DLD Final Exam Questions and Answers
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Key elements of system engineering typically outlive the technologies they
interface to.
Answers:
• True
• False - ✔✔Answer: False
What makes a good system design
(Check all that apply):
Answers:
• "Bang for the buck": delivered by minimal mechanism, maximal function
• Reliable in a wide range of environments
• Accommodating of future technical improvements
• Efficient system engineering techniques - ✔✔Answer:
1) "Bang for the buck": delivered by minimal mechanism, maximal function
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,2) Reliable in a wide range of environments
3) Accommodating of future technical improvements
Wrong:
4) Efficient system engineering techniques
Hierarchical design yields:
Answers:
• Limited complexity at each level and reusable building blocks
• "Bang for the buck" and reusable building blocks.
• Reliability and reusable building blocks
• Limited complexity at each level and reliability - ✔✔Answer:
A) Limited complexity at each level and reusable building blocks
"6004" is:
Answers:
• The course at MIT that ELEN3431 is modeled after.
• The year that computers will achieve sentience; i.e., the singularity
• The number of 8-bit words in a 64K memory.
• A microprocessor made by Intel. - ✔✔Answer:
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,A) The course at MIT that ELEN3431 is modeled after.
Acronyms—match the acronym with what it means.
Answers:
A) IC
B) CMOS
C) PCB
D) MOSFET - ✔✔Answer:
A) IC - Integrated Circuit
B) CMOS - Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
C) PCB - Printed Circuit Board
D) MOSFET - Metal-Oxide Field Effect Transistor
Does engineering ever use tricks to get the job done?
Answers:
A) Yes
B) No - ✔✔Answer:
A) Yes
What does the acronym "ASCII" mean?
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, Answers:
A) Accrued Scholastic Council Information Inclusive
B) Asynchronous Sequential Coding Into Information
C) American Stated Conditions for Inclusive Information
D) American Standard Code for Information Interchange - ✔✔Answer:
D) American Standard Code for Information Interchange
Assume that "173" is an octal number. What is it in binary?
Answers:
A) 101110011
B) 10000111000111
C) 1101010101
D) 1111011 - ✔✔Answer:
D) 1111011
Assume that "173" is a hexadecimal number. What is it in binary?
Answers:
A) 101110011
B) 10000111000111
C) 1101010101
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100% Solved | Graded A+
Key elements of system engineering typically outlive the technologies they
interface to.
Answers:
• True
• False - ✔✔Answer: False
What makes a good system design
(Check all that apply):
Answers:
• "Bang for the buck": delivered by minimal mechanism, maximal function
• Reliable in a wide range of environments
• Accommodating of future technical improvements
• Efficient system engineering techniques - ✔✔Answer:
1) "Bang for the buck": delivered by minimal mechanism, maximal function
1
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,2) Reliable in a wide range of environments
3) Accommodating of future technical improvements
Wrong:
4) Efficient system engineering techniques
Hierarchical design yields:
Answers:
• Limited complexity at each level and reusable building blocks
• "Bang for the buck" and reusable building blocks.
• Reliability and reusable building blocks
• Limited complexity at each level and reliability - ✔✔Answer:
A) Limited complexity at each level and reusable building blocks
"6004" is:
Answers:
• The course at MIT that ELEN3431 is modeled after.
• The year that computers will achieve sentience; i.e., the singularity
• The number of 8-bit words in a 64K memory.
• A microprocessor made by Intel. - ✔✔Answer:
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,A) The course at MIT that ELEN3431 is modeled after.
Acronyms—match the acronym with what it means.
Answers:
A) IC
B) CMOS
C) PCB
D) MOSFET - ✔✔Answer:
A) IC - Integrated Circuit
B) CMOS - Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
C) PCB - Printed Circuit Board
D) MOSFET - Metal-Oxide Field Effect Transistor
Does engineering ever use tricks to get the job done?
Answers:
A) Yes
B) No - ✔✔Answer:
A) Yes
What does the acronym "ASCII" mean?
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, Answers:
A) Accrued Scholastic Council Information Inclusive
B) Asynchronous Sequential Coding Into Information
C) American Stated Conditions for Inclusive Information
D) American Standard Code for Information Interchange - ✔✔Answer:
D) American Standard Code for Information Interchange
Assume that "173" is an octal number. What is it in binary?
Answers:
A) 101110011
B) 10000111000111
C) 1101010101
D) 1111011 - ✔✔Answer:
D) 1111011
Assume that "173" is a hexadecimal number. What is it in binary?
Answers:
A) 101110011
B) 10000111000111
C) 1101010101
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