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Boolean Logic and Logic Gates

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the system of notation that represents information using 2 states?

a)

binary

b)

decimal

c)

ASCII

d)

hexadecimal

2.

In computers, an "on" state, when electricity is flowing, represents ___

a)

false

b)

true

c)

zero

d)

down

3.

What is the branch of mathematics that deals exclusively with true and false values?

a)

vector algebra

b)

trigonometry

c)

Boolean algebra

d)

algebraic combinatorics

4.

In 1847, who fomalized a "Mathematical Analysis of Logic"?

a)

Lewis Carrol

b)

Bertrand Russel

c)

Isaac Newton

d)

George Boole

5.

There are three fundamental operations in Boolean Algebra: ______

a)

Addition, Subtraction and Multiplication

b)

NOT, AND, and OR

c)

IF, AND, and BUT

d)

IF, ELSE, and ELSE IF

6.

A NOT takes a single Boolean value, either true or false, and ______

a)

makes it true

b)

makes it false

c)

negates it

d)

keeps it the same

7.

Current flows through a transistor, between electrodes, when electricity is applied to the ______

a)

logic table

b)

control wire

c)

output pin

d)

reciever gate

8.

With a single transitor, if we turn the input on, ______

a)

the output is also on

b)

the output is off

c)

the input is negated

d)

it doesn't do anything

9.

With the output wire attached before a transistor, and the transistor is grounded, it acts like ______

a)

a NOT gate

b)

an AND gate

c)

an OR gate

d)

an IF statement

10.

For the AND Boolean operation, the output is only true if _____

a)

one input is true

b)

one input is false

c)

both inputs are true

d)

both inputs are false

11.

For the AND Boolean operation, if one of the inputs is false, the output is ________

a)

true

b)

false

c)

negated

d)

undetermined

12.

Two transistors connected in series, with two inputs and one output, act like ______

a)

a NOT gate

b)

an AND gate

c)

an OR gate

d)

an IF statement

13.

The only time this statement is false is if both inputs are false.

a)

a NOT gate

b)

an AND statement

c)

an OR statement

d)

an IF statement

14.

Which Boolean operator is built from two transistors in parallel?

a)

NOT

b)

AND

c)

OR

d)

IF

15.

In a circuit diagram, a little arc on a wire indicates _______

a)

that it jumps over another wire, and isn't connected

b)

wires should be soldered together

c)

wires are electrically connected

d)

wires are physically connected

16.

Using an OR gate, it one transistor is on and the other is off, the output is ________

a)

off

b)

on

c)

indeterminate

d)

negated

17.

Which logic gate is commonly represented by a "triangle with a dot"?

a)

NOT

b)

AND

c)

OR

d)

XOR

18.

Which logic gate is commonly represented by a "Letter D" symbol?

a)

NOT

b)

AND

c)

OR

d)

XOR

19.

Which logic gate is commonly represented by a "spaceship" symbol?

a)

NOT

b)

AND

c)

OR

d)

XOR

20.

The only time an XOR is true is when _______

a)

both inputs are false

b)

both inputs are true

c)

one input is true and the other input is false

d)

the output is grounded

21.

Which logic gate is commonly represented by a "spaceship with a smile"?

a)

NOT

b)

AND

c)

OR

d)

XOR

22.

When we use symbols for logic gates, rather than transistors, we are moving up _____

a)

a row on a logic table

b)

a layer of abstraction

c)

the ladder of complexity

d)

the trophic pyramid