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ECE391 Midterm 20-03-2023

This document contains an 8-question midterm exam for a Computer System Engineering course. The exam covers various topics related to x86 assembly language programming and computer architecture. Questions include multiple choice, short answer, code writing, and description questions about x86 processors, memory, interrupts, assembly language programming, and more. Students are allowed to use one sheet of paper for references and must submit their question and answer sheets after completing the exam.

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ECE391 Midterm 20-03-2023

This document contains an 8-question midterm exam for a Computer System Engineering course. The exam covers various topics related to x86 assembly language programming and computer architecture. Questions include multiple choice, short answer, code writing, and description questions about x86 processors, memory, interrupts, assembly language programming, and more. Students are allowed to use one sheet of paper for references and must submit their question and answer sheets after completing the exam.

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MIDTERM EXAM Semester/Academic year 2 2022-2023

Date 20/03/2023
Course title Computer System Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY - VNUHCM Course ID EE3401
FACULTY OF EEE Duration 60 mins. Question sheet code
Student name: ID:

Notes - Students can use one A4 paper with two sides for your references.
: - Students submit the question sheets together with the answer sheets

Problem 1: (L.O.1 & L.O.2) (15pts)


1. (5pts) Answer the following questions about x86-8086 processors:
 x86 processors is RISC machines True False .
 8086 processors have 16-bit wide data bus True False .
 8086 processors have 16-bit registers True False .
 AX, BX can be accessed by 8 bit registers True False .
 x86 processors are Little Endian True False .

2. (10pts) What are differences between primary and secondary memory?

Problem 2: (L.O.5) (10pts) Write 80x86 assembly language code for the following C procedure:
C procedure ASM procedure
Assume that S is stored in EAX, n is store in EBX
int my_func(int n) my_func:
{
int S = 0;
int i = 1;
do {
S = S + i;
i = i * 2;
} while (i < n*n);
return S;
}

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Problem 3: (L.O.5) (10pts) Answer the value of registers after the instruction is executed.

No. Before Instruction After


1 AX: F5 36 mov AH, BH AX:
BX: 3A C1 BX:
2 EAX: 35 F7 60 ED and EAX, EBX EAX:
EBX: 22 B3 AE 20 EBX:
3 EAX: 00 00 A6 22 imul EAX, Double EAX:
Double: 00 00 01 4F CF: OF:
4 EAX: 00 20 AC 2F sub EAX, 202321 EAX:
SF: ZF: CF: OF:
5 ECX: 04 A6 56 23 sar ECX, 5 ECX:
SF: ZF:

Problem 4: (L.O.5) (10pts) Write an 80x86 assembly language program to compute:


F = 25*x2y + 5*xy + 10*y
Assume that: x is stored in register EAX, y is stored in register EBX, F is stored in register ECX
ASM procedure
Calc:

Problem 5: (L.O.5) (10pts) Given a function in the left column. Rewrite this function in 80x86 sssembly
language (assume that m is stored in EAX, n is stored in EBX and the return value is stored in ECX):
is_SquareRootOf2:
int is_SquareRootOf2(int m, int n)
{
if (m*m == n)
return 1;
else
return 0;
}
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Problem 6: (L.O.2) (10pts) Given the Interrupt Vector Table below.

Determine the address of ISR of a device with the interrupt vector 98h.

Problem 6: (L.O.3) (15pts) Consider the memory segments in the left column. Do these following instructions
have a problem? If yes, explain. If not, calculate the 20-bit address to which the instruction will store the data to.
0x500 a. mov [ES:0x400],EAX

CS 0x1000

ES 0x1500

0x2000 b. mov [CS:0x4FE]


SS

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Problem 7: (L.O.2) (10pts) Write Assembly code to do the following task: Read a character from the keyboard
(lowercase letters: a,b,c,…,z) using interrupt “int 21h / AH = 01h”, then convert it to uppercase letters. Store the
result in CH register.

Problem 8: (L.O.5) (10pts) Describe the interrupt processing flow?

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