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Unit 04: 4.2 Assembly Language

Name: Date: Marks: /20

5. A program is written in assembly language.

Paper | 1
(a) The op codes LDM and LDD are used to load a register.
The op code LDM uses immediate addressing, and the op code LDD uses direct addressing.
Describe what happens when the following instructions are run.
LDM #300 ………..……………...………………………………………….…………….………...
………………………..……………...…………………………………….…….………...….……...
LDD 300 ………….……………...………………………………………….…………….………...
………………………..……………...…………………………………….…….………...….…...[2]
(b) Assembly language instructions can be grouped by their purpose.
The following table shows four assembly language instructions.
Tick (✓) one box in each row to indicate the group each instruction belongs to.

Instruction Jump instruction Arithmetic operation Data movement


LDR #3 Load the number 3 to the Index Register
ADD #2 Add 2 to the Accumulator
JPN 22 Move to the instruction at address 22
DEC ACC Subtract 1 from the Accumulator
[3]
(C) The assembly language instructions in the following table use either symbolic addressing or absolute addressing.
Tick (✓) one box in each row to indicate whether the instruction uses symbolic or absolute addressing

Instruction Symbolic Absolute


ADD 90
CMP found
STO 20
[3]
6. The following table shows part of the instruction set for a processor.
The processor has one general purpose register, the Accumulator (ACC) and an Index Register (IX).

© HEGICT 2023 9618 / P1 / Unit Assessment 04 /Summer 2023


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The following diagram shows the contents of a section of main memory and the Index Register (IX).
(a) Show the contents of the Accumulator (ACC) after each instruction is executed.
IX 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
(i) LDM #500
ACC...................................................................[1] Address Main Memory contents
495 13
(ii) LDD 500 496 86

Paper | 1
ACC...................................................................[1] 497 92
498 486
(iii) LDX 500 499 489
ACC...................................................................[1] 500 496
501 497
(iv) LDI 500 502 499
ACC...................................................................[1] 503 502

(b) Each machine code instruction is encoded as 16-bits (8-bit op code followed by an 8-bit operand).
Write the machine code for the following instructions:
LDM #17

LDX #97

[4]
(c) Using an 8-bit operand, state the maximum number of memory locations, in denary, that can be directly
addressed.
………………………..……………...…………………………………….…….………...….…...[1]
(d) Computer scientists often write binary representations in hexadecimal.
(i) Write the hexadecimal representation for this instruction:

………………………..……………...…………………………………….…….………...….…...[2]
A second instruction has been written in hexadecimal as:
05 3F
(ii) Write the equivalent assembly language instruction, with the operand in denary.
………………………..……………...…………………………………….…….………...….…...[1]
(e) Show the contents of the Accumulator after the execution of the instruction:
LDX 501
IX 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

ACC:
Explain how you arrived at your answer.
……………………..……………...………………………………………….…………….………...
……………………..……………...………………………………………….…………….………...
………………………..……………...…………………………………….…….………...….…...[2]
(f) Show the contents of the Accumulator after the execution of the instruction:
LDX 503

ACC:

Explain how you arrived at your answer.


……………………..……………...………………………………………….…………….………...
……………………..……………...………………………………………….…………….………...
………………………..……………...…………………………………….…….………...….…...[2]

© HEGICT 2023 9618 / P1 / Unit Assessment 04 /Summer 2023

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