University of Kansas
EECS 140/141: Introduction to Digital Logic Design
Spring Semester 2020
Taught by David W. Petr
Professor, Electrical Engineering And Computer Science
Member, Information and Telecommunication Technology Center
Course Resources Available
To help you prepare for Exam 1, I am giving you a practice exam, which is my Exam 1 from last semester. The material for Exam 1 last semester included simplification of multiple-output circuits, which this semester's Exam 1 does not include, so you may want to skip parts c and d of problem 6 on the practice exam. This will make the practice exam somewhat shorter than a real exam, so you should take that into account.
You should treat this as a practice exam, not as a study guide. That is, this year's Exam 1 may have problems on topics for which there were no problems on last semester's Exam 1. So, you can't just study last semester's Exam 1 to see what specific material will be on this semester's Exam 1. For example, although Venn diagrams is a topic included on both this semester's and last semester's Exam 1, there were no Venn diagram problems on last semester's Exam 1; there may or may not be such problems on this semester's Exam 1, so you still need to study that topic.
To take the practice exam, you should do a fair amount of studying first (including preparing your note sheet), then set aside a 2-hour block of time to take the practice exam under exam conditions: choose a quiet place where you won't be interrupted, set a 2-hour time limit, etc. When the 2-hour time limit is up, quit working on the exam. Once the solutions are posted, you will be able to check your work against the solutions. Solutions should be posted here by sometime Saturday; please email me if they are not posted by 2 pm Saturday. If you have not taken the practice exam by the time the solutions are posted, have the discipline to not look at the solutions before taking the practice exam.
OK, with all that being said, here is the practice exam.
...and now, here are the solutions to the practice Exam 1.
Anushka (your supplemental instructor, anushkab17@ku.edu) will have office hours as follows:
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David W. Petr / dwp@ku.edu