Computer Knowledge

Digital Logic and Microprocessors

735 Questions

Digital logic and microprocessors form the core of computer science, covering logic gates, combinational and sequential circuits, and CPU architecture. These topics are crucial for computer knowledge sections in technical exams. Test your digital electronics basics here.

Logic gates and circuitsCombinational vs sequential circuitsMicroprocessor instructionsTruth tables and boolean functions

Digital Logic and Microprocessors Questions

Multiple choice
  1. data transfer

  2. continuously varying signal representative

  3. arithmetic and logical computation

  4. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Multiple choice
  1. AND instruction

  2. AND immediate

  3. Compare instruction

  4. OR instruction

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

AND instruction performes a logical AND function between the specified byte, either in a register or in the address contained in the H & L register, and the contents of the accumulator.

Multiple choice
  1. Unpacked BCD Arithmetic

  2. Packed BCD Arithmetic

  3. Binary Arithmetic

  4. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Binary Arithmetic Instruction may use any of the addressing modes for one of the operands, but, except when the source operand is immediate, one of the two operands must be a register.

Multiple choice
  1. Conditional Branch Instruction

  2. Unconditional Branch Instruction

  3. Loop Instruction

  4. None of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

All Conditional Branch instructions have the 2 byte machine code format where the second byte gives a 8-bit signed displacement relative to the address of the next instruction in sequence.