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Mid Term Examination-Spring-2023

BSSE/BSCS – 4th Semester (M/E)
Computer Organization and Assembly Language
CSC-211
Registration No.________________ Total Time: 75 Minutes
Maximum Points: 12
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Question 01: Flag register of 8086 is of 16 bit. Classify all the bits into 3 three categories. Also determine
the effect of the following on given bits. [3 marks]
Solution:
Classes for Flag Register Bits:
1. Status Flags bits
2. Control Flags Bits
3. Don’t Care Bits
Sr.No Problem AF SF ZF CF OF PF
1. 8FD3h + 6FFFh 1 1 0 0 0 1
2. 8943h – 3422h 0 1 0 0 0 1
3. 01010001 + 11011101 0 0 0 1 1 0
4. FFFDh + CCFFh 1 1 0 1 1 1

Question 02: Consider the following code fragment. What are the contents of the ax, bx and cx registers
after the code fragment has been executed? Show your work. [3
marks]
.data
Var1 dw 5
Var2 dw 6
.code
mov ax, Var1
mov bx, ax
mov cx, ax+2
add bx, Var2
add cx, bx
mov ax, cx
Solution:
AX = 18
BX = 11
CX = 18
Question 03: Consider a C++ program with the following instructions: [3 marks]
int a , b ;
cin >> a ;
cin>> b ;
If(a < b){ cout<< a << " is greater"};
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If(a > b){ cout<< b << " is greater"};

Write an assembly language program that compares and display the values after comparison.
Solution:
.model small
.stack 100h

.data

MSG db " is greater $"

.code
main proc
mov ax, @data
mov ds, ax

jmp ainput
jmp binput

ainput:
mov ah,1;
int 21h
mov bl,al

binput:
mov ah,1;
int 21h
mov bh,al

cmp bl,bh
jl agreater

agreater:
mov ah,2
mov dl,13
int 21h

mov ah,2
mov dl,10
int 21h

mov ah,2
mov dl,bl
int 21h
mov ah,9
lea dx,MSG
int 21h

cmp bh,bl
jg bgreater
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jmp exit

bgreater:
mov ah,2
mov dl,13
int 21h

mov ah,2
mov dl,10
int 21h

mov ah,2
mov dl,bh
int 21h
mov ah,9
lea dx,MSG
int 21h

exit:
mov ah, 4ch
int 21h

main endp
end main

Question 04: consider that you have the following logical address for 8086 microprocessor’s instruction.
A4FBh : 4872h
find the physical address using the given logical address and then find the logical address with the
segment = 0008h along with the physical address computed. [3 marks]
Solution:
segment = A4FBh
offset = 4872h
physical address = (segment x 10h) + offset
physical address = A9822h
now, segment = 0008h and physical address = A9822h
So,
Logical address = (physical address) - (segment x 10h)
Logical address = A98A2

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