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DLD Exam 1 Questions and Answers
What is the following image is called in this course? - Answers✓✓Lamp of Learning
Order the following computing elements from the earliest (old) to more recent (new) by its
invented date. - Answers✓✓1. Electron tube
2. Transistor
3. Integrated circuit
4. Large scale integrated circuit
"6004" is: - Answers✓✓The course at MIT that ELEN3431 is modeled after
Key elements of system engineering typically outlive the technologies they interface to. -
Answers✓✓True
Hierarchical design yields: - Answers✓✓Reusable building blocks and limited complexity at
each level
Assume that "27" is a Hexadecimal number. What is it in Binary? - Answers✓✓00011011
PFET's are used in pull-up circuits while NEFT's are used in negating circuits. -
Answers✓✓False
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Current flows between the diffusion terminals in a MOSFET if the voltage on the gate terminal
is such that it creates a conducting "channel", otherwise the mosfet is off and current does not
flow between the diffusion terminals. - Answers✓✓True
What kind of FET is described by figure X? - Answers✓✓NFET
What does the VTC acronym mean? - Answers✓✓Voltage Transfer Characteristic
What must accept marginal inputs and provide unquestionable outputs? -
Answers✓✓Combinational device
What are sources of power supply noise? - Answers✓✓L(dl/dt) drop
IR drop
Can a combinational device contain directed cycles? - Answers✓✓False
Does a wire obey the static discipline? - Answers✓✓False
In general CMOS gate recipe, the output node is always a low-impedance node in the steady
state. - Answers✓✓True
If we design a system with lots of gain, what will that buy us? - Answers✓✓A big noise
margin.
TPD - Answers✓✓Time Propagation Delay (is the delay from valid inputs to valid outputs)
26/11/2024 10:59AM
DLD Exam 1 Questions and Answers
What is the following image is called in this course? - Answers✓✓Lamp of Learning
Order the following computing elements from the earliest (old) to more recent (new) by its
invented date. - Answers✓✓1. Electron tube
2. Transistor
3. Integrated circuit
4. Large scale integrated circuit
"6004" is: - Answers✓✓The course at MIT that ELEN3431 is modeled after
Key elements of system engineering typically outlive the technologies they interface to. -
Answers✓✓True
Hierarchical design yields: - Answers✓✓Reusable building blocks and limited complexity at
each level
Assume that "27" is a Hexadecimal number. What is it in Binary? - Answers✓✓00011011
PFET's are used in pull-up circuits while NEFT's are used in negating circuits. -
Answers✓✓False
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Current flows between the diffusion terminals in a MOSFET if the voltage on the gate terminal
is such that it creates a conducting "channel", otherwise the mosfet is off and current does not
flow between the diffusion terminals. - Answers✓✓True
What kind of FET is described by figure X? - Answers✓✓NFET
What does the VTC acronym mean? - Answers✓✓Voltage Transfer Characteristic
What must accept marginal inputs and provide unquestionable outputs? -
Answers✓✓Combinational device
What are sources of power supply noise? - Answers✓✓L(dl/dt) drop
IR drop
Can a combinational device contain directed cycles? - Answers✓✓False
Does a wire obey the static discipline? - Answers✓✓False
In general CMOS gate recipe, the output node is always a low-impedance node in the steady
state. - Answers✓✓True
If we design a system with lots of gain, what will that buy us? - Answers✓✓A big noise
margin.
TPD - Answers✓✓Time Propagation Delay (is the delay from valid inputs to valid outputs)
