Note: Attempt all questions.

1. AHB-AP Bus is used to interface . . . . .

a) External memory
b) debug access

c) Private Peripherals

d) Processor
2. Cortex-M3 allows total __________ simple linear memory.
a) 4GB
b) 8GB
c) 32GB

d)

16GB
3. Each Assembly Instruction for Cortex-M might contain ____ fields, among
them ____ fields are optional.
a) 5, 2
b) 4, 1

c) 3, 4

d)

4, 3
4. Choose the instruction which will be 16-bit encoded by compiler.
a) ADDS R2, #365

b) SUBS R2, R2,#8

c) MOV R2, #0xFFAC

d) ADDS R4, R3, #14

5. The attribute ALIGNS=10 will provide a section aligned on a _______ boundary.
a) 4 Byte
b) 1KB
c) 1Mb
d) 8 Byte
6. The CODE area should have ______ attribute.
a) READONLY
b) READWRITE
c) NOINIT
d) ALIGN=3
7. Microprocessor performance can be improved by
a) Use of fewer
b) Reducing Cycles
c) Speeding up

d)

All of them
instructions

per instruction

8. Write Equivalent assembly instruction for

the clock

R 2=R 3+ R 4

Ans: _____________________________________________
9. Write Equivalent assembly instruction for

R 0=R 3+ R 4R 5

Ans: _____________________________________________
10.Write Equivalent assembly instruction for

R 1=R 4 2

Ans: _____________________________________________

11. A number is given in register R0. Write a code to find that whether the number can be
presented as the nth power of 4. If it can, then provide the power also?

Page 1 of 2

12. Write a code to test a given number in R1, whether it is zero, positive or negative. Based
on the result write 0, 1 or -1 in R2 if given number in register R1 is zero, positive or
negative respectively?

Page 2 of 2