Practice Functional Verification: Ensuring 'does It Do What It's Supposed To Do?' (12.4.1)
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Functional Verification: Ensuring 'Does it do what it's supposed to do?'

Practice - Functional Verification: Ensuring 'Does it do what it's supposed to do?'

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Question 1 Easy

What is the main goal of functional verification?

💡 Hint: Consider what it means for a design to be functional.

Question 2 Easy

What does directed testing involve?

💡 Hint: Think about the opposite of random testing.

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Question 1

What is the primary objective of functional verification?

To minimize costs
To ensure system behavior meets specifications
To optimize performance

💡 Hint: Think about the purpose behind the verification process.

Question 2

In directed testing, tests are created...

True
False

💡 Hint: Remember the difference between random and directed strategies.

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Challenge 1 Hard

You are tasked with designing a functional verification plan for a new digital signal processor (DSP). Outline the steps you would take to ensure comprehensive testing.

💡 Hint: Consider how each method can be applied at different stages of the testing process.

Challenge 2 Hard

During random testing of a network protocol, numerous invalid packets generated multiple errors. How would you revise your testing constraints to minimize this?

💡 Hint: Think about how constraints can help define boundaries for valid input.

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