MPI TUT-4

Microprocessor Machine
codes and Arithmetic
Instructions
 Question 1

• Identify the addressing mode and calculate the machine code.

(i) MOV BL, CL ;opcode:100010
(ii) ADD AX, [SI] ;opcode:000000
(iii) MOV CX, 356DH; (Assume Big endian)
(iv) MOV AX, [2020H];
(v) MOV AX, [BX+34]
(vi) MOV [SI+600], BH
(vii) MOV AX, [BX+SI]
(viii) MOV [BX+SI+600], AH

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 Question 2
Write a program that does the following.
a) Moves 1020H to AX, 056H to BL and C76H to
CX.
b) Copies the content of AX to DS, the content of
BH to AH, and the content of CX to DX.

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 Question 3

• Write a program to copy 25 to AL, ‘S’ to BL and

‘*’ to CL. Then move these to AH, BH and CH
respectively.

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 Question 4

• How many operands does each of the

following instructions have?
a) ADD
b) ADC
c) INC

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 Question 5

• The instruction INC [SI] seems ambiguous.

Why? How can the ambiguity be corrected?

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 Question 6

• What does the instruction CMP AX, BX do?

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 Question 7

• What is the role of OF and CF in

multiplication?
E.g.1) MOV AL, 0FFH
MOV BL, 02H
MUL BL
2) MOV AL, 0FFH
MOV BL, 01H
MUL BL

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 Question 8

• What happens if the DIV instruction is used

for a dividend of 1938H and divisor of 05?

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