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What is the status of sign flag when an arithmetic operation returns a positive number? A) Sign flag set to logic 1 B) Sign flag reset to logic 0 C) Sign flag set to Z state D) None of the above

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What is the status of sign flag when an arithmetic operation returns a positive number? A) Sign flag set to logic 1 B) Sign flag reset to logic 0 C) Sign flag set to Z state D) None of the above

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The sign flag is reset to logic 0 when an arithmetic operation returns a positive number. So, the answer is B) Sign flag reset to logic 0.

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