Exam 4: The Building Blocks: Binary Numbers, Boolean Logic, and Gates

UNICODE is able to encode a total of ____ different characters.

What is the rule for evaluating the NOT operation?

A(n)____ is a distinct point located on an image's surface.

The amplitude of a sound wave is a measure of its ________.

A(n)____ is a circuit that performs binary addition on two unsigned N-bit integers.

To construct an AND gate, two transistors are connected in parallel.

What is the function of a compare-for-equity circuit?

A multiplexor chooses one specific input by using an additional set of N lines called ____ lines.

A strictly black-and-white image has greater storage requirements than an image represented using a gray scale.

Briefly describe the two types of information representation.

In a ____, the values of the outputs depend only on the current values of the inputs.

Two's complement will always have one more negative number than positive, which is less of a problem than two kinds of zeros.

The ____ is the number of bits used to encode each sample.

To construct an OR gate, two transistors are connected in ____________________.

Every Boolean expression can be represented pictorially as a circuit diagram, and every output value in a circuit diagram can be written as a Boolean expression.

Describe at length what a multiplexor is.

After we normalize a number, its first significant digit is immediately to the right of the binary point. _________________________

It is not currently feasible to build a reliable decimal computer due to the degradation and signal loss inherent in current electrical systems.

What is sampling?

The emitter and collector are the two input lines of a transistor.