Floyd The Science of Electronics: Digital 1e

Chapter 7

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1. When the S and R inputs are both HIGH on an S-R latch, this is an invalid condition.

Answer: True
Hint: Refer to Section 7-1 of the text.
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2. A storage device for binary data is a latch.

Answer: True
Hint: Refer to Section 7-1 of the text.
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3. A gated latch is formed by the addition of AND and OR gates to the basic latch.

Answer: False
Hint: Refer to Section 7-2 of the text.
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4. Flip-flops have an input called a clock, which is used to change the state of the flip-
flop.

Answer: True
Hint: Refer to Section 7-3 of the text.
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5. A negative edge-triggered D flip-flop changes states depending on the D input when

the clock goes HIGH.
Answer: False
Hint: Refer to Section 7-3 of the text.
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6. J-K flip-flops store data based on the state of the J and K inputs.

Answer: True
Hint: Refer to Section 7-4 of the text.
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7. The one-shot has only one stable state.

Answer: True
Hint: Refer to Section 7-5 of the text.
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8. The duty cycle of a waveform is the ratio of the time that the pulse is high to the period
of the waveform.

Answer: True
Hint: Refer to Section 7-6 of the text.
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9. On a D flip-flop, an asynchronous input will take precedence over a synchronous

input.

Answer: True
Hint: Refer to Section 7-4 of the text.
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10. A D flip-flop can be made to toggle by connecting the Q output back to D.

Answer: False
Hint: Refer to Section 7-3 of the text.
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