Chapter 4, Section 4

Question 1

What are the two states that describe the outputs/inputs of a logic circuit?

Answer 1

1 and 0, (high) and (low).

Question 2

What is the purpose of a logic gate in electrical diagrams?

Answer 2

Perform an operation on one or more binary inputs and get one output.

Question 3

What is “Logic Function” as it refers to gate operation?

Answer 3

The specific operation or behavior of a logic gate.

Question 4

What is used to help describe all of the possible outcomes to a given input of a logic gate?

Answer 4

Truth tables.

Question 5

What logic device is it, that all inputs must be high before a high can be given at the output?

Answer 5

AND gate.

Question 6

What is added to a AND gate that makes it a NAND gate?

Answer 6

Adding a NOT gate to the output.

Question 7

What is the primary purpose of a Flip-Flop in electrical circuits?

Answer 7

Store a single bit of binary data and to maintain that state until it is updated by a control signal.