18 Questions
Which of the following represents a flag that indicates whether the result of an arithmetic operation was zero?
Zero flag
In a microprocessor, which type of flag would indicate if there was a carry out during an arithmetic operation?
Carry flag
Which addressing mode is essential for software development on a microprocessor according to the text?
Data-addressing mode
In the MIPS R3000 ISA, what type of architecture-dependent information is reflected by the status flags?
Size and meanings of the flag bits
What types of flags are included in many processor architectures such as MIPS RISC?
Parity, auxiliary carry, zero
Which ALU operation typically sets the condition code flags in the Condition Code Register?
- (addition)
Which type of instructions store operands in a pushdown stack?
Zero address instructions
In which architecture do register-register instructions have 0 memory operands?
ARM
Which type of instruction in MIPS R3000 ISA would involve dest(reg), src1(reg), src2(mem) operands?
Three-operand instructions
What is the purpose of the POP instruction in computer systems?
Get data from the stack
Which instruction is used to copy data from a source to a destination in computer systems?
MOV
In MIPS RISC processor architecture, what does a zero address instruction imply?
Operands are represented implicitly
What is the purpose of the MIPS architecture originally developed by MIPS Computer Systems, Inc.?
To enable high-performance computing with low power consumption
In the MIPS R3000 ISA, how wide are the general-purpose registers?
32-bits
What is the function of the Arithmetic Logical Unit (ALU) in the MIPS R3000 architecture?
Performs arithmetic and logical operations on 32-bit inputs
Which of the following addressing modes is NOT supported by the MIPS R3000 ISA?
Stack addressing mode
What is a notable feature of MIPS processors that makes them well-suited for portable devices and embedded systems?
High performance and low power consumption
Which flag in ALU operations indicates an overflow when performing signed arithmetic?
Sign flag
Test your knowledge on control instructions like Jump, Branch, Skip, Call, Return and status flags in assembly language programming. Understand how status flags indicate processor conditions and how they are affected by ALU operations.
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