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What is an In-circuit emulator?

- It replaces the microprocessor with a simulated equivalent
- It is a hardware device that connects to the microprocessor
- It is an embedded application with real time operating system
- A tool that allows external debugging

Which of the following are examples of peripherals?

- Universal serial bus

- Networks
- Timers
- All of the above

3. Embedded systems are not always standalone devices

- True
- False

________________ is an error in a signal or datum which is

wrong

- Soft error
- Hard error
- Datum error
- Semantic error

Embedded middleware sits between

- embedded application and operating system

- kernel and the real time operating system
- embedded application and the real time operating system
- kernel and the real time operating system
6. Is simple control loop a type of embedded system architecture?

- Yes
- No

In which type of embedded system architecture a series of

tasks are defined and each task gets its own environment to
run in?

- multi-threading
- Simple control loop
- Interrupt controlled system
- Cooperative multitasking

Some embedded systems provide a UI remotely with the help

of

- RS32
- USB
- Both 1 and 2
- LAN

9. Which is /are the most commonly used debugging tool(s) for application code?
- Simulator
- Emulator
- Both 1 and 2
- Junit

Which is the most commonly used language(s) used in

embedded system?
-C
- java
- COBOL
- Both a and c
Embedded processors can be categorized as ordinary
microprocessors and

- Macrocontrollers
- Macroprocessor
- Both 1 and 2
- Microcontrollers

12. _______________ provides a simulation of all aspects of the hardware

- Emulator
- ICD
- ICE
- HLL
15. What is the purpose of an In-Circuit debugger (ICD)?

- specific debugging capabilities

- allows the operation of the microprocessor to be controlled externally
- Provides full control over all aspects of the microprocessor
- Both a and c

1. What are the essential tight constraint/s related to the design metrics of an
embedded system?

a. Ability to fit on a single chip

b. Low power consumption
c. Fast data processing for real-time operations
d. All of the above
2. Which abstraction level undergo the compilation process by converting a
sequential program into finite-state machine and register transfers while
designing an embedded system?

a. System
b. Behaviour
c. RT
d. Logic
1. Which lines are utilized during the enable state of hardware flow control in DTE
and DCE devices of RS232 ?

a. CD & IR
b. DSR & DTR
c. RTS & CTS
d. None of the above
2. What is the maximum device handling capacity of serial standard protocol
RS485 in terms of drivers and receivers on a single line?

a. 8
b.10
c.16
d. 32
3. Which mechanism automates the enabling of RS485 transceiver with an
elimination of hardware handshake line during each time of the data
transmission ?

a. RTS Control
b. Send Data Control
c. Tri-State Control
d. Bit-wise Enable Timing Control
3. What is the directional nature of two active wires SDA & SCL usually adopted
in I2C Bus for carrying the information between the devices ?

a. Uni-directional
b. Bi-directional
c. Multi-directional
d. None of the above
4. Which potential mode of operation indicate the frequent sending of byte to the
slave corresponding to the reception of an acknowledge signal when it
becomes desirable for the master to write to the slave during data
transmission in I2C bus?

a. Master in master-transmit mode & Slave in slave-receive mode

b. Slave in slave-transmit mode & Master in master-receive mode
c. Master in master-transmit mode as well as master-receive mode
d. Slave in slave-transmit mode as well as slave-receive mode

1. Which among the below stated salient feature/s of SPI contribute to the wide
range of its applicability?

a. Simple hardware interfacing

b. Full duplex communication
c. Low power requirement
d. All of the above
2. Which kind of assembler do not generate the programs in similar language as
that used by micro-controllers by developing the program in high-level
languages making them as machine independent?

a. Macro Assembler
b. Cross Assembler
c. Meta Assembler
d. All of the above
3. Which development tool can facilitate the creation and modification of source
programs in addition to assembly and higher -level languages?
 a. Editor
b. Assembler
c. Debugger
d. High-level language Compiler

4. Which parameter/s is/are included in ‘Time to market’ design

metric of an embedded system?
5. a. Time to prototype
b. Time to refine
c. Time to produce in bulk
d. All of the above

Processor must accept and process frame before next frame arrives, typically called

A. Hard real-time systems

B. Real-time constraints
C. Real-data constraints
D. Soft real-time systems