Practice Question

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This short practice-question video analyzes a 4-variable Boolean function using a Karnaugh map. The slide asks for the number of prime implicants (PI), essential prime implicants (EPI), different minimal expressions, and literals in the minimal expression. The instructor identifies eight minterms marked as 1s on the map, writes “8” for PI, and concludes there are zero EPI because every 1 can be covered by multiple overlapping groups. Later frames show handwritten product terms, a red “2” for the number of different minimal expressions, and a red “12” for literals.

Chapters

1. 0:00 – 2:00 00:00-02:00

   The slide shows “Q Consider the functions given below ?” with four numbered items: Number of PI, Number of EPI, Number of different minimal expression possible, and Number of literals in minimal expression. A 4x4 K-map has column headers ab (a'b' 00, a'b 01, ab 11, ab' 10) and row headers cd (c'd' 00, c'd 01, cd 11, cd' 10), with eight cells containing 1. Around 25s a red circle encloses two stacked 1s in the a'b' column. The instructor then writes “8” beside Number of PI and “0” beside Number of EPI, with a green arrow pointing to the K-map to indicate that no minterm is covered by only one group.

2. 2:00 – 2:47 02:00-02:47

   The same K-map remains visible, with the eight 1 cells circled in red or green. Handwritten product terms such as b'cd + a'cd appear near the EPI answer, reinforcing that overlapping groups cover all minterms. A red “2” is written beside question 3, Number of different minimal expression possible, and a red “12” appears beside question 4, indicating the total literal count in the minimal expression.

The lesson demonstrates how to extract K-map quantities from a 4-variable map. The key method is grouping all minterms into prime implicants, then checking whether any 1 belongs to only one group. Since every minterm can be covered by more than one overlapping loop, the EPI count is 0. The visible answers are PI = 8, EPI = 0, two different minimal expressions, and 12 literals in the minimal expression. The evidence is limited to sampled screenshots, so the exact grouping steps and product-term list are only partially visible.