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This set of Digital Electronics Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Digital Electronics Set 12

Q1 | A 74HC195 4-bit parallel access shift register can be used for                          
  • serial in/serial out operation
  • serial in/parallel out operation
  • parallel in/serial out operation
  • all of the mentioned
Q2 | What is the function of a buffer circuit?
  • to provide an output that is inverted from that on the input
  • to provide an output that is equal to its input
  • to clean up the input
  • to clean up the output
Q3 | What is the preset condition for a ring shift counter?
  • all ffs set to 1
  • all ffs cleared to 0
  • a single 0, the rest 1
  • a single 1, the rest 0
Q4 | Another way to connect devices to a shared data bus is to use a                          
  • circulating gate
  • transceiver
  • bidirectional encoder
  • strobed latch
Q5 | The full form of SIPO is                        
  • serial-in parallel-out
  • parallel-in serial-out
  • serial-in serial-out
  • serial-in peripheral-out
Q6 | A shift register that will accept a parallel input or a bidirectional serial load and internal shift features is called as?
  • tristate
  • end around
  • universal
  • conversion
Q7 | How can parallel data be taken out of a shift register simultaneously?
  • use the q output of the first ff
  • use the q output of the last ff
  • tie all of the q outputs together
  • use the q output of each ff
Q8 | What is meant by parallel load of a shift register?
  • all ffs are preset with data
  • each ff is loaded with data, one at a time
  • parallel shifting of data
  • all ffs are set with data
Q9 | The group of bits 11001 is serially shifted (right-most bit first) into a 5-bit parallel output shift register with an initial state 01110. After three clock pulses, the register contains                  
  • 01110
  • 00001
  • 00101
  • 00110
Q10 | Assume that a 4-bit serial in/serial out shift register is initially clear. We wish to store the nibble 1100. What will be the 4-bit pattern after the second clock pulse? (Right-most bit first)
  • 1100
  • 0011
  • 0000
  • 1111
Q11 | A serial in/parallel out, 4-bit shift register initially contains all 1s. The data nibble 0111 is waiting to enter. After four clock pulses, the register contains                  
  • 0000
  • 1111
  • 0111
  • 1000
Q12 | With a 200 kHz clock frequency, eight bits can be serially entered into a shift register in
  • 4 μs
  • 40 μs
  • 400 μs
  • 40 ms
Q13 | An 8-bit serial in/serial out shift register is used with a clock frequency of 2 MHz to achieve a time delay (td) of                  
  • 16 us
  • 8 us
  • 4 us
  • 2 us
Q14 | A sequence of equally spaced timing pulses may be easily generated by which type of counter circuit?
  • ring shift
  • clock
  • johnson
  • binary
Q15 | A bidirectional 4-bit shift register is storing the nibble 1101. Its input is HIGH. The nibble 1011 is waiting to be entered on the serial data-input line. After three clock pulses, the shift register is storing                  
  • 1101
  • 0111
  • 0001
  • 1110
Q16 | How many clock pulses will be required to completely load serially a 5-bit shift register?
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Q17 | How is an strobe signal used when serially loading a shift register?
  • to turn the register on and off
  • to control the number of clocks
  • to determine which output qs are used
  • to determine the ffs that will be used
Q18 | An 8-bit serial in/serial out shift register is used with a clock frequency of 150 kHz. What is the time delay between the serial input and the Q3 output?
  • 1.67 s
  • 26.67 s
  • 26.7 ms
  • 267 ms
Q19 | What are the three output conditions of a three-state buffer?
  • high, low, float
  • high-z, 0, float
  • negative, positive, 0
  • 1, low-z, float
Q20 | The primary purpose of a three-state buffer is usually                          
  • to provide isolation between the input device and the data bus
  • to provide the sink or source current required by any device connected to its output without loading down the output device
  • temporary data storage
  • to control data flow
Q21 | What is the difference between a ring shift counter and a Johnson shift counter?
  • there is no difference
  • a ring is faster
  • the feedback is reversed
  • the johnson is faster
Q22 | A latch is an example of a                        
  • monostable multivibrator
  • astable multivibrator
  • bistable multivibrator
  • 555 timer
Q23 | Latch is a device with                        
  • one stable state
  • two stable state
  • three stable state
  • infinite stable states
Q24 | Why latches are called a memory devices?
  • it has capability to stare 8 bits of data
  • it has internal memory of 4 bit
  • it can store one bit of data
  • it can store infinite amount of data
Q25 | Two stable states of latches are
  • astable & monostable
  • low input & high output
  • high output & low output
  • low output & high input