Chapter -1
1. A multi-function display (MFD) can be:
(a) used only for basic flight information
(b) configured for more than one type of information
(c) set to display information from the standby magnetic compass.
Ref: aircraft digital electronic and computer sys by mike tooley, pg 2-12
2. Which standby instruments are driven from the aircraft’s pitot-static system?
(a) airspeed indicator, altimeter, and vertical speed indicator
(b) airspeed indicator, vertical speed indicator, and magnetic compass
(c) airspeed indicator, altimeter, and angle of attack indicator.
Ref: aircraft digital electronic and computer sys by mike tooley, pg 2-12
3. Static pressure is fed:
(a) only to the airspeed indicator
(b) only to the airspeed indicator and vertical speed indicator
(c) to the airspeed indicator as well as the altimeter and vertical speed indicator.
Ref: aircraft digital electronic and computer sys by mike tooley, pg 2-12
4. The horizontal situation indicator (HSI) uses information derived from:
(a) the VOR receiver
(b) the pitot-static system
(c) the airspeed indicator.
Ref: aircraft digital electronic and computer sys by mike tooley, pg 2-12
5. The term ‘glass cockpit’ refers to:
(a) the use of LCD and CRT displays
(b) the use of toughened glass windows
(c) the use of a transparent partition between the flight deck and passenger cabin.
Ref: aircraft digital electronic and computer sys by mike tooley, pg 2-12
6. Basic air data instruments are:
(a) airspeed indicator, altimeter, and magnetic compass
(b) airspeed indicator, altimeter, and vertical speed indicator
(c) airspeed indicator, vertical speed indicator, and artificial horizon.
Ref: aircraft digital electronic and computer sys by mike tooley, pg 2-12
7. Three airborne parameters that can be used to assess aircraft position are:
(a) airspeed, height and weight
(b) heading, airspeed and height
(c) heading, weight and airspeed.
Ref: aircraft digital electronic and computer sys by mike tooley, pg 2-12
8. Engine parameters such as turbine speed, are displayed on:
(a) ECAM
(b) EHSI
(c) EADI.
Ref: aircraft digital electronic and computer sys by mike tooley, pg 2-12
9. The aircraft slip indicator is found in the:
(a) EADI
(b) ECAM
(c) CRTs in the passenger cabin.
Ref: aircraft digital electronic and computer sys by mike tooley, pg 2-12
10. Where is the ‘rising runway’?
(a) EADI
(b) ECAM
(c) CRTs in the passenger cabin.
Ref: aircraft digital electronic and computer sys by mike tooley, pg 2-12
11. Under visual flight rules (VFR) the pilot’s most important source of information
concerning the aircraft’s position and attitude is:
(a) the view out of the cockpit window
(b) the altimeter and vertical speed indicators
(c) the airspeed indicator and the magnetic compass.
Ref: aircraft digital electronic and computer sys by mike tooley, pg 2-12
12. The EFIS fitted to a large aircraft usually consists of:
(a) a single multi-function display
(b) separate primary flight and navigation displays
(c) a primary display with several standby instruments.
Ref: aircraft digital electronic and computer sys by mike tooley, pg 2-12
13. In a basic T-configuration of instruments:
(a) the ADI appears on the left and the ASI appears on the right
(b) the ADI appears on the left and the HSI appears on the right.
(c) the ASI appears on the left and the altimeter appears on the right.
Ref: aircraft digital electronic and computer sys by mike tooley, pg 2-12
14. The flight director system receives information:
(a) only from the VOR/localizer
(b) only from the attitude gyro and altimeter
(c) from both of the above.
Ref: aircraft digital electronic and computer sys by mike tooley, pg 2-12
15. EICAS provides the following:
(a) engine parameters only
(b) engine parameters and system warnings
(c) engine parameters and navigational data.
Ref: aircraft digital electronic and computer sys by mike tooley, pg 2-12
16. The two sets of flight regulations that a pilot may fly by are:
(a) VFR and IFR
(b) VHF and IFR
(c) VFR and IFU.
Ref: aircraft digital electronic and computer sys by mike tooley, pg 2-12
17. Secondary heading information is obtained from:
(a) the gyro
(b) the compass
(c) the pitot-static system
Ref: aircraft digital electronic and computer sys by mike tooley, pg 2-12
18. A major advantage of EFIS is a reduction in:
(a) effects of EMI
(b) wiring and cabling
(c) moving parts present in the flight deck.
Ref: aircraft digital electronic and computer sys by mike tooley, pg 2-12
19. The term ‘artificial horizon’ is sometimes used to describe the indication produced
by:
(a) the altimeter
(b) the attitude indicator.
(c) the vertical speed indicator.
Ref: aircraft digital electronic and computer sys by mike tooley, pg 2-12
20. Typical displays on an EHSI are:
(a) engine indications
(b) VOR, heading, track
(c) VOR, altitude, rate of climb.
Ref: aircraft digital electronic and computer sys by mike tooley, pg 2-12
21. In a basic T-configuration of instruments:
(a) the ADI appears at the top and the HSI appears at the bottom
(b) the HSI appears at the top and the ASI appears at the bottom
(c) the ASI appears at the top and the ADI appears at the bottom.
Ref: aircraft digital electronic and computer sys by mike tooley, pg 2-12
22. Operational faults in FMS can be detected by:
(a) automatically comparing outputs on a continuous basis
(b) routine maintenance inspection of the aircraft
(c) pre-flight checks.
Ref: aircraft digital electronic and computer sys by mike tooley, pg 2-12
23. The upper ECAM display provides:
(a) navigation information
(b) secondary flight information
(c) engine parameters.
Ref: aircraft digital electronic and computer sys by mike tooley, pg 2-12
Chapter-03
Data conversion
1. A DAC can produce 256 different output voltages. This DAC has a resolution of:
(a) 8 bits
(b) 128 bits
(c) 256 bits.
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 34
2. In a bipolar ADC a logic 1 in the MSB position indicates:
(a) zero input voltage
(b) negative input voltage
(c) positive input voltage.
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 29
3. Which one of the following types of ADC is the fastest?
(a) ramp type
(b) flash type
(c) successive approximation type.
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 35
4. Which one of the following ADC types uses a large number of comparators?
(a) ramp type
(b) flash type
(c) successive approximation type.
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 35
5. The advantage of an R-2R ladder DAC is that:
(a) it uses less resistors overall
(b) it uses a smaller number of analogue switches
(c) it avoids having a large number of different value resistors
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 33
6. A 10-bit DAC is capable of producing:
(a) 10 different output levels
(b) 100 different output levels
(c) 1,024 different output levels.
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 34
7. The process of sampling approximating an analogue signal to a series of discrete levels is
referred to as:
(a) interfacing
(b) quantizing
(c) data conversion.
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 31
8. In a binary weighted DAC the voltage gain for each digital input is determined by:
(a) a variable slope ramp
(b) a variable reference voltage
(c) resistors having different values.
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 32
9. The resolution of a DAC is stated in terms of:
(a) the accuracy of the voltage reference
(b) the open-loop gain of the comparator
(c) the number of bits used in the conversion.
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 33
10. The conversion time of a flash ADC is typically in the range:
(a) 50 ns to 1 µs
(b) 50 µs to 1 ms
(c) 50 ms to 1 s.
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 35
11. The DAC used in a successive approximation ADC is usually:
(a) ramp type
(b) binary weighted type
(c) successive approximation type.
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 36
12. In a successive approximation ADC, the time interval between the SC and EOC signals is:
(a) the clock time
(b) the cycle time
(c) the conversion time.
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 36
13. An advantage of a dual-ramp ADC is:
(a) a fast conversion time
(b) an inherent ability to reject noise
(c) the ability to operate without the need for a clock.
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 37
14. An R-2R ADC has values of resistance:
(a) whose precision must be accurate
(b) whose relative precision must be accurate
(c) whose precision are unimportant.
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 37
15. An 8 bit flash ADC would required operation amplifier comprators
(a) 8 operation amplifier comprators
(b) 64 operation amplifier comprator
(c) 256 operational amplifier comprators
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 35
16. when a start conversion (SC) signal is received, the successive bits within the SAR are set
and reset according to the output from the
(a) comprator
(b) DAC
(c) none
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 35
17. In simple Flash ADC, the Priority encoder indicate the value of the most significant logic 1
(a) received on one of its inputs
(b) received on one of its outputs
(c) None
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 35
Chapter -07 (The CPU)
1. The primary function of the microprocessor is ……………….instructions residents in
memory.
(a) fetching
(b) decoding
(c) executing
(d) all the above
2. The Accumulator register functions as
(a) Source register
(b) Destination register
(c) destination register used to hold the result of particular operation
(d) all the above
3. The register provides a temporary storage location in which the current microprocessor
instruction is held while it is being decoded.
(a) Accumulator register
(b) Instruction register
(c) Source register
(d) None of the above
4. Machine cycle takes the finite time depending upon the
(a) Microprocessor’s clock
(b) first part of the machine cycle
(c) second part of the machine cycle
(d) none of the above
5. A bus provide a highway for data that link all of the system components such as RAM,ROM
and I/O devices together.
(a) Control bus
(b) Address bus
(c) Instruction bus
(d) Data bus
6. Data bus buffer is
(a) Unidirectional
(b) Bi-directional
(c) Omnidirectional
(d) none of the above
7. The 8-bit microprocessor use the general purpose registers, and these registers can be used
as
(a) 8-bit register
(b) 16-bit register
(c) 64-bit register
(d) both as a & b
8. In 8-bit microprocessor, the ALU has two inputs and one input is derived from the
Accumulator register and other is taken through internal data bus via
(a) Flag register
(b) Instruction register
(c) Temporary register
(d) none of these
9. The status register contains a number of individual bits that are set or reset according to the
outcome of an ALU operation. These bits are referred to as
(a) interrupt
(b) clock
(c) Flags
(d) Zero
[Link] the result of ALU operation in 8-bit microprocessor cannot be contained within an 8-bit
register
(a) a carry flag is set
(b) a parity flag is set
(c) a sign flag is set
(d) a zero flag is set
11. A clock, one complete cycle is referred as
(a) P- state
(b) R- state
(c) S-state
(d) T-state
12. Register that indicates the address of the next instruction is
(a) Instruction register
(b) stack register
(c) Instruction pointer
(d) none of these
13. some microprocessor registers are accessible to the programmer. The registers are
classified as
(a) Temporary register
(b) General purpose register
(c) special purpose register
(d) all of the above
14. Microprocessor 8085 has number of general purpose registers
(a) 2 registers
(b) 4 registers
(c) 6 registers
(d) 8 registers
15. ALU status is preserved in
(a) Instruction register
(b) temporary register
(c) program counter
(d) Flag register
16. 8085 microprocessor is an 8-bit microprocessor designed by ?
(a) IBM
(b) Dell
(c) Intel
(d) none
17. In 8085, 16-bit address bus, which can address up to ?
(a) 16 KB
(b) 32 KB
(c) 64 KB
(d) 128 KB
18. It is also a 16-bit register works, which is always incremented/decremented by push and
pop.
(a) Stack pointer
(b) Temporary register
(c) Program counter
(d) Accumulator register
19. Flag register is an 8-bit register having………1-bit flip-flops.
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) none
20. what is true about program counter ?
(a) it is an 8-bit register, which holds the temporary data of arithmetic and logical operations.
(b) when an instruction is fetched from memory then it is stored in the program counter
(c) it is a 16-bit register used to store the memory address location of the next
instruction to be executed
(d) none of the above
21. What is true about microprocessor?
(a) Microprocessor is a controlling unit of a micro-computer
(b) It is fabricated on a small chip capable of performing ALU (Arithmetic Logical Unit)
operations
(c) It also communicate with the other devices connected to it.
(d) All of the above
22. Microprocessor consists of?
(a) ALU
(b) register array
(c) control unit
(d) All of the above
2 3. The __________ controls the flow of data and instructions within the computer.
(a) control unit
(b) register array
(c) accumulator
(d) ALU
24. The microprocessor……….those instructions from memory
(a) Fetch
(b) Decode
(c) Execute
(d) None of the above
25. it determines the number of operations per second ?
(a) bandwidth
(b) word length
(c) clock speed
(d) operation speed
26. The stack is used for:
(a) permanent storage of data
(b) temporary storage of data
(c) temporary storage of programs.
(c) none of the above
27. The output of the instruction pointer appears on:
(a) the address bus
(b) the data bus
(c) the control bus.
(d) none
28. Another way to describe the CPU register that acts as an instruction pointer is:
(a) the program counter
(b) the stack pointer
(c) the instruction register.
(d) accumulator
29. In which cycle is an instruction fetched and decoded:
(a) M0
(b) M1
(c) M2.
(d) M3
30. The advantage of pipelining is:
(a) easier programming
(b) faster execution times
(c) more reliable operation.
(d) none
31. Segmentation is used with x86 processors in order to:
(a) increase the speed of processing
(b) set up an instruction pipeline
(c) extend the addressing range.
(d) none
Mod-5 ( by Mr. Hariom)
Electromagnetic Compatibility (Q and A)
1. Aperiodic noise is:
(a) regular but not continuous
(b) regular and continuous
(c) entirely random in nature.
Ref: a/c digital and electronic by Mike tooly, Pg 171
2. EMI can be conveyed from a source to a receiver by:
(a) conduction only
(b) radiation only
(c) conduction and radiation.
Ref: a/c digital and electronic by Mike tooly, Pg 171
3. The display produced by a spectrum analyser shows:
(a) frequency plotted against time
(b) amplitude plotted against time
(c) amplitude plotted against frequency.
Ref: a/c digital and electronic by Mike tooly, Pg 166
4. EMI can be reduced by means of:
(a) screening only
(b) screening and filtering
(c) screening, bonding and filtering.
Ref: a/c digital and electronic by Mike tooly, Pg 171
5. The effects of HIRF can be reduced by:
(a) screening only
(b) screening and filtering
(c) screening, bonding and filtering.
Ref: a/c digital and electronic by Mike tooly, Pg 172
6. The typical maximum value of bonding resistance is:
(a) less than 0.005 Ω
(b) between 0.005 Ω and 0.05 Ω
(c) more than 0.05 Ω.
Ref: a/c digital and electronic by Mike tooly, Pg 172
7. Effective protection against lightning and static discharge damage to an aircraft requires that:
(a) all isolated conducting parts must have high resistance to ground
(b) all parts of the metal structure of the aircraft must be bonded to ground
(c) all power and bus cables must be well insulated.
Ref: a/c digital and electronic by Mike tooly, Pg 173
8. Supply borne noise can be eliminated by means of:
(a) a low-pass filter
(b) a high-pass filter
(c) a band-pass filter.
Ref: a/c digital and electronic by Mike tooly, Pg 165
9. Noise generated by a switching circuit is worse when:
(a) switching is fast and current is low
(b) switching is slow and current is high
(c) switching is fast and current is high.
Ref: a/c digital and electronic by Mike tooly, Pg 166
10. The property of an electrical or electronic product in terms of immunity to the effect of EMI
generated by other equipment and its susceptibility to generation and radiation of its own EMI is
known as
(a) Electrostatic charge
(b) Electromagnetic compatibility
(c) Electromagnetic wave front
Ref: a/c digital and electronic by Mike tooly, Pg 162
11. An integer multiple of fundamental frequency is Known as
(a) Ripple
(b) Spike
(c) Harmonic
Ref: a/c digital and electronic by Mike tooly, Pg 163
12. Second Harmonic has frequency
(a) 8 times of fundamental frequency
(b) 4 times of fundamental frequency
(c) 2 times of fundamental frequency
Ref: a/c digital and electronic by Mike tooly, Pg 163
13. Power supply borne noise and spurious signal are reduced by
(a) HPF
(b) LPF
(c) BPF
Ref: a/c digital and electronic by Mike tooly, Pg 165
14. The ground connection is an effective connection between aircraft ground and equipment
chassis when connection is as
(a) High resistance ground
(b) low resistance ground
(c) both a and b wrong
Ref: a/c digital and electronic by Mike tooly, Pg 165
15. Which is not a source of EMI
(a) static discharge and lightening
(b) Bus cables
(c) fibre optic cables
Ref: a/c digital and electronic by Mike tooly, Pg 169
16. Broadband interference is caused by
(a) switching mode power supplies
(b) radio transmitter and receiver
(c) microprocessor clocks
Ref: a/c digital and electronic by Mike tooly, Pg 170
17. Environmental noise is the aggregate of all electromagnetic emissions present at a
particular space or area of concern at any one time. This is usually measured a defined
spectrum i.e.
(a) 30 KHz to 30 MHz
(b) 30 MHz to 300 MHz
(c) 3 GHz to 30 GHz
Ref: a/c digital and electronic by Mike tooly, Pg 171
18. Noise interference at source can be suppressed by
(a) Screened Metal enclosure accurately grounded
(b) twisted or shielded bus wires
(c) Both a and b
Ref: a/c digital and electronic by Mike tooly, Pg 171
19. The occurrence of EMI which continuously repetitive is categorized as being
(a) periodic
(b) aperiodic
(c) random
Ref: a/c digital and electronic by Mike tooly, Pg 171
20. High Intensity Radio Frequency field (HIRF) emanating from high power radio transmitters
and radar equipment can be minimized
(a) grounding only
(b) Bonding only
(c) Both grounding and bonding
Ref: a/c digital and electronic by Mike tooly, Pg 172
21. Grounding and Bonding resistance should be maintained
(a) less than 0.001 to 0.003 Ohm
(b) less than 1 to 3 ohms
(c) less than 0.05 ohm
Ref: a/c digital and electronic by Mike tooly, Pg 172
22. Electrical connecting of two or more conducting object that are not otherwise adequately
connected is referred as
(a) earthing
(b) grounding
(c) bonding
Ref: a/c digital and electronic by Mike tooly, Pg 173
Data conversion
1. A DAC can produce 256 different output voltages. This DAC has a resolution of:
(a) 8 bits
(b) 128 bits
(c) 256 bits.
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 34
2. In a bipolar ADC a logic 1 in the MSB position indicates:
(a) zero input voltage
(b) negative input voltage
(c) positive input voltage.
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 29
3. Which one of the following types of ADC is the fastest?
(a) ramp type
(b) flash type
(c) successive approximation type.
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 35
4. Which one of the following ADC types uses a large number of comparators?
(a) ramp type
(b) flash type
(c) successive approximation type.
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 35
5. The advantage of an R-2R ladder DAC is that:
(a) it uses less resistors overall
(b) it uses a smaller number of analogue switches
(c) it avoids having a large number of different value resistors
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 33
6. A 10-bit DAC is capable of producing:
(a) 10 different output levels
(b) 100 different output levels
(c) 1,024 different output levels.
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 34
7. The process of sampling approximating an analogue signal to a series of discrete levels is
referred to as:
(a) interfacing
(b) quantizing
(c) data conversion.
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 31
8. In a binary weighted DAC the voltage gain for each digital input is determined by:
(a) a variable slope ramp
(b) a variable reference voltage
(c) resistors having different values.
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 32
9. The resolution of a DAC is stated in terms of:
(a) the accuracy of the voltage reference
(b) the open-loop gain of the comparator
(c) the number of bits used in the conversion.
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 33
10. The conversion time of a flash ADC is typically in the range:
(a) 50 ns to 1 µs
(b) 50 µs to 1 ms
(c) 50 ms to 1 s.
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 35
11. The DAC used in a successive approximation ADC is usually:
(a) ramp type
(b) binary weighted type
(c) successive approximation type.
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 36
12. In a successive approximation ADC, the time interval between the SC and EOC signals is:
(a) the clock time
(b) the cycle time
(c) the conversion time.
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 36
13. An advantage of a dual-ramp ADC is:
(a) a fast conversion time
(b) an inherent ability to reject noise
(c) the ability to operate without the need for a clock.
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 37
14. An R-2R ADC has values of resistance:
(a) whose precision must be accurate
(b) whose relative precision must be accurate
(c) whose precision are unimportant.
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 37
15. An 8 bit flash ADC would required operation amplifier comprators
(a) 8 operation amplifier comprators
(b) 64 operation amplifier comprator
(c) 256 operational amplifier comprators
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 35
16. when a start conversion (SC) signal is received, the successive bits within the SAR are set
and reset according to the output from the
(a) comprator
(b) DAC
(c) none
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 35
17. In simple Flash ADC, the Priority encoder indicate the value of the most significant logic 1
(a) received on one of its inputs
(b) received on one of its outputs
(c) None
Ref: a/c digital ele and computer system by [Link] Pg 35
OFC objective type questions
1. In an optical fibre, the refractive index of the core is:
(a) the same as the cladding
(b) larger than the cladding
(c) smaller than the cladding.
2. A suitable optical transmitter for use with an optical fibre is:
(a) a photodiode
(b) a phototransistor
(c) a low-power laser diode.
3. The typical core diameter for a monomode fibre is:
(a) 5 µm
(b) 50 µm
(c) 125 µm.
4. In a multicore fibre optic cable:
(a) the cores are colour coded
(b) the cladding is colour coded
(c) the buffers are colour coded.
5. The typical wavelength of light in a fibre is:
(a) 1.3 µm
(b) 13 µm
(c) 130 µm.
6. What aircraft standard applies to fibre optic networks?
(a) ARINC 429
(b) ARINC 573
(c) ARINC 636.
7. If a launcher has an acceptance angle of 45° the corresponding numerical aperture will be:
(a) 0.5
(b) 0.707
(c) 1.
8. The typical cladding diameter for a monomode fibre is:
(a) 5 µm
(b) 50 µm
(c) 125 µm
9. If the numerical aperture of a fibre has a value of 1, this indicates that
(a) all of the light from the source is captured by the fibre
(b) none of the light from a source is captured by a fibre
(c) 50% of the light from a source is captured by a fibre.
10. When replacing a length of multi-way fibre optic cable, it is essential to ensure that:
(a) the connectors are correctly aligned prior to mating the plug and the receptacle
(b) none of the red band is covered when the coupling nut is tightened
(c) all of the red band is covered when the coupling nut is tightened.
11. In order to support a high data rate, a fibre optic cable should have:
(a) zero bandwidth
(b) limited bandwidth
(c) wide bandwidth.
12. A significant advantage of fibre optic networks in large passenger aircraft is:
(a) lower installation costs
(b) reduced weight
(c) ease of maintenance.
13. A beam of light is directed towards a boundary between two optical media having different
refractive indices. If the beam is incident at the critical angle the ray emerging from the
boundary will travel:
(a) away from the boundary
(b) along the boundary
(c) back towards the light source.
14. The bandwidth of an optical fibre is limited by:
(a) attenuation and cross-talk in the cable.
(b) modal dispersion occurring in the cable
(c) the number and severity of bends in the cable.
15. Light propagates in a fibre optic by means of:
(a) modal dispersion
(b) continuous refraction
(c) total internal reflection
16. The attenuation of an optical fibre is typically:
(a) less than 2 dB per km
(b) between 2 dB and 20 dB per km
(c) more than 20 dB per km.
17. The main advantage of monomode fibres is:
(a) lower cost
(b) smaller data cables
(c) faster data rates.
18. A pulse of infrared light travelling down a multimode fibre optic becomes stretched. This is
due to:
(a) reflection
(b) refraction
(c) dispersion.
19. Attenuation in an optical fibre is due to:
(a) absorption, dispersion, and radiation
(b) absorption, scattering, and radiation
(c) absorption, cross-talk, and noise.
20. Light waves in fibre optic cables are:
(a) in the infrared spectrum
(b) in the ultraviolet spectrum
(c) in the visible spectrum.
21. Dispersion occurs in
(a) single mode fibre
(b) multimode fibre
(c) graded index fibre
22. A typical fibre optic connector receptacle barrel has
(a) red band
(b) yellow band
(c) red and yellow band
23. in fibre optics, scattering in the core is due to
(a) Homogeneity of refractive index
(b) Non homogeneity of refractive index
(c) due to buffer jacket
24. Radiation loss in fibre optics is due to
(a) bends in fibre
(b) different wavelength
(c) absorption
25. In OFC (optical fibre cable) the buffer color cores to identify the fibre , codes are blue, red,
green, yellow and
(a) purple
(b) white
(c) orange
26. Optical network component coupler has
(a) one port
(b) two port
(c) three or four port
27. In an optical fiber, the concept of Numerical aperture is applicable in describing the ability of
__________
(a) Light Collection
(b) Light Scattering
(c) Light Dispersion
28. Which among the following is/are responsible for generating attenuation of an optical power
in fiber?
(a) Absorption
(b) Scattering
(c) All of the above
29. FDDI (fibre distribution data interface) capable of supporting data rates up to
(a) 10 mbps
(b) 50 mbps
(c) 100 mbps
30. The core of an optical fiber has a
(a) Lower refracted index than air
(b). Lower refractive index than the cladding
(c) Higher refractive index than the cladding
Chapter -07 (The CPU) page no 88 onward
1. The primary function of the microprocessor is ……………….instructions residents in
memory.
(a) fetching
(b) decoding
(c) executing
(d) all the above
Ref: a/c digital electronic and comp sys, Pg 87
2. The Accumulator register functions as
(a) Source register
(b) Destination register
(c) destination register used to hold the result of particular operation
(d) all the above
Ref: a/c digital electronic and comp sys, Pg 87
3. The register provides a temporary storage location in which the current microprocessor
instruction is held while it is being decoded.
(a) Accumulator register
(b) Instruction register
(c) Source register
(d) None of the above
Ref: a/c digital electronic and comp sys, Pg 87
4. Machine cycle takes the finite time depending upon the
(a) Microprocessor’s clock
(b) first part of the machine cycle
(c) second part of the machine cycle
(d) none of the above
Ref: a/c digital electronic and comp sys, Pg 87
5. A bus provide a highway for data that link all of the system components such as RAM,ROM
and I/O devices together.
(a) Control bus
(b) Address bus
(c) Instruction bus
(d) Data bus
Ref: a/c digital electronic and comp sys, Pg 88
6. Data bus buffer is
(a) Unidirectional
(b) Bi-directional
(c) Omnidirectional
(d) none of the above
Ref: a/c digital electronic and comp sys, Pg 88
7. The 8-bit microprocessor use the general purpose registers, and these registers can be used
as
(a) 8-bit register
(b) 16-bit register
(c) 64-bit register
(d) both as a & b
Ref: a/c digital electronic and comp sys, Pg 88
8. In 8-bit microprocessor, the ALU has two inputs and one input is derived from the
Accumulator register and other is taken through internal data bus via
(a) Flag register
(b) Instruction register
(c) Temporary register
(d) none of these
Ref: a/c digital electronic and comp sys, Pg 90
9. The status register contains a number of individual bits that are set or reset according to the
outcome of an ALU operation. These bits are referred to as
(a) interrupt
(b) clock
(c) Flags
(d) Zero
Ref: a/c digital electronic and comp sys, Pg 90
[Link] the result of ALU operation in 8-bit microprocessor cannot be contained within an 8-bit
register
(a) a carry flag is set
(b) a parity flag is set
(c) a sign flag is set
(d) a zero flag is set
Ref: a/c digital electronic and comp sys, Pg 90
11. A clock, one complete cycle is referred as
(a) P- state
(b) R- state
(c) S-state
(d) T-state
Ref: a/c digital electronic and comp sys, Pg 90
12. Register that indicates the address of the next instruction is
(a) Instruction register
(b) stack register
(c) Instruction pointer
(d) none of these
Ref: a/c digital electronic and comp sys, Pg 91
13. some microprocessor registers are accessible to the programmer. The registers are
classified as
(a) Temporary register
(b) General purpose register
(c) special purpose register
(d) all of the above
Ref: a/c digital electronic and comp sys, Pg 93
14. Microprocessor 8085 has number of general purpose registers
(a) 2 registers
(b) 4 registers
(c) 6 registers
(d) 8 registers
Ref: a/c digital electronic and comp sys, Pg 93
15. ALU status is preserved in
(a) Instruction register
(b) temporary register
(c) program counter
(d) Flag register
Ref: a/c digital electronic and comp sys, Pg 93
16. 8085 microprocessor is an 8-bit microprocessor designed by ?
(a) IBM
(b) Dell
(c) Intel
(d) none
Ref: a/c digital electronic and comp sys, Pg 94
17. In 8085, 16-bit address bus, which can address up to ?
(a) 16 KB
(b) 32 KB
(c) 64 KB
(d) 128 KB
Ref: a/c digital electronic and comp sys, Pg 94
18. It is also a 16-bit register works, which is always incremented/decremented by push and
pop.
(a) Stack pointer
(b) Temporary register
(c) Program counter
(d) Accumulator register
Ref: a/c digital electronic and comp sys, Pg 95
19. Flag register is an 8-bit register having………1-bit flip-flops.
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) none
Ref: a/c digital electronic and comp sys, Pg 92
20. what is true about program counter ?
(a) it is an 8-bit register, which holds the temporary data of arithmetic and logical operations.
(b) when an instruction is fetched from memory then it is stored in the program counter
(c) it is a 16-bit register used to store the memory address location of the next
instruction to be executed
(d) none of the above
Ref: a/c digital electronic and comp sys, Pg 94
21. What is true about microprocessor?
(a) Microprocessor is a controlling unit of a micro-computer
(b) It is fabricated on a small chip capable of performing ALU (Arithmetic Logical Unit)
operations
(c) It also communicate with the other devices connected to it.
(d) All of the above
Ref: a/c digital electronic and comp sys, Pg 87
22. Microprocessor consists of?
(a) ALU
(b) register array
(c) control unit
(d) All of the above
Ref: a/c digital electronic and comp sys, Pg 87
2 3. The __________ controls the flow of data and instructions within the computer.
(a) control unit
(b) register array
(c) accumulator
(d) ALU
Ref: a/c digital electronic and comp sys, Pg 87
24. The microprocessor……….those instructions from memory
(a) Fetch
(b) Decode
(c) Execute
(d) None of the above
Ref: a/c digital electronic and comp sys, Pg 87
25. it determines the number of operations per second ?
(a) bandwidth
(b) wordlength
(c) clock speed
(d) operation speed
Ref: a/c digital electronic and comp sys, Pg 90
26. The stack is used for:
(a) permanent storage of data
(b) temporary storage of data
(c) temporary storage of programs.
(c) none of the above
Ref: a/c digital electronic and comp sys, Pg 103
27. 8. The output of the instruction pointer appears on:
(a) the address bus
(b) the data bus
(c) the control bus.
(d) none
Ref: a/c digital electronic and comp sys, Pg 103
28. Another way to describe the CPU register that acts as an instruction pointer is:
(a) the program counter
(b) the stack pointer
(c) the instruction register.
(d) accumulator
Ref: a/c digital electronic and comp sys, Pg 103
29. In which cycle is an instruction fetched and decoded:
(a) M0
(b) M1
(c) M2.
(d) M3
Ref: a/c digital electronic and comp sys, Pg 103
30. The advantage of pipelining is:
(a) easier programming
(b) faster execution times
(c) more reliable operation.
(d) none
Ref: a/c digital electronic and comp sys, Pg 104
31. Segmentation is used with x86 processors in order to:
(a) increase the speed of processing
(b) set up an instruction pipeline
(c) extend the addressing range.
(d) none
Ref: a/c digital electronic and comp sys, Pg 104
Additional question for DT for mechanical pre-sem paper & avionics
Level -1
1. The material which give up electrons, they appear as……..on triboelectric scale.
(a) neutral
(b) negative
(c) positive
Ref :aircraft digital electronics and computer sys by mike tooley Pg 147
2. The material which attract electrons, they appear as……..on triboelectric scale.
(a) neutral
(b) negative
(c) positive
Ref :aircraft digital electronics and computer sys by mike tooley Pg 147
Level -2
3. ESD warnings sinage as
(a) background yellow and text in black color
(b) back ground black and text in yellow color
(c) back ground white and text in red color
Ref :aircraft digital electronics and computer sys by mike tooley Pg 149
Level -3
4. which of the following semiconductor devices is likely to be most susceptible to damage from
stray static charges.
(a) a dynamic memory
(b) A silicon controlled rectifier
(c) a bipolar junction transistor
Ref :aircraft digital electronics and computer sys by mike tooley Pg 148
5. The controlled environment should be equipped ……… to neutralize any charged
insulators commonly found in the work environment.
(a) work station
(b) Test station
(c) Ionizers
Ref EASA book DT electronic instrument for B1 pg- sub module -12