Explore topic-wise MCQs in Embedded Systems.

This section includes 40 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Embedded Systems knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Princeton architecture is also known as

A. von Neumann architecture
B. Harvard
C. RISC
D. CISC
Answer» B. Harvard
Discussion
2.

What is the full form of MAC Instruction Of DSP56000 in Embedded Processors?

A. multiply accumulator
B. multiple access
C. multiple accounting
D. multiply accumulator counter
Answer» B. multiple access
Discussion
3.

What are the factors of filters which are determined by the speed of the operation in a digital signal processor?

A. attenuation constant
B. frequency
C. bandwidth
D. phase
Answer» D. phase
Discussion
4.

How many address register does the AAU of a DSP56000 have?

A. 8
B. 16
C. 24
D. 32
Answer» D. 32
Discussion
5.

Which architecture can one overcome the low bandwidth issue in MC6800 family?

A. RISC
B. CISC
C. von Neumann
D. program stored
Answer» B. CISC
Discussion
6.

Which of the following processors have two five-stage pipelines?

A. 80486
B. 80386
C. Intel Pentium
D. 80386DX
Answer» D. 80386DX
Discussion
7.

What is the full form of AAU in Embedded Processors?

A. arithmetic address unit
B. address arithmetic unit
C. address access unit
D. arithmetic access unit
Answer» C. address access unit
Discussion
8.

How many registers does a DSP56000 have?

A. 4
B. 5
C. 7
D. 6
Answer» D. 6
Discussion
9.

PUSH-POP mechanism is seen in _______

A. Stack pointer
B. Register
C. Memory
D. Index register
Answer» B. Register
Discussion
10.

What kind of support does 80286 access in protected mode?

A. Real mode
B. Address access
C. Data access
D. Virtual memory
Answer» E.
Discussion
11.

Where is trap vector table located in SPARC processor?

A. program counter
B. Y register
C. status register
D. trap base register
Answer» E.
Discussion
12.

Which of the following processor possess memory management?

A. 8086
B. 8088
C. 80286
D. 8051
Answer» D. 8051
Discussion
13.

Which is the first 32 bit member of Intel?

A. 8086
B. 8088
C. 80286
D. 80386
Answer» E.
Discussion
14.

What is the address range in 80286?

A. 1 Mbytes
B. 2 Mbytes
C. 16 Mbytes
D. 32 mbytes
Answer» D. 32 mbytes
Discussion
15.

Which of the following architecture does DSP56000 possess?

A. Harvard
B. von Neumann
C. CISC
D. program-stored
Answer» B. von Neumann
Discussion
16.

Which of the following processors uses Harvard architecture?

A. TEXAS TMS320
B. 80386
C. 80286
D. 8086
Answer» B. 80386
Discussion
17.

What is the full form of SPARC in Embedded Processors?

A. scalable processor architecture
B. speculating architecture
C. speculating processor
D. scaling Pentium architecture
Answer» B. speculating architecture
Discussion
18.

What is the size of the address bus in 80286?

A. 20
B. 24
C. 16
D. 32
Answer» C. 16
Discussion
19.

How are negative numbers stored in a coprocessor?

A. 1's complement
B. 2's complement
C. decimal
D. gray
Answer» C. decimal
Discussion
20.

How many bits does SPARC-V9 processor have?

A. 16
B. 32
C. 64
D. 128
Answer» D. 128
Discussion
21.

Name a processor which is used in digital audio appliances.

A. 8086
B. Motorola DSP56000
C. 80486
D. 8087
Answer» C. 80486
Discussion
22.

Which architecture in digital signal processor reduces the execution time?

A. Harvard
B. CISC
C. program storage
D. von Neumann
Answer» B. CISC
Discussion
23.

How many tables does an FIR function of a digital signal processor possess?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer» C. 3
Discussion
24.

What is the clock frequency of 8087?

A. 10 MHz
B. 5 MHz
C. 6 MHz
D. 4 MHz
Answer» C. 6 MHz
Discussion
25.

8 bits equals ________

A. 128 bytes
B. 64 bytes
C. 256 bytes
D. 32 bytes
Answer» D. 32 bytes
Discussion
26.

How many bits does DSP56000 processor have?

A. 8
B. 16
C. 24
D. 32
Answer» D. 32
Discussion
27.

Which is a vector processor?

A. Subword parallelism
B. CISC
C. Superscalar
D. VLIW
Answer» B. CISC
Discussion
28.

How many additional registers does DSP56000 have?

A. 2
B. 4
C. 6
D. 8
Answer» C. 6
Discussion
29.

What are the three modules in the SPARC processor?

A. IU, FPU, CU
B. SP, DI, SI
C. AX, BX, CX
D. CU, CH, CL
Answer» B. SP, DI, SI
Discussion
30.

Which of the following processor can execute two instructions per cycle?

A. 80486
B. 80386DX
C. Intel Pentium
D. 80386
Answer» D. 80386
Discussion
31.

Which company further developed the study of RISC architecture?

A. Intel
B. Motorola
C. university of Berkeley
D. MIPS
Answer» D. MIPS
Discussion
32.

Which ILP supports the ALU division?

A. Subword parallelism
B. CISC
C. Superscalar
D. VLIW
Answer» B. CISC
Discussion
33.

Why is said that branch prediction is not applicable in a digital signal processor?

A. low bandwidth
B. high bandwidth
C. low frequency
D. high frequency
Answer» B. high bandwidth
Discussion
34.

What types of modules are used in the digital signal processor to form the loop structure?

A. modulo-timer
B. modulo-counter
C. timer
D. external timer
Answer» C. timer
Discussion
35.

Which of the following architecture supports out-of-order execution?

A. RISC
B. CISC
C. Superscalar
D. Subword parallelism
Answer» D. Subword parallelism
Discussion
36.

Which of the processor has a 5 stage pipeline?

A. 80386
B. 80486
C. 80286
D. 80386DX
Answer» C. 80286
Discussion
37.

Which of the following processors also can work as a digital signal processor?

A. 8086
B. 8088
C. 8080
D. ARM9E
Answer» E.
Discussion
38.

Which of the following bits are used for sign extension in DSP56000?

A. upper 8 bits of the stack pointer
B. lower 8 bits of the stack pointer
C. lower 8 bits of the program counter
D. upper 8 bits of the program counter
Answer» E.
Discussion
39.

How many pins does 8087 have?

A. 40 pin DIP
B. 20 pin DIP
C. 40 pins
D. 20 pins
Answer» B. 20 pin DIP
Discussion
40.

How many buses did DSP56000 possess?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
Answer» C. 4
Discussion