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1.

Timer_B has

A. three serial communication ports
B. seven LCD driver
C. seven compare/capture channels
D. three LED driver ports
Answer» D. three LED driver ports
2.

Why do we make the connection of the SCLK for communicating serially between two devices?

A. to get a clock output from the device
B. to synchronize the two devices
C. to obtain an analog output
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» C. to obtain an analog output
3.

Are the two instructions similar mov.w @R5+, R6 and mov.w R6,0( R5) incd.w R5

A. yes
B. no
C. can't be said
D. depends on the conditions
Answer» B. no
4.

Which of the following is correct about WDTCTL?

A. it is a 16 bit register
B. it is guided against accidental writes that require a password
C. a reset will occur if a value with an incorrect password is written to WDTCTL
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» E.
5.

The process of setting the WDTCNTCL bit in WDTCTL is through

A. petting
B. feeding
C. kicking
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» E.
6.

Is this instruction correct? WDTCTL_bit.WDTCNTCL = 1;

A. yes
B. no
C. can't be said
D. depends on the conditions
Answer» C. can't be said
7.

Integral nonlinearity is termed as

A. process of reduction of a continuous input to a discrete output
B. change in measured value from the true value
C. maximum deviation between this corrected staircase and the actual transfer characteristic
D. the function used in quantization
Answer» D. the function used in quantization
8.

Debouncing can be carried out at a hardware as well as the software end?

A. yes
B. no
C. can't be said
D. depends on the conditions
Answer» B. no
9.

What actually is bit bagging?

A. it actually refers to the technique of assigning the bits with their inputs
B. a technique by which a MSP430 can communicate through hardware
C. a technique by which MSP430 can communicate through software
D. a technique through which conversion becomes possible
Answer» D. a technique through which conversion becomes possible
10.

dadd instruction can act as

A. valid BCD addition
B. valid adder with carry
C. both of the mentioned
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» B. valid adder with carry
11.

Which of the following is the analog to digital converter that is present in the MSP430 based processors?

A. comparator
B. successive approximation ADC
C. sigma delta ADC
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» E.
12.

P2CA4-P2CA0 bits are used for

A. giving the power supply to the comparator module
B. for selecting the mode of operation of the comparator
C. for connecting the non inverting inputs to the CA0-CA2 pins
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» D. all of the mentioned
13.

USCI consists of

A. one channel
B. two channels
C. three channels
D. four channels
Answer» C. three channels
14.

8255 is a ____ pin IC.

A. 16
B. 8
C. 40
D. 60
Answer» D. 60
15.

More power can be saved by using low_power mode 0 than low_power mode 3

A. true
B. false
C. can't be said
D. depends on the conditions
Answer» C. can't be said
16.

Which of the following functions is not related to port P1?

A. P1SEL
B. P1DIR
C. P1IES
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
17.

Which of the following conditions is more difficult to attain?

A. synchronous masters
B. synchronous slaves
C. asynchronous masters
D. asynchronous slaves
Answer» E.
18.

Falling edge of the SS pin denotes

A. end of the transfer
B. starts a new transfer
C. selects a new master
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» C. selects a new master
19.

All digital communications doesn’t require any clock.

A. true
B. false
C. can't be said
D. depends on the conditions
Answer» C. can't be said
20.

The RTC module is configured in the calendar mode if

A. RTCMODEx= 00
B. RTCMODEx= 11
C. RTCTEVx= 00
D. RTCTEVx= 11
Answer» C. RTCTEVx= 00
21.

Here the word sigma represents

A. subtraction
B. differentiation
C. integration
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» D. none of the mentioned
22.

ADC10 and ADC12 are

A. The converters
B. SAR modules available in the MSP430
C. Sigma delta modules available in the MSP430
D. Comparator modules available in the MSP430
Answer» C. Sigma delta modules available in the MSP430
23.

Which of the following modes is also known as the RAM retention mode?

A. LPM0
B. LPM3
C. LPM4
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» D. All of the mentioned
24.

To select the value of the clock to be fosc/16, what are the appropriate values?

A. SPI2X= 0, SPR1= 0, SPR0=1
B. SPI2X= 0, SPR1= 1, SPR0=0
C. SPI2X= 1, SPR1= 1, SPR0=0
D. SPI2X= 0, SPR1= 1, SPR0=1
Answer» B. SPI2X= 0, SPR1= 1, SPR0=0
25.

Timer1 is responsible for

A. providing a clock to the LCD module
B. cause an interrupt
C. a pulse for the RTC
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» E.
26.

The concept of SPI is based on

A. two counters
B. four flip flops
C. two shift registers
D. four steady state machines
Answer» D. four steady state machines
27.

MSP430 uses vectored interrupts?

A. true
B. false
C. can't be said
D. depends on the conditions
Answer» B. false
28.

Which of the following is a register used for programming AVR’s I2C module?

A. TWBR
B. TWCR
C. TWSR
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» E.
29.

Usually a capacitor is inserted between an analog input and the ground because

A. it blocks the analog voltage
B. it suppresses the noise
C. it increases the gain
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» C. it increases the gain
30.

MSP430 describes reti instruction as

A. Format1 addressing
B. Format2 addressing
C. Jump addressing
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» C. Jump addressing
31.

In continuous mode of the counter

A. counter moves from 0000-ffff
B. counter moves from ffff-0000-ffff
C. counter moves from 0000-ffff and then again returns to 0
D. all of the mentioned
Answer» D. all of the mentioned
32.

When any subroutine is called, then the first value of stack will be

A. value of PC
B. the return address
C. none of the mentioned
D. both are one and the same things
Answer» E.
33.

Which bit is polled to know that whether the TWI is ready or not?

A. TWWC
B. TWINT
C. TWEA
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» C. TWEA
34.

When an interrupt is accepted, the contents of the status register are

A. set
B. reset
C. remains the same
D. can't be said
Answer» C. remains the same
35.

Timer_A is used in

A. SPI
B. I2C
C. Asynchronous Serial Communication
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» D. All of the mentioned
36.

The SPDT switch can be used as a

A. detecting circuit
B. debouncing circuit
C. devaluing circuit
D. dejunerrating circuit
Answer» C. devaluing circuit
37.

DS12887 is known for as a

A. Communication device
B. Good battery device
C. RTC chip
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» D. All of the mentioned
38.

Indexed addressing can be used for

A. source
B. destination
C. both of the mentioned
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» D. none of the mentioned
39.

The capture/compare registers TBCCRn are double-buffered, when used for compare events?

A. true
B. false
C. can't be said
D. depends on the conditions
Answer» B. false
40.

The filtered digital signal is then decimated to

A. reduce the rate of samples from fm to fs
B. reduce the rate of samples from fs to fm
C. increase the rate of samples from fm to fs
D. increase th rate of samples from fs to fm
Answer» B. reduce the rate of samples from fs to fm
41.

The I2C bus uses which of the following lines

A. CLK
B. MISO
C. SDA
D. All of the mentioned
Answer» D. All of the mentioned
42.

8255 has handshaking capability?

A. yes
B. no
C. can't be said
D. depends on the conditions
Answer» B. no
43.

_BIC_SR_IRQ() is used to

A. set the particular bits of the SR
B. reset the particular bits of the SR
C. any of the above mentioned depending on the conditions
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» C. any of the above mentioned depending on the conditions
44.

How many cycles are used by MSP430, when reti instruction is executed?

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. depends on the conditions
Answer» D. depends on the conditions
45.

mov.w @PC+,R6 is a type of

A. direct addressing
B. indirect addressing
C. immediate addressing
D. indirect auto increment addressing
Answer» D. indirect auto increment addressing
46.

Non mask able vectors are stored at different vector locations?

A. true
B. false
C. can't be said
D. depends on the conditions
Answer» C. can't be said
47.

What is right about the ROR instruction?

A. it rotates the contents of the register left to right
B. it rotates the contents of the register from right to left
C. it rotates the contents of the register from left to right through carry
D. it rotates the contents of the register from right to left through carry
Answer» D. it rotates the contents of the register from right to left through carry
48.

Which of the following instruction can used to toggle a bit of the PORT?

A. SBI
B. CBI
C. Both of the mentioned
D. None of the mentioned
Answer» D. None of the mentioned
49.

Instruction CBI PORTB,1 means

A. clearing the PORTB register
B. clearing the first bit of the PORTB register
C. setting the PORTB register
D. setting the first bit of the PORTB register
Answer» C. setting the PORTB register
50.

By default, INT0-INT2 interrupts are?

A. edge triggered
B. level triggered
C. all of the mentioned
D. none of the mentioned
Answer» C. all of the mentioned