COMPUTER ORGANIZATION AND DESIGN UNIT 2 MCQs

1. What is the primary purpose of synthesis tools in combinational circuits?

a) To convert high-level designs into gate-level implementations b) To simulate circuit behavior c) To debug hardware designs d) To optimize power consumption

2. What is propagation delay in combinational circuits?

a) The time taken for a signal to travel from input to output b) The time taken for a signal to stabilize c) The time taken for a signal to reset d) The time taken for a signal to degrade

3. Which of the following is an example of a logic block?

a) Multiplexer b) Flip-Flop c) Counter d) All of the above

4. What is the purpose of programming language structures in hardware design?

a) To describe hardware behavior b) To simulate hardware performance c) To optimize hardware layout d) To debug hardware designs

5. What is structure specification in hardware design?

a) Defining the physical layout of components b) Describing the logical behavior of components c) Specifying the interconnections between components d) All of the above

6. Which of the following is a synthesis tool used in digital design?

a) Verilog b) VHDL c) Xilinx Vivado d) All of the above

7. What is the main challenge in minimizing propagation delay?

a) Reducing the number of logic gates b) Optimizing the placement of components c) Using faster materials d) All of the above

8. Which of the following is a programming language structure used in hardware design?

a) If-else statements b) Loops c) Case statements d) All of the above

9. What is the primary goal of structure specification?

a) To define the physical and logical layout of a design b) To simulate the behavior of a design c) To optimize power consumption d) To debug hardware designs

10. Which of the following is a logic block used in combinational circuits?

a) Decoder b) Encoder c) Adder d) All of the above

11. What is the role of a multiplexer in combinational circuits?

a) To select one of many inputs b) To combine multiple inputs c) To decode binary inputs d) To encode binary inputs

12. Which of the following is a hardware description language?

a) Verilog b) VHDL c) SystemVerilog d) All of the above

13. What is the primary purpose of simulation in hardware design?

a) To verify the functionality of a design b) To optimize power consumption c) To debug hardware designs d) To define the physical layout

14. Which of the following is a characteristic of combinational circuits?

a) Output depends only on current inputs b) Output depends on previous inputs c) Output depends on clock signals d) Output depends on memory states

15. What is the primary goal of optimizing propagation time?

a) To improve circuit performance b) To reduce power consumption c) To simplify circuit design d) To increase circuit size

Combinational Circuits MCQs

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