Embedded Real Time Operating System Set 3

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This set of Embedded Real Time Operating System Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Embedded Real Time Operating System Set 3

Q1 | The PCI follows a set of standards primarily used in _____ PC’s.
  • intel
  • motorola
  • sun
  • IBM
Q2 | How may standard levels of interrupts are provided on the 8-bit ISA bus (XT-class computer)?
  • 4
  • 8
  • 12
  • 16
Q3 | The acronym HDI stands for:The acronym HDI stands for:
  • Half duplex interface
  • Hard disk
  • Hard disk interface
  • Help desk interference
Q4 | Bus which used to connect the monitor to the CPU is
  • PCI bus
  • SCSI bus
  • memory bus
  • rambus
Q5 | Bus which is used to connect Macintosh keyboards and mouse is
  • USB
  • FireWire
  • SCSI
  • ISA
Q6 | The device which starts data transfer is called __________
  • Master
  • Transactor
  • Distributor
  • Initiator
Q7 | The method which offers higher speeds of I/O transfers is ___________
  • Memory mapping
  • Interrupts
  • Program-controlled I/O
  • DMA
Q8 | The asynchronous BUS mode of transmission allows for a faster mode of data transfer.
  • true
  • false
Q9 | ______ is used as an intermediate to extend the processor BUS.
  • Bridge
  • Router
  • Gateway
  • Connector
Q10 | ________ is an extension of the processor BUS.
  • SCSI BUS
  • USB
  • PCI BUS
  • None of the mentioned
Q11 | The system developed by IBM with ISA architecture is ______
  • SPARK
  • SUN-SPARK
  • PC-AT
  • None of the mentioned
Q12 | The best mode of connection between devices which need to send or receive large amounts of data over a short distance is _____
  • Bus
  • Serial Port
  • Parallel port
  • Isochronous port
Q13 | The device which is allowed to initiate data transfers on the BUS at any time is called _____
  • Bus Master
  • Processor
  • Controller
  • BUS arbitrator
Q14 | The PCI BUS supports _____ address space/s.
  • I/O
  • Memory
  • Configuration
  • All of the mentioned
Q15 | The _________ present a uniform device-access interface to the I/O subsystem, much as system calls provide a standard interface between the application and the operating system.
  • Devices
  • Buses
  • Device drivers
  • I/O systems
Q16 | An I/O port typically consists of four registers status, control, ________ and ________ registers.
  • system in, system out
  • data in, data out
  • flow in, flow out
  • input, output
Q17 | The CPU hardware has a wire called __________ that the CPU senses after executing every instruction.
  • interrupt request line
  • interrupt bus
  • interrupt receive line
  • interrupt sense line
Q18 | The _________ determines the cause of the interrupt, performs the necessary processing and executes a return from the interrupt instruction to return the CPU to the execution state prior to the interrupt.
  • interrupt request line
  • device driver
  • interrupt handler
  • All of Above
Q19 | The usual BUS structure used to connect the I/O devices is ___________
  • Star BUS structure
  • Multiple BUS structure
  • Single BUS structure
  • Node to Node BUS structure
Q20 | The method of accessing the I/O devices by repeatedly checking the status flags is ___________
  • Memory-mapped I/O
  • Program-controlled I/O
  • I/O mapped
  • None of the mentioned
Q21 | The classification of BUSes into synchronous and asynchronous is based on __________
  • The devices connected to them
  • The type of data transfer
  • The Timing of data transfers
  • None of the mentioned
Q22 | In synchronous BUS, the devices get the timing signals from __________
  • Timing generator in the device
  • A common clock line
  • The Timing of data transfers
  • None of the mentioned
Q23 | The asynchronous BUS mode of transmission allows for a faster mode of data transfer.
  • true
  • false
Q24 | The use of spooler programs or _______ Hardware allows PC operators to do the processing work at the same time a printing operation is in progress.
  • Register
  • memory
  • Buffer
  • Cpu