THE EAST AFRICAN UNIVERSITY (TEAU)

SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND IT

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER 2020, MAIN EXAMINATION

COURSE UNIT: Digital System Components and Design Techniques

COURSE CODE : PHY 2101
TIME : 2 Hours
INSTRUCTIONS
1. The Paper is made up of FOUR (4) Questions, ALL QUESTIONS ARE COMPUL-
SORY.
2. Credit is given for legibility, clarity of expressions and use of relevant illustrations.
3. Clearly write your registration number on each answer sheet used.
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QUESTION ONE (10 marks)

binary-coded decimal (BCD) is an encoding for decimal numbers in which each digit is represented by its
own binary sequence and stored in a four-bit nibble.

a) Evaluate BCD of the following decimals: 9 and 7 /5marks

b) Evaluate BCD encoding for the number 127 /5marks

QUESTION TWO (10 marks)

A combinational circuit is defined by the following three Boolean functions (F1and F2): Design the
circuit that implements the functions

a) F1=x’y’z’+xz /5marks
b) F2=xy’z’+x’y /5marks

QUESTION THREE (10 marks)

a) Explain the importance of software and code in digital system and combination design
/4marks

b) Explain the function of this code /6marks

QUESTION FOUR (10 marks)

a) Explain physical principal behind Metal-Oxide on Semiconductor- transistor (MOS-

Transistor) in a digital system /5marks
b) With the use of two input MOS Networks graph, explain the relationship between inputs
and outputs. /5marks