Welcome to ECE Board Exam Practice Quiz for Computer Fundamentals. This set of practice quiz 3 will test your competence on the theories, concepts and problem solving involving computer fundamentals. The objectives and goals of this quiz is to help engineering students familiarize concepts and theories as well as develop problem solving skills when answering questions related to the computer fundamentals.
Computer Fundamentals Test Bank
In this section are compiled practice quiz for Computer Fundamentals that could be able to enhance your knowledge and skills in your preparation for the ECE Board Exam. The goal is to add thousands of questions for you to be familiarized and hopefully help you to be prepared. I am looking forward that this practice quiz will give you an additional confidence in taking your upcoming Engineering Board Exam.
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An IC that contains a large number of interconnected logic functions wherein the user can program the IC for a specific function by selectively breaking the appropriate interconnections.
RAM
ROM
PLD
PLC
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Small circles on the input or output lines of logic circuit symbols which represent inversion of a particular signal.
Bootstrap
Bubble
Strobe
Clode
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Another name for a digital multiplexer is
data selector
compressor
encoder
decoder
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In BCD, the code 1111 is
letter F
A
11
Invalid
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What will be the state of Q and Q’ after a flip-flop has been reset?
Q = 0, Q’ = 1
Q = 1, Q’ = 0
Q = 0, Q’ = 0
Q = 1, Q’ = 1
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Add the hex numbers 58 and 24.
7C
7D
C7
2C
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Asynchronous flip-flop input used to clear Q immediately to 0.
DC set
DC clear
DC reset
DC toggle
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How many outputs does a full adder have?
1
2
4
8
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A type of multivibrator circuit which generates a square wave of its own is the
astable
monostable
bistable
flip-flop
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Class of programmable logic devices wherein both its AND and its OR arrays are programmable.
Field Programmable Logic Array
Programmable Logic Controller
Programmable Logic Circuit
Programmable Array Logic
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A term synonymous with CLEAR in computer systems.
Reset
Set
Toggle
Load
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A binary counter that counts from 0000 to 1001 before it recycles.
Buffer
BCD counter
Ring counter
Ripple counter
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How does a CMOS integrated circuit respond to a floating input?
Unpredictable, may overheat and be destroyed
Open
Shorted
Acts just like a logic 1
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A digital circuit that oscillates between two unstable output states.
Monostable multivibrator
Astable multivibrator
Bistable multivibrator
Flip-flop
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A single bit comparator is usually implemented using
Exclusive OR
NOR gate
Exclusive NOR
Wired-AND
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An abbreviation that represents the op code of a computer instruction.
ASCII
Mnemonic
Octets
Instruction
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Which of the following does not describe a flip-flop circuit?
Latch
Memory
Bistable multivibrator
ROM
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All arithmetic operations take place in the _______ of a computer
CPU
ALU
Microprocessor
ROM
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A computer programming language in which groups of 1s and 0s are used to represent instructions. It is also the only language a computer actually understood.
Application software
Machine language
High – level language
Programming language
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Circuits made up of combinations of logic gates, with no feedback from outputs to inputs.
Latch
Sequential logic circuit
Combinational logic circuit
Memory
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What are the three basic parts of a BCD adder circuit?
Two 4-bit adders and connection logic
Two connection logic and one 4-bit adder
Two full adders and one AND gate
One connection logic and 4 full adders
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Class of mass memory devices that use a laser beam to write and read onto a specified coated disk.
Mass storage
RAM
Optical disk memory
Non-volatile memory
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A technique often used to eliminate decoding spikes.
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