Consider the ALU shown below.

If the operands are in 2\’s complement representation, which of the following operations can be performed by suitably setting the control lines K and C0 only (+ and – denote addition and subtraction respectively) ?
(A) A + B, and A – B, but not A + 1
(B) A + B, and A + 1, but not A – B
(C) A + B, but not A – B, or A + 1
(D) A + B, and A – B, and A + 1


Answer: (A)

Explanation: We can set value of k and c as 0 or 1

Two things we need to know—

1. If we take xor of any number with 1 we get it in its complement form.
2. If we take xor of any number with 0 we get that number itself.

So on setting k=1 we can get –B and c will work like select signal

Like c=0 means add

C=1 means subtract

Hence with k=1 c=1 we get A-B

With K=0 c=0 we get A+B

We need b=1,c=0 or b=0,c=1 to get A+1
since b isn\’t predefined we can\’t get A+1

So Ans is (A) part.

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