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L’EXAMEN HIGHER NATUONAL DIPLOMA (HND) HIGHER NATUONAL DIPLOMA EXAM (HND EXAM)
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National Exam of Higher National Diploma session

Specialty/Option: SWE, CSN, DBM
Paper: Digital Electronics
Duration: 4hours Credits: 7/7/4

Instructions: Answer all questions. Calculators of any type are not authorized

SECTION A: NUMBER SYSTEM AND CODES – MCQs (20marks)

For each question, four answers are proposed. Write the letter for the correct answer against the question
number. Each question 1mark

1- The NAND gate output will be low if the two inputs are
a) 00 b) 01 c) 10 d) 11
2- What is the binary equivalent of decimal number 368?
a) 101110000 b) 110110000 c) 11010000 d) 111100000
3- The decimal equivalent of hex number 1A53 is
a) 6739 b) 6739 c) 6973 d) 6379
4- The hex equivalent of octal number 734 is
a) C1D b) DC1 c) 1CD d) 1DC
5- The simplification of the Boolean expression 𝐴 ̅̅̅̅̅̅̅
̅𝐵𝐶̅ + 𝐴𝐵̅𝐶 is
a) 0 b) 1 c) A d) BC
6- The number of controls for 8-to-1 multiplexer is
a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
7- How many flip-flops are required for mod 16 counter?
a) 5 b) 6 c) 3 d) 4
8- EPROM contents can be erased by exposing it to
a) Ultraviolet rays b) Infrared rays c) Burst of microwaves d) Intense head radiation
9- The hex number A0 has the decimal value equivalent to
a) 80 b) 256 c) 100 d) 160
10- The Gray code for decimal number 6 is equivalent to
a) 1100 b) 1001 c) 0101 d) 0110
̅ ̅
11- The Boolean expression 𝐴𝐵 + 𝐴𝐵 + AB is equivalent to
a) A + B b) 𝐴̅B ̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅
c) 𝐴 +𝐵 d) AB
12- The digital family which has minimum power dissipation is
a) TTL b) RTL c) DTL d) CMOS
13- The output of a logic gate is 1 when all its inputs are logic 0, the gate is either
a) A NAND or an EX-OR b) an OR or an EX-NOR
c)an AND or an EX-OR d) a NOR or an EX-NOR
14- Data can be changed from special to temporal code by using
a) Shift registers b) counter c) combinational circuit d) A/D converters
15-A ring counter consisting of five flip-flops will have
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 16-The 2’s complement of the number 1101101 is
a) 0101110 b) 0111110 c) 0110010 d) 0010011
17-The correction to be applied in decimal adder to the generated sum is
a) 00101 b) 00110 c) 01101 d) 01010
18-When simplified with Boolean algebra, (x + y)(x + z) simplifies to
a) x b) x + x(y + z) c) x(1 + yz) d) x + yz
19-The logic gates required to build a half adder are
a) EX-OR gate and NOR gate b) EX-OR gate and OR gate
c)-EX-OR gate and AND gate d) four NAND gates
20-The code where all successive numbers differ from their preceding number by single bit is
a) Binary code b) BCD code c) Excess-3 code d0 Gray code

SECTION B: COMPUTER FUNDAMENTAL (80marks)

I- Hardware (20marks)
1) Name and define the four-basic components of computer (4marks)
2) What is a computer software? (2marks)
3) Name the different type computer software, define them and gives two examples of each of
them (3+3+3marks)
4) Name and define three hardware components for each of the side system unit of
computer(front, back and inside (5marks)

II- Network and mobile devices (40marks)

1) Define the following expressions
Network, protocol, client, server, offset, broadcast, gateway, token, (8marks)
2) The figure below is the four-layer TCP/IP of network architecture:

Application
Transport
internetwork
Link

a) What is a layer? (2marks)

b) Explain each of them from bottom to top (4marks)
3) List the different types of networks (4marks)
4) Explain wide area network (2marks)
5) Explain local area network (2marks)
6) There are three models of computing organization of networking: centralized, distributed and
collaborative. Explain each of them (6marks)
7) Explain in brief:
a) Domain (2marks)
b) Work group (2marks)
8) What are the replaceable parts of a cellphone parts? (2marks)
9) What is “airplane mode” of mobile devices? And when it can be used (2marks)
10) What is a Bluetooth for mobile devices? Name the four one commonly used (4marks)

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III- Microsoft Word, Excel and power point (20marks)
1) What is Microsoft word? (1mark)
2) What is the shortcut key to open dialog box in MS word? (2marks)
3) What is a feature of MS word that saves the document automatically after certain interval?
(2marks)
4) In MS word which button will allows you to add, delete, or change records in your data
source? (2marks)
5) In MS word, how we can sort the students names alphabetically in ascending order? (3marks)
6) What is MS Excel? (1mark)
7) How Microsoft excel window can appears on your computer’s screen? (2marks)
8) In MS excel how we can convert an existing table to a range of data? (2marks)
9) Which keyboard buttons can be used to save in MS excel? (2mark)
10) Give the difference between rows, columns and cells labeled in MS excel spreadsheets?
(2marks)

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