SREYAS

INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

9-39, Sy.No.107, Tattiannaram, G.S.I. Bandlaguda, Nagole, Hyderabad - 500 068.

CHAPTER - I

1. The first recognized modern embedded system is _____________ [ ]

(a) Apple Computer (b) Calculator (c) Radio Navigation System (d)Apollo Guidance System

2. A digital multimeter is an example of __________________ embedded system [ ]

(a) Data Communication (b) Monitoring(c) Control (d) All of the above

3. Response is a measure of _______________ [ ]

(a) Quickness of system (b) efficiency (c) reliability of System (d) All of the above

4. For a Commercial product the unit cost is high during ____________ [ ]

(a) Product Launching (b) Product Maturity (c) Product Growth (d) Product discontinuity

5. An Embedded System is _______________ [ ]

(a) An Electronic System (b) Mechanical System (c) Electromechanical System(d) None

6. Throughput of an embedded system is a measure of ___________________ [ ]

(a) Efficiency of system (b) Output over stated period of time (c) Both (d) None

7. Quality attributes of an embedded system are __________________ [ ]

(a) Functional Requirements (b) Non-Functional Requirements (c) Both a & b (d) None

8. For an embedded system the quality attribute evolvability refers to ____________ [ ]

(a) Upgradability of product (b) Modifiability of Product (c) Both a & b (d) None

9. Which of the following is not an example of small scale embedded system? [ ]

(a) Electronic Barbie Doll (b) Simple Calculator (c) Cell Phone (d) Electronic Toy Car

10. The first mass produced embedded system is _____________ [ ]

(a) Minuteman – I (b) Minuteman – II (c) Autonetics D-17 (d) Apollo Guidance System

11. Which of the following is / are example of an embedded system for signal processing? [ ]
(a) Apple iPod (b) SanDisk USB Storage Device (c) Both a & b (d) None
 12. The software designed to manage and allocate system resources and execute other software is
(a) Operating System (b) Application Software (c) System Software (d) DOS [ ]

13. In Hard Real Time Systems the execution behavior is _________________ [ ]

(a) Deterministic (b) Non – Deterministic (c) Stochastic (d) Random
14. The clock frequency of first microchip prototype model used in AGC is _____________ [ ]
(a) 1.024 MHz (b) 2.048 MHz (c) 4.096 MHz (d) 400 MHz
15. SOC belongs to ____________ generation of processors [ ]
(a) First (b) Second (c) Third (d) Fourth

16. You are working on a mission critical embedded system development project for a client and the
client and your company has signed a NDA on the disclosure of the project related information. You
share the details of the project you are working, with your friend. Which aspect of information
security are you violating here? [ ]
(a) Integrity (b) Confidentiality (c) Availability (d) All of the above

17. The MTBF for an embedded product is very high. This means [ ]
(a) Product is highly reliable (b) Availability of product is high
(c) Preventive maintenance of the product is very less (d) All of the above

18. Which of the following is true about embedded systems? [ ]

(a) Reactive and Real Time (b) Distributed (c) Operates in harsh environment (d) All

19. PLC means _____________________ [ ]

(a) Product Life Cycle (b) Product Life Curve (c) Product Limit Cycle (d) None

20. Time to Prototype and Market is a critical factor for ____________________ [ ]

(a) Commercial Product (b) Critical Mission Product (c) General Product (d) All the above

Solutions

1. D 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. C 6. C 7. B 8. B 9. C 10. C

11. A 12. A 13. A 14. A 15. D 16. D 17. D 18. D 19. A 20. A
Fill in the Blanks.
1. Measure of information security in embedded systems is __________________________________.
2. In data collection systems DATA refers to _____________________________________________.
3. ______________________ is a typical example of an embedded system employing Data Processing.
4. The MTBF of an embedded product is 4 months and the MTTR is 2 weeks. The availability of the
product is __________________.
5. Large Scale embedded system use _____ or _____ bit processors.
6. An example of embedded system used in Consumer electronics is ______________________.
7. Water Sprinkler is an application of ___________________________________ category.
8. A digital camera is an example of an embedded system with _______________________________
representation of data.
9. A Digital Hearing aid is an example of an embedded system employing _____________________.
10. Bench Mark of an embedded system is a ____________________ or ________________________.
11. In the information security context, Confidentiality deals with protection of ___________ and
__________ from unauthorized disclosure.
12. Portability is a measure of ___________________________________.
13. For a commercial product the sales volume is high during _______________________________.
14. An example of gradual safety threat from an embedded system is _________________________.
15. Embedded Systems are application and domain specific. True / False.

Solutions

1. Confidentiality 2. All Kinds of information (Text, Video, Image, Voice etc)

3. Digital Hearing Aid 4. 89.7% (Approximately) 5. 32, 64 6. Camcorders / Cameras
7. Home Automation and Security Systems 8. Data Collection / Storage / Representation
9. Data / Signal Processing 10. Reference Point, Set of Performance Criteria
11. Data, Application 12. System Independence 13. Growth Phase
14. Product blast due to over heating of battery 15. True
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CHAPTER - II
1. The minimum number of I/O lines required to interface a 16-key matrix keyboard is ___ [ ]
(a) 16 (b) 8 (c) 4 (d) 15

2. The number of memory cells present in a 1Kb RAM is __________ [ ]

(a) 512 (b) 1024 (c) 2048 (d) 4096

3. Which of the following memory type is best suitable for development purpose? [ ]
(a) EEPROM (b) Flash (c) UVEPROM (d) MROM

4. Streaming devices (audio) use ________ type of data transfers with USB [ ]
(a) Interrupt (b) Control (c) Isochronous (d) Bulk

5. An ASIC is used to perform a _________________ [ ]

(a) Single Application (b) Specific Application (c) Unique Application
(d) Both B & C

6. A data acquisition system used in industrial control application is ______________ [ ]

(a) PLC (b) SCADA (c) DAC (d) None of the above

7. A device that converts energy from one to another for any measurement or control purpose is
(a) Sensor (b) Transducer (c) Actuator (d) None of the above [ ]

8. Which of the following is true about CISC processors? [ ]

(a) Instruction set is non-orthogonal (b) Number of general purpose registers is limited
(c) Instructions are like Macros in C (d) All of the above

9. A unipolar stepper motor has _____________ windings per stator phase [ ]

(a) Single (b) Two (c) Three (d) Four

10. The minimum number of interface lines required for implementing I2C are ______ [ ]
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

11. The maximum number of USB devices that can be connected to a USB host is _______ [ ]
(a) Unlimited (b) 127 (c) 128 (d) None of the above
12. The theoretical maximum data rate supported by GPRS is ________ [ ]
(a) 8 Mbps (b) 12 Mbps (c) 100 Kbps (d) 171.2 Kbps

13. ____________ Memory supports Execute in Place. [ ]

(a) EEPROM (b) NOR Flash (c) NAND Flash (d) both b & c

14. Which of the following is true about Optocoupler? [ ]

(a) Optocoupler acts as input devices only (b) Optocoupler acts as output devices only
(c) Optocoupler acts as both input and output devices (d) None of the above

15. The processor architecture that supports easier instruction pipelining is __________ [ ]
(a) Harvard (b) Von-Neuman (c) Both a & b (d) None of the above

16. SRAM is _________________ than DRAM in terms of speed [ ]

(a) Faster (b) Slower (c) Same Speed (d) Cannot be compared

17. IrDA is ________________________ [ ]

(a) Serial, Half Duplex (b) Serial, Full Duplex (c) Serial Half Duplex. Line of Sight
(d) Parallel, Half Duplex

18. Zigbee operates at ____________________ frequencies [ ]

(a) 2.4 to 2.484 GHz (b) 902 to 928 MHz (c) 868 to 868.6 MHz (d) All of the above

19. Each Bluetooth device will have a ________ bit unique identification number. [ ]
(a) 56 (b) 48 (c) 32 (d) 24

20. 8255A supports _________ I/O Pins [ ]

(a) 16 (b) 8 (c) 24 (d) None of the above

Solutions

1. B 2. B 3. B 4. C 5. D 6. B 7. A 8. D 9. B 10. B
11. B 12. D 13. B 14. C 15. A 16. A 17. C 18. D 19. B 20. A
 Fill in the Blanks
1. The microprocessor that has a single bus for instruction and data employs _________________ type
of architecture.
2. In Big Endian Processors, the higher order of data byte is stored at ____________of the memory.
3. The TCP/IP module available from various manufacturers is an example of ____________
component.
4. A Wi-Fi device employs security mechanisms like ________________ and __________________.
5. Flash Memory is organized as ________________ or ______________.
6. The typical erasable speed of Flash is __________________.
7. An SRAM cell can be realized by __________ transistors.
8. In a PC, _______________________ stores the information of hardware configuration.
9. For ___________________ configuration, anode of each LED segment is connected to the port pins
of the port to which the display is interfaced.
10. ________________ are powerful special purpose processors designed to meet computational
demands and power considerations of embedded audio and video applications.
11. SCADA means ____________________________________________________________.
12. Serial Peripheral is _________________________________________ serial interface bus.
13. ______________________ a form of transducer that converts signals to corresponding physical
action.
14. ________________ of an embedded system facilitates the interaction of an embedded system with
external world
15. ________________ acts a dynamic path selector for signals and power

Solutions
1. Von-Neuman 2. Lower address 3. COTS 4. WEP, WPA 5. Sectors (Blocks), Pages
6. 1000 cycles 7. 6 MOSFET’s 8. BIOS 9. Common Cathode
10. DSP 11. Supervisory control and Data Acquisition system
12. Synchronous bidirectional full duplex four wire 13. Transducer 14. I/O Subsystem
15. Relay
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INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
9-39, Sy.No.107, Tattiannaram, G.S.I. Bandlaguda, Nagole, Hyderabad - 500 068.

CHAPTER - III
1. __________ diode is used in Brownout Protection Circuit [ ]
(a) PN (b) Zener (c) Light Emitting (d) None of the above

2. PPM means _________ [ ]

(a) Parts per Minute (b) Parts per million (c) Parts per machine (d) Pixels per minute

3. In embedded system the oscillator unit is responsible for generating [ ]

(a) Oscillations (b) Precise Clock (c) Interrupts (d) None

4. Real Time Clock provides Current time in ________________ format [ ]

(a) 12 Hour (b) 24 Hour (c) 12 / 24 Hour (d) None

5. The Brownout Protection is connected _____________________ to the controller [ ]

(a) Internal (b) External (c) Both Internal & External (d) Either internal or external

6. _______________ uses hardware logic for enabling / disabling, resetting the watchdog count
(a) Internal watchdog timer (b) External watchdog timer (c) Both (d) None [ ]

7. The __________ can interrupt the OS kernel by asserting the interrupt line of the processor /
controller to which RTC interrupt line is connected. [ ]
(a) RTC (b) Clock (c) Interrupt (d) Control Signal

8. A Quartz Crystal is normally mounted in a ___________________ sealed metal case. [ ]

(a) Spherical (b) Conical (c) Hermetical (d) Cylindrical

9. For conventional processors / controllers the reset signal starts the firmware from ___________
address. [ ]
(a) 0x0000 (b) 0x0001 (c) 0x0008 (d) 0x0010

10. The Power consumed in a processor / controller is ___________ proportional to clock frequency
(a) Equal (b) Directly (c) Indirectly (d) No Relation [ ]
11. For operating system based embedded devices, a timing reference is essential for ____________ the
operations of OS Kernel. [ ]
 (a) Pipelining (b) RTC (c) Synchronizing (d) IRQ

12. Consider the following piece of assembly code. Here ORG is a [ ]

ORG 0001H
LJMP MAIN
(a) Pseudo-Code (b) Label (c) Opcode (d) Operand
13. A _________________ timer is an application that measures the time a person takes to respond to a
visual or audio stimulus. [ ]
(a) Watchdog (b) Special (c) Reaction (d) Proactive

14. Which of the following is a processor understandable language? [ ]

(a) Assembly Language (b) Machine Language (c) High Level Language (d) None

15. Assembly language is the human readable notation of _________________ [ ]

(a) Machine Language (b) High Level Language (c) Both a & b (d) None

16. Translation of assembly code to machine code is performed by _______________ [ ]

(a) Assembler (b) Compiler (c) Linker (d) Locator

17. A ____________ converts an embedded C program to machine code corresponding to a processor

which is different from the processor of PC used for application development. [ ]
(a) Cross-Compiler (b) Compiler (c) Assembler (d) Cross-Assembler

18. An embedded firmware design model which executes tasks in infinite loop at predefined order is
called as ___________________. [ ]
(a) Loop Model (b) Super Loop Model (c) Sequential Loop (d) All of the above

19. The technique of inserting assembly language instructions in C program is ___________. [ ]

(a) Embedded C (b) Embedded Assembly (c) Inline Assembly (d) Inline C

20. The software used for linking various object files of a project is called ___________. [ ]
(a) Locator (b) Linker (c) Keil (d) None
Solutions
1. B 2. B 3. B 4. C 5. D 6. D 7. A 8. C 9. A 10. B
11. C 12. A 13. A 14. B 15. B 16. A 17. A 18. B 19. C 20. B
Fill in the Blanks

1. _______________________________ is the component that keeps track of the time in a system.

2. The timer used for monitoring the firmware execution is __________________________________.

3. When a reset signal is active low the processor undergoes reset when the reset pin of the processor is
______________________.

4. In an RC based reset circuit __________________ diode is used.

5. Brownout Protection circuit prevents the controller / processor from ________________________.

6. The total power consumption is directly proportional to __________________________________.
7. Translation of Assembly language program to object code is done by _______________________.
8. The C pre-processor for creating portable inline code is called _____________________________.
9. Symbols used in assembly for representing the machine language are called __________________.
10. An ASCII representation of machine code corresponding to an application is _________________.

Solutions
1. Real Time Clock 2. Watchdog Timer 3. Low / 0 4. PN
5. Unexpected program execution behavior when supply voltage falls below a specified voltage
6. Clock Frequency 7. Assembler 8. Macro 9. Mnemonic
10. Hex File
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INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
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CHAPTER - IV
1. Who determines which task is to be executed at a given point of time? [ ]
(a) Process Manager (b) Context Manager (c) Scheduler (d) None of the above

2. Multitasking involves __________________________ [ ]

(a) Context Switching (b) Context Saving (c) Context Retrieval (d) All of these

3. Which of the following is an example of a microkernel? [ ]

(a) QNX (b) MS-DOS (c) LINUX (d) SOLARIS

4. Which of the following is an example of an RTOS? [ ]

(a) Windows XP (b) Windows 2000 (c) Windows 10 (d) Windows CE

5. Which of the following is a thread creation and management library? [ ]

(a) POSIX (b) Java Thread Library (c) Win32 (d) All

6. A Process has _______________________. [ ]

(a) Stack Memory (b) Program Memory (c) Data Memory (d) All of the above

7. The memory area which holds the program code corresponds to the core OS applications / services is
known as ______________________. [ ]
(a) User Space (b) Kernel Space (c) Share Memory (d) All of the above
8. For a good scheduling algorithm, the Turn Around Time for the process should be ____. [ ]
(a) Minimum (b) Maximum (c) Average (d) Varying

9. Interrupts which occur in sync with the currently executing task are known as _______. [ ]
(a) Asynchronous Interrupts (b) Synchronous Interrupts (c) External Interrupts (d) None

10. The data memory of a process holds ____________________. [ ]

(a) Local Variables (b) Global Variables (c) Program Instructions (d) None of these

11. The state where a process is incepted into the memory and waiting the processing time for execution
is known as __________________. [ ]
(a) Created State (b) Blocked State (c) Ready State (d) Waiting State
12. Multiple threads of the same process share ____________________. [ ]
(a) Data Memory (b) Code Memory (c) Stack Memory (d) All of the above

13. Which of the following is the POSIX standard library for thread creation and management?
(a) PThreads (b) Threads (c) JThreads (d) None of these [ ]

14. Which of the following are the valid thread binding models for user level to kernel level thread
binding? [ ]
(a) One to Many (b) Many to one (c) One to One (d) Both b & c

15. The CPU allocation for a process may change when it changes its state from _______. [ ]
(a) Running to Ready (b) Ready to Running (c) Running to Blocked (d) All of the above

16. File management system is responsible for ____________________. [ ]

(a) Creation of Files (b) Deletion of Directories (c) Saving of Files (d) All of the above

17. In a commercial RTOS, when an illegal memory access occurs then the kernel enters ___.[ ]
(a) Safe Mode (b) Fail Mode (c) Fail-Safe Mode (d) None of the above

18. Transition of a process from one state to another state is called _______________. [ ]
(a) State Transition (b) Process Transition (c) A or B (d) Both

19. ______________ multitasking ensures that every task gets to execute. [ ]

(a) Co-operative (b) Pre-emptive (c) Non Pre-emptive (d) All of the above

20. The amount of time taken by the process to complete its execution is called __________. [ ]
(a) Response Time (b) Waiting Time (c) Turn Around Time(d) Throughput

1. C 2. D 3. A 4. D 5. D 6. D 7. B 8. A 9. X 10. C
11. C 12. D 13. A 14. D 15. C 16. D 17. C 18. A 19. B 20. C

Fill in the Blanks

1. API means _______________________________________________________.
2. The memory space at which the kernel is located is known as _______________________________.
3. For a good scheduling algorithm the Turn Around Time is _________________________________.
4. Write an example of a Soft Real Time System___________________________________________.
5. Two examples of Scheduling algorithms are ______________________ and __________________.
6. Round Robin scheduling commonly uses __________________ policies for sorting the ready queue.
7. For a good scheduling algorithm, the Response Time for a process should be __________________.
8. The number of processes executed per unit time is called _________________________.
9. The execution switching among threads is called ______________________________.
10. POSIX stands for _______________________________________________.
11. A _______________ is a single sequential flow of control within a process.
12. A __________________ refers to a state where a running process is temporarily suspended from
execution and does not have immediate access to resources.
13. The cycle through which a process changes its state from newly created to execution completed is
known as _______________________________________.
14. For a process, ____________________ memory holds the temporary data such as variables local to
the process.
15. The Real Time System that does not guarantee meeting deadlines is _________________________.

Solutions
1. Application Programming Interface 2. Kernel Space 3. Minimum
4. ATM or Audio-Video Playback System 5. Round Robin and Pre-emptive
6. FCFS with Time Slicing 7. As least as possible 8. Throughput 9. Thread Context Switching
10. Portable Operating System Interface 11. Thread 12. Blocked State / Wait State
13. Process Life Cycle 14. Stack Memory 15. Soft Real Time System
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INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
9-39, Sy.No.107, Tattiannaram, G.S.I. Bandlaguda, Nagole, Hyderabad - 500 068.

CHAPTER - V
1. Which of the following techniques is used by operating system for interprocess communication?
(a) Shared Memory (b) Messaging (c) Signaling (d) All of the above [ ]

2. Which of the following is not non-functional requirement of selecting RTOS for embedded design?
(a) After Sales (b) Ease of use (c) Interrupt Latency (d) Cost [ ]

3. Which of the following is functional requirement of selecting RTOS for embedded system design?
(a) Processor Support (b) Memory Requirement (c) Real-Time Capabilities (d) All of these

4. The driver files are usually in the form of ____________ files. [ ]

(a) exe File (b) dll file (c) hex file (d) obj file

5. A property of function requirements in the design of an RTOS is [ ]

(a) COTS (b) COST (c) Modularization (d) All of the above

6. IST means ______________________________. [ ]

(a) Interrupt Service Task (b) Interrupt Service Thread (c) Interrupt Service Time (d) None

7. ______________________ contains low level implementations for the onboard peripherals and
OEM adaptation layer.
(a) Board Support Package (b) Board Support Platform (c) Device Drivers (d) All of the
above

8. The synchronization technique that uses notification mechanism for synchronization is [ ]

(a) Signals (b) Mail Box (c) Message Queues (d) Events

9. Priority Inversion can avoided using _____________________ [ ]

(a) Binary Semaphore (b) Counting Semaphore (c) Both A & B (d) None of the above

10. ______________________ is a sleep and wakeup based mutual exclusion implementation for shared
resource. [ ]
(a) Event (b) Semaphore (c) Signal (d) All of the above

1. A 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. C 6. B 7. A 8. D 9. A 10. B
 Fill in the Blanks
1. Drivers which run in user space are known as _________________________________.
2. Stream Sockets supports _________________________ protocols.
3. IPC stands for _________________________________.
4. The Busy Waiting technique uses a lock technique for implementing ________________________ .
5. ________________________ is a (a) synchronous information exchange mechanism used for
Interprocess / thread communication.
6. _________________ is an alternate form of Message queues in RTOS.
7. In object oriented language terminology RPC is also known as __________________ or _________.
8. The process of making processes aware of the access of shared resource by each process to avoid
conflicts is known as _________________________.
9. The situation in which multiple processes compete each other to access and manipulate shared data
concurrently is called _________________________ and they produces incorrect results.
10. ____________________ condition produces a situation where none of the process are able to make
any progress in their execution.
11. A condition similar to deadlock except that a process changes its state with time is ______________.
12. A __________________ refers to a state where a running process is temporarily suspended from
execution and does not have immediate access to resources.
13. The condition in which a process does not get the resources required to continue its execution for a
long time is known as _______________________________________.
14. A thread which produces data is called as _________________________ and the thread which
consumes data is called as __________________________.
15. ________________________ is the by-product of the combination of blocking based process
synchronization and pre-emptive priority scheduling.

Solutions
1. Kernel Mode Drivers 2. TCP / IP 3. Inter Process Communication 4. Mutual Exclusion
5. Message Passing 6. Mail Boxes 7. Remote Invocation or Remote Method Invocation
8. Task / Process Synchronization 9. Racing 10. Deadlock 11. LiveLock 12. Deadlock
13. Starvation 14. Producer Thread, Consumer Thread 15. Priority Inversion