Course: B Tech (EEE) - Regular

Semester: VII

Subject: 05BEE E09 EMBEDDED SYSTEMS DESIGN

Exam: Quiz I

Session: 2009 10
Max. Marks: 10
Time: 15 minutes

Instructions: Answer all of the 10 questions.

1. The characteristics of an embedded system is :
(a) Single functioned
(b) Tightly constrained
(c) Reactive
(d) All of the above
2. By using an application specific processor
(a) Performance improves
(b) Flexibility decreases
(c) Both of the above
(d) None of the above
3. A watch dog timer is resets the processor when
(a) the set time is met
(b) it is enabled
(c) the processor executing infinite loop
(d) All of the above
4. An ISR should be ________ , to improve the service to all the interrupts.
(a) Short
(b) Push and pop the CPU register contents
(c) Disable at the start and enable at the end
(d) all of the above
5. Flash memory is
(a) Faster EEPROM
(b) Writes word by word
(c) Both of the above
(d) None of the above

6. SRAM is ___________ than DRAM

(a) Cheaper, Faster and less efficient
(b) Faster, Costlier and more efficient
(c) Slower, costlier and more effcient
(d) Cheaper, Slower and less efficient
7. If interrupt density constraint is true, that signifies
(a) ISRs do take all of the CPU time
(b) ISRs do not take all of the CPU time
(c) Critical region is manageable
(d) Critical region is not manageable
8. Critical regions in the embedded software is
(a) Share the CPU registers
(b) Share the HW peripherals
(c) Both of the (a) and (b)
(d) None of the (a) and (b)
9. IO addressing is more flexible and faster when
(a) IO mapped IO
(b) Memory mapped IO
(c) None of the (a) and (b)
(d) Less of the CPU overhead
10. The program written for a particular functionality is ____________in RISC
processors in comparison with CISC
(a) Shorter and faster
(b) Lengthy and faster
(c) Shorter and more flexible
(d) Lengthy and less flexible.

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