Temporal Logic – Real-time Systems MCQs 50 min Score: 0 Attempted: 0/50 Subscribe 1. What is temporal logic mainly used for in real-time systems? (A) Database querying (B) Specification of time-dependent properties (C) Code optimization (D) Memory management 2. Temporal logic allows reasoning about: (A) Data structures (B) Order of events over time (C) Program syntax (D) Hardware design 3. Which temporal logic is used for linear sequences of time? (A) CTL (B) TCTL (C) FOL (D) LTL 4. Which temporal logic supports branching time structures? (A) LTL (B) PLTL (C) CTL (D) Propositional logic 5. What does LTL stand for? (A) Logical Time Language (B) Linear Time Logic (C) Local Temporal Logic (D) Linear Transition Logic 6. What does CTL stand for? (A) Computation Time Logic (B) Continuous Time Logic (C) Concurrent Task Logic (D) Computation Tree Logic 7. Which logic extends CTL with explicit time constraints? (A) LTL (B) PLTL (C) TCTL (D) FOL 8. Which operator means “eventually” in temporal logic? (A) X (B) G (C) U (D) F 9. Which operator represents “always”? (A) F (B) U (C) X (D) G 10. Which operator represents “next”? (A) X (B) F (C) G (D) U 11. The “until” operator is denoted by: (A) F (B) U (C) X (D) G 12. Which property ensures that something good eventually happens? (A) Safety (B) Fairness (C) Liveness (D) Timeliness 13. Which property ensures that nothing bad ever happens? (A) Liveness (B) Safety (C) Fairness (D) Progress 14. Which temporal logic formula expresses “p is always true”? (A) F p (B) X p (C) G p (D) p U q 15. Which formula expresses “p eventually becomes true”? (A) F p (B) X p (C) G p (D) p ∧ q 16. Which temporal logic is more suitable for real-time constraints? (A) LTL (B) CTL (C) TCTL (D) Propositional logic 17. Temporal logic formulas are evaluated over: (A) Execution paths (B) Variables only (C) Memory locations (D) CPU cycles 18. Which logic uses path quantifiers like A and E? (A) LTL (B) FOL (C) PLTL (D) CTL 19. What does the path quantifier “A” mean? (A) At least one path (B) No path (C) Any random path (D) All paths 20. What does the path quantifier “E” mean? (A) Every path (B) Exact path (C) Exists a path (D) External path 21. Which operator combination expresses safety in LTL? (A) F p (B) p U q (C) X p (D) G p 22. Which temporal logic is simpler but less expressive? (A) CTL (B) LTL (C) TCTL (D) Hybrid logic 23. Which temporal logic allows expressing deadlines? (A) LTL (B) CTL (C) PLTL (D) TCTL 24. Which logic is commonly used in UPPAAL? (A) TCTL (B) CTL (C) LTL (D) Propositional logic 25. Temporal logic is mainly used in which verification technique? (A) Testing (B) Model checking (C) Debugging (D) Simulation 26. Which operator specifies a bounded time condition? (A) G (B) F (C) Time-bounded U (D) X 27. Which temporal logic property checks responsiveness? (A) Safety (B) Mutual exclusion (C) Invariant (D) Liveness 28. Which logic checks properties over all computation trees? (A) LTL (B) FOL (C) PLTL (D) CTL 29. Which temporal logic is path-based rather than state-based? (A) LTL (B) TCTL (C) CTL (D) Hybrid logic 30. Which property ensures bounded response time? (A) Safety (B) Timeliness (C) Liveness (D) Fairness 31. Which temporal operator combines two propositions with time ordering? (A) X (B) G (C) U (D) F 32. Which temporal logic is best for branching future behaviors? (A) CTL (B) LTL (C) PLTL (D) RTL 33. Temporal logic formulas are usually checked against: (A) Source code (B) System model (C) Test cases (D) User input 34. Which real-time property can be expressed using temporal logic? (A) Code readability (B) Memory alignment (C) Variable naming (D) Deadline satisfaction 35. Which logic supports quantitative time constraints? (A) LTL (B) CTL (C) TCTL (D) Propositional logic 36. Which operator states that a condition holds in the next state? (A) X (B) F (C) G (D) U 37. Which temporal logic does NOT support real-time constraints directly? (A) TCTL (B) CTL (C) LTL (D) Metric temporal logic 38. Which temporal logic is most expressive among the following? (A) TCTL (B) CTL (C) LTL (D) Propositional logic 39. Which logic is suitable for verifying scheduling policies? (A) Temporal logic (B) LTL (C) Propositional logic (D) Predicate logic 40. Which property checks that a task eventually completes? (A) Safety (B) Mutual exclusion (C) Fairness (D) Liveness 41. Which temporal logic feature supports concurrency reasoning? (A) Boolean operators (B) Time operators (C) Path quantifiers (D) Arithmetic operators 42. Temporal logic helps verify systems with: (A) Static behavior (B) Time-dependent behavior (C) No concurrency (D) No states 43. Which operator ensures a condition holds continuously? (A) F (B) X (C) U (D) G 44. Which temporal logic formula expresses “q happens after p”? (A) G p (B) F q (C) X q (D) p U q 45. Which logic is easier to implement but less powerful? (A) CTL (B) LTL (C) TCTL (D) Hybrid logic 46. Which temporal logic is used for hard real-time constraints? (A) TCTL (B) CTL (C) LTL (D) PLTL 47. Which property ensures no task is permanently postponed? (A) Fairness (B) Liveness (C) Safety (D) Timeliness 48. Temporal logic is classified as: (A) Informal method (B) Programming language (C) Formal specification language (D) Testing tool 49. Which verification result shows violation of a temporal property? (A) Success report (B) Proof certificate (C) Counterexample (D) Log file 50. 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