10 - Boolean Logic

Question 1

What are electronic circuits in computers, solid-state drives and controlling devices made up of? [1]

Answer 1

thousands of logic gates

Question 2

What do logic gates combine and form? [1]

Answer 2

logic circuits

Question 3

What do logic gates do? [2]

Answer 3

• take binary inputs
• produce binary output

Question 4

What does a truth table do? [2]

Answer 4

• lists every binary output
• for every possible combination of binary inputs

Question 5

What are the different logic gates? [6]

Answer 5

• NOT
• AND
• OR
• NAND
• NOR
• XOR

Question 6

Why is NOT special? [1]

Answer 6

it can only have a single input whereas others can have two inputs