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Unit 3: Boolean Algebra

3.6 Review Questions Notes

1. Define Boolean algebra.
2. What is the difference between Boolean arithmetic and Boolean algebraic identities?
3. Explain the Boolean algebraic properties and draw the circuit diagram.
4. Write a Boolean expression for an OR gate having A and B as inputs and y as the output.

5. Write a Boolean expression for an AND gate having A and B as inputs and y as the output.
6. Explain how to translate truth tables into Boolean expressions. Write the procedure.
7. Write the Boolean expression for a 2-input NOR gate.
8. Write the Boolean expression for a 2-input NAND gate. Draw the circuit diagram.
9. Write the Boolean theorems.
10. Write first and second DeMorgan’s theorems.
Answers to Self Assessment

1. (b) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (a)
5. (a) 6. (b) 7. (a) 8. (c)

3.7 Further Reading

Boolean Algebra and Its Applications, by J. Eldon Whitesitt.

http://books.google.co.in/books?id=VDIuSvrDVxwC&printsec=frontcover
&dq=boolean+algebra&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mpn5ToDoN5C3rAen1fD8Dw&ve
d=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=boolean%20algebra&f=false

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