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MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

(Constituent Institute of Manipal University)
MANIPAL-576104

IV SEMESTER B.TECH.(COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING) DEGREE

END-SEMESTER EXAMINATION-MAY 2013
SUBJECT: MICROPROCESSORS (CSE 206)
DATE: 14-05-2013
TIME: 3 HOURS MAX.MARKS: 50

Instructions to Candidates
 Note: Answer any FIVE full questions.

1.A. Explain the segment registers of 8086.

1.B. Explain the following with examples.
i. 8086 instructions: AAM, ROL
ii. Directives: SEGMENT, DD
1.C. Calculate the effective and physical address for the following
addressing mode given the following quantities.
((BX)=0158, (DI)=10A5, Displacement=1B57, (DS)=2100 , make
suitable assumption )
(i) Register Indirect
(ii) Relative Based Indexed

(4+(2+2)+(1+1))

2.A. Explain 8086 short, near, far jump instructions.

2.B. Write a assembly language program to unpack BCD digits from packed
two digit number and store the result in memory locations using
procedures.
2.C. Differentiate between reentrant and recursive procedures.
2.D. Explain the technique of defining and calling a macro with parameters
using suitable example
(3+3+2+2)

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3.A. Explain the 8254 Mode 3 with a neat timing diagram.
3.B. Explain the following interrupts along with their inputs and output.
(i) INT 21H DOS function request: 0BH, 2CH
(ii) INT 10H BIOS function request: 02H
3.C. With neat diagram explain 8259 ICW1 and ICW3
(3+3+4)

4.A. With a neat diagram, explain the minimum mode configuration of 8086.
4.B. Explain 8255 Programmable Parallel Port Device with a neat internal
block diagram.
4.C. Determine the control word necessary to put on 8255 in mode-0 with
the following configuration and write the steps required to send the
control word to 8255.
(i) Port-A as mode 0 input (ii) Port-C lower input (iii) Port-B as mode 0
output (iv) Port-C upper output
(4+4+(1+1))

5. Calculate the 8087 single precision floating point representation for

decimal number 178.625. Show the calculations required.
5.B. Explain 80286 Protected mode operation.
5.C. With necessary diagrams, explain how an 80386 computes physical
address when paging mode is enabled.
(2+3+5)
6.A. Explain the following features of Pentium processor.
(i) MMX Technology
(ii) Model Specific Registers and Machine Check Exceptions
6.B. Explain 68000 processor stack operation with neat diagram.
6.C. Explain the following addressing modes of 68000 processor.
(i) Program Counter Relative Addressing
(ii) Address Register Indirect with Postincrement Addressing
(iii) Register Direct Addressing.
(4+3+3)

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