Flips-Flops Questions and Answers

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Flip-Flops are the fundamental building blocks of sequential logic circuits used in counters, memory, and data storage. This topic presents digital electronics aptitude questions and answers covering SR, JK, D, and T flip-flops with detailed explanations. Essential for GATE, DRDO, and BEL exam preparation, these MCQs help learners understand timing diagrams, truth tables, and applications in system design. By practicing these Flip-Flops questions with answers, you can master one of the most scoring areas in electronics and digital logic design.

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1. Determine the output frequency for a frequency division circuit that contains 12 flip-flops with an input clock frequency of 20.48 MHz.

  • 10.24 kHz
  • 5 kHz
  • 30.24 kHz
  • 15 kHz
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2. Which statement BEST describes the operation of a negative-edge-triggered D flip-flop?

  • The logic level at the D input is transferred to Q on NGT of CLK.
  • The Q output is ALWAYS identical to the CLK input if the D input is HIGH.
  • The Q output is ALWAYS identical to the D input when CLK = PGT.
  • The Q output is ALWAYS identical to the D input.
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3. Propagation delay time, tPLH, is measured from the ________.

  • triggering edge of the clock pulse to the LOW-to-HIGH transition of the output
  • triggering edge of the clock pulse to the HIGH-to-LOW transition of the output
  • preset input to the LOW-to-HIGH transition of the output
  • clear input to the HIGH-to-LOW transition of the output
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4. How is a J-K flip-flop made to toggle?

  • J = 0, K = 0
  • J = 1, K = 0
  • J = 0, K = 1
  • J = 1, K = 1
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5. How many flip-flops are in the 7475 IC?

  • 1
  • 2
  • 4
  • 8
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6. How many flip-flops are required to produce a divide-by-128 device?

  • 1
  • 4
  • 6
  • 7
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7. Which is not an Altera primitive port identifier?

  • clk
  • ena
  • clr
  • prn
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8. The timing network that sets the output frequency of a 555 astable circuit contains ________.

  • three external resistors are used
  • two external resistors and an external capacitor are used
  • an external resistor and two external capacitors are used
  • no external resistor or capacitor is required
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9. What is the difference between the enable input of the 7475 and the clock input of the 7474?

  • The 7475 is edge-triggered.
  • The 7474 is edge-triggered.
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10. The phenomenon of interpreting unwanted signals on J and K while Cp (clock pulse) is HIGH is called ________.

  • parity error checking
  • ones catching
  • digital discrimination
  • digital filtering
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