Chapter 4 · MCQ Read Mode

Computer Organization and Embedded System

Hardwired control unit design is characterized by:

Microprogrammed control unit design generates control signals using:

An instruction format typically consists of:

In immediate addressing mode, the operand:

RISC architecture is generally characterized by:

CISC architecture is generally characterized by:

Pipelining in a CPU is used primarily to:

A data hazard in a pipelined processor occurs when:

Which technique helps mitigate data hazards in a pipeline?

Parallel processing differs from simple pipelining in that parallel processing:

Computer arithmetic operations (add, subtract) in the ALU typically use which number representation?

In the memory hierarchy, which level is generally fastest and smallest?

The memory hierarchy's effectiveness relies on the principle of:

In direct-mapped cache, each main memory block can be placed:

Set-associative cache mapping is best described as:

The LRU (Least Recently Used) algorithm is used in cache design to determine:

Write-through cache policy updates:

Write-back cache policy updates main memory:

ROM is classified, in terms of write ability and storage permanence, as:

A split cache architecture separates:

An I/O module's primary role is to:

Programmed I/O is characterized by:

Interrupt-driven I/O improves on programmed I/O by:

DMA (Direct Memory Access) transfers data:

A multiprocessor system is defined by having:

A common bus interconnection structure in a multiprocessor system can become a:

A crossbar switch interconnection provides:

Inter-processor communication via shared memory relies on:

Semaphores and locks in a multiprocessor system are used primarily to:

Message passing, as an inter-processor communication method, involves:

An embedded system is best described as:

A hard real-time embedded system is characterized by:

A custom single-purpose processor, compared to a general-purpose processor, offers:

An Application-Specific Instruction-Set Processor (ASIP) is designed to:

The basic architecture of a custom single-purpose processor consists of:

Optimizing a custom single-purpose processor can involve:

A cross-compiler is used in embedded development to:

JTAG interfaces are primarily used in embedded development for:

Classification of embedded systems by performance/time requirements distinguishes:

In a custom single-purpose processor, since behavior is implemented directly in hardware:

A process in an operating system is characterized by:

A thread differs from a process mainly in that a thread:

Multitasking on a single processor is achieved through:

Multiprocessing differs from multitasking in that multiprocessing involves:

Rate-Monotonic scheduling assigns task priority based on:

A semaphore in a real-time OS is used to:

A device driver's primary role is to:

An open-loop control system is characterized by:

A closed-loop (feedback) control system compares:

Earliest-Deadline-First (EDF) is a scheduling algorithm that assigns priority based on:

VHDL is primarily used to:

In a VHDL design, the entity primarily defines:

In a VHDL design, the architecture describes:

Which VHDL description style describes a circuit as an interconnection of components?

Overflow in a VHDL arithmetic operation occurs when:

Combinational logic in VHDL is typically modeled using:

Sequential logic in VHDL is typically modeled using a process sensitive to:

Pipelining in a VHDL design is implemented by:

The dataflow style of VHDL description primarily uses:

std_logic and signed/unsigned vectors in VHDL are examples of:

Which feature of IPv6 is NOT supported (unlike IPv4)?

What is the maximum length of a hostname?

Which OSI layer is responsible for process-to-process (end-to-end) communication?

Which cable type is used to directly connect two routers without a switch?

In hierarchical routing, each autonomous domain (cluster) is called a:

FTP uses how many TCP connections?

Heavy network traffic that slows down response time is called:

The default port number for HTTP is:

Which protocol is used for sending email from a client to a mail server?

What is the loopback address in IPv4?

What is the network address of 192.10.16.32 with subnet mask /25?

What is the Network ID of 203.17.10.7 with a /24 subnet mask?

Which function is NOT performed at the Transport Layer?

CDMA technology allows multiple users to:

A packet filter firewall operates at which OSI layer?

The most time-critical real-time network application is:

A proxy server is implemented at which OSI layer?

The correct order of network types from smallest to largest geographic scope is:

The RIP routing protocol uses which metric to determine the best path?

In RIP, a hop count of 16 means:

The IEEE standard for Ethernet is:

Distance vector routing protocols use which algorithm to compute shortest paths?

10Base5 Ethernet supports a maximum segment length of:

A typical LAN covers a geographic scope of up to: