What if I use 230 ohm resistor with 5V input to Ground?

Off subject: but once I applied for a job with Linear (sorta a small scale IBM) about 40 years ago. I knew TTL logic circuits (7400 series ). They gave me a written test, about logic ttl ckts. I failed it. Come to find out, their low was -5v, and their high was ground (I never had a clue). I guess it's all relative.