number system that has a base of two and utilizes 1 and 0 as its digits
DMA
Ammeter
Circuit
Binary