Embedded Systems Quiz

What is the primary goal of Hardware/Software Co-Design?

• To reduce hardware costs

• To optimize both hardware and software together

• To minimize the number of software components

• To eliminate software dependencies

What is the major drawback of performing HW/SW partitioning at an early stage?

• Increased execution time

• Inability to correct design mistakes later

• Higher power consumption

• Slower response time

Which of the following is NOT a step in Hardware-Software Co-Design?

• Co-Specification

• Co-Simulation

• Co-Partitioning

• Co-Execution

What is the primary role of Co-Simulation in HW/SW Co-Design?

• To verify both hardware and software simultaneously

• To increase hardware speed

• To replace software with hardware

• To minimize power consumption

Which of the following describes a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG)?

• A graph with only loops

• A graph with cycles

• A graph without cycles

• A linear sequence of tasks

What does the longest delay path (LD-path) in a DAG represent?

• The fastest path between two nodes

• The bottleneck execution path

• The shortest execution sequence

• The number of tasks executed in parallel

Which scheduling approach prioritizes tasks that appear first without violating constraints?

• Priority-based scheduling

• FIFO scheduling

• List-based scheduling

• Randomized scheduling

Which of the following techniques helps in balancing workload between hardware resources?

• Pipeline execution

• Instruction-level parallelism

• Reassigning tasks to optimize mapping

• Increasing the execution time of each task

In a self-driving car's object detection system, which component is best suited for GPU execution?

• Image capture

• Preprocessing

• Object detection

• Decision-making

Which is NOT a key step in DAG-based partitioning?

• Profiling and DAG Construction

• Finding the Longest Delay Path

• Ignoring dependencies between nodes

• Scheduling tasks based on available resources