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The instruction for permanent diversion in Intel 8088 is ____________.
A. Rot
B. Mov
C. Call
D. Jump Page 56

There are ____________ types of address wraparound.
A. 2 Page 29
B. 4
C. 6
D. 8

The top of stack is contained in ______ register.
A. Bx
B. Sp Page 63
C. Ax
D. Bp

There are ___________ registers in Intel 8088 that can hold the address
of data.
A. 4 Page 22
B. 8
C. 10
D. 12

"mov [bp], al" moves the one byte contents of the AL register to the
address contained in the BP register in the current ___________.
A. Data segment.
B. Stack segment. Page 27

C. Code segment.
D. Extra segment.

Which of the following is the number of operands for ADC (Add with
Carry) instruction?
A. 1
B. 2 Page 48
C. 3
D. 4

The jump is taken if the last arithmetic operation has changed the sign
unexpectedly.
A. JZN
B. JZ
C. JNO
D. JO Page 35

Which of the following is shifted right in the 4-bit multiplication
algorithm?
A. Multiplicand
B. Multiplier Page 46
C. RCL
D. OLC

Which of the following is an illegal instruction?
A. Mov BX, 10
B. MOV AX, BX Page 22
C. MOV AX, 65
D. MOV AX, [BX+BP]

Extended Shifting Algorithm consists of:
A. 4 instructions
B. 2 instructions Page 48
C. 1 instruction
D. 5 instructions

All the addressing mechanisms in iAPX88 return a number called the
_____________ address.
A. Faulty
B. Direct
C. Indirect
D. Effective Page 25

Call instruction takes ________ argument(s).
A. 0
B. 1 Page 64
C. 2
D. 3

With the execution of CALL instruction, the value of _________is
decremented by 2.
A. SP Page 66
B. BX
C. CX
D. DX

Which bit of the attribute byte represents the red component of
foreground color?
A. 2 Page 73

B. 4
C. 6
D. 8

In MUL instruction, if the source operand is a byte, then the result is
returned in ____ and
A. AH,AL Page 79
B. AX,BL
C. HL,AX
D. AH,LX

Which of the following is also called intro-segment call?
A. Far call
B. Near call Page 72
C. Short call
D. Long call

Which bit of the attribute byte represents the Blinking of foreground
character?
A. 7 Page 73
B. 1
C. 3
D. 5

Which bit of the attribute byte represents the Red component of
background color?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 8
D. 6 Page 7

Which bit of the attribute byte represents the Green component of
background color?
A. 3
B. 5 Page 73
C. 9
D. 11

Which bit of the attribute byte represents the Blue component of
background color?
A. 4 Page 73
B. 6
C. 8
D. 10

Which bit of the attribute byte represents the Intensity component of
foreground color?
A. 3 Page 73
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6

---------- can be used to check whether particular bits of a number are
set or not.
A. OR
B. AND Page 52
C. NOT
D. XOR

RET Instruction takes _________ argument(s).
A. 0 Page 64
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3

When the RET instruction is executed, it recovers the value of the
_____________ from the stack.
A. Current instruction
B. Accumulator register
C. Previous instruction
D. Instruction pointer Page 68

Stack is a data structure that behaves in a First in Last ……. manner.
A. In
B. Add
C. Out Page 67
D. Posh

In _________________ operation, the Most Significant Bit (MSB) is
inserted from the right, causing every bit to move one position to the
left. The MSB is also copied into the carry flag.
A. ROR Page 45
B. RCL
C. CLR
D. LOR

We can convert a digit into its ASCII representation by adding to it.
A. 0X05
B. 0X10
C. 0X20
D. 0x30 Page 80

___________ decrements SP (the stack pointer) by two, and then
transfers a word from the source operand to the top of the stack.
A. RET
B. POP
C. CALL
D. PUSH Page 71

In 8088, there is a _______________ stack.
A. Stagnant
B. Incrementing
C. Decrementing Page 68
D. Semi-automatic

There are byte(s) for each character on the screen.
A. 2 Page 87
B. 4
C. 1
D. 5

In case of DIV BX instruction, the quotient is stored in ------register.
A. AX Page 85
B. DX
C. AL
D. BL

Call instruction takes a -------- as an argument.
A. Label Page 64
B. source register
C. memory address
D. destination register

A decrementing stack moves from _________ to __________ addresses
as elements are added in it.
A. lower, higher
B. higher, lower Page 68
C. positive, negative
D. negative, positive

Which of the following operations is used to set any specific bit in a
binary number?
A. OR Page 59
B. AND
C. NOT
D. XOR

Which of the following operations is used to clear any specific bit in a
binary number?
A. AND Page 59
B. XOR
C. NOT
D. NAND

Which of the following string instructions is generally used in a loop
instead of REP prefix?
A. SCAS
B. CMPS
C. STOS
D. LODS Page 92

What the following piece of code does?
A. Shl word [multiplicand], 1
B. Rcl word [multiplicand+2], 1
C. Extended Shift left Page 58

In MUL instruction, if the source operand is a word, then it is
multiplied with ___________ register.
A. AX Page 87
B. AH
C. AL
D. BL

When the operand of DIV instruction is in 16 bits, then the implied
dividend will be in ____________.
A. AX
B. EX:AX
C. DX:AX Page 85
D. DX:BX

What does the PUSH operation do?
A. It increments the stack pointer
B. It increments the stack segment
C. It copies the operand on the stack Page 68
D. It deletes the operand from the stack

Which of the following is an incorrect XOR operation?
A. XOR AX
B. XOR BX,AX Page 59
C. XOR AX, BX
D. XOR BYTE [VAR], 5

Stack Pointer is ___________________, when the ret instruction is
executed.
A. divided by 2
B. multiplied by 2
C. decremented by 2
D. incremented by 2 Page 68

The operand of ____________ is called the source operand because the
data moves to the stack from the operand.
A. RET
B. CALL
C. POP
D. PUSH Page 71

The memory on video controller is accessible to the processor by the
____________ bus.
A. Cache
B. Control
C. System Page 80
D. Virtual memory

The operand of POP is called the --------- because the data is moving
from the stack to the operand.
A. Source
B. Increment
C. Decrement
D. Destination Page 71

In a video memory, each screen location corresponds to _______
A. One byte
B. Two bytes Page 74
C. Four bytes

D. Eight bytes

The iAP888 architecture consists of ___________ register.
A. 12
B. 14 Page 15
C. 16
D. 10

The unit of stack operations in iAPX88 is a ______________.
A. Bit
B. Byte
C. Word Page 68
D. Double word

In XOR operation, the output is 1 if both inputs are _______________.
A. Same
B. True
C. False
D. Different Page 59

Which of the following instructions allows code reusability in 8088?
A. RET
B. MOV
C. ADD
D. CALL Page 64

Which bit of the attribute byte represents the green component of
foreground color?
A. 0
B. 1 Page 73
C. 2
D. 3

Which of the following is also called intra-segment call?
A. Far call
B. Near call Page 72
C. Short call
D. Long call

The stack of iAPX88 works on --------- sized elements.
A. Byte
B. Nibble
C. Word Page 68
D. Paragraph

In 8051, there is an _______________ stack.
A. Stagnant
B. Decrementing
C. Semi-automatic
D. Incrementing Page 68

The maximum parameters a subroutine can receive are __________
when all the general purpose registers are used.
A. 1
B. 3
C. 5
D. 7 Page 64

Which bit is attribute but representing the blue component of
foreground color
A. 0 Page 73
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3

How many characters are defined by the standard ASCII?
A. 32
B. 64
C. 132
D. 128 Page 71

Which of the following statement is used to clear the value of AX
register,
A. NOT AX
B. XOR AX,0
C. XOR AX, AX
D. AND AX, AX

MUL instruction performs an unsigned multiplication of the source
operand and the _____________.
A. Base
B. Carry
C. Accumulator
D. Word at ES:DI

The clear screen operation initializes whole block of video memory to
A. 0417
B. 0714
C. 0721
D. 0174

Which of the following elements will come out first using the POP
instruction if 6,3,5,8,4,7 and 9 were pushed on the stack?
A. 9
B. 8
C. 7
D. 6

To convert the case of a character, we add or subtract ________ from
its ASCII code.
A. 0X20
B. 0X10
C. 0X41
D. 0X30

Scrolling is the process of moving one or more lines towards the top or
bottom of the screen and this is _______.
A. Cleared
B. Add
C. Different
D. None of these

8051 by the same manufacturer has an______ stack
A. Incrementing
B. Decrementing
C. Both
D. None of these

Mov [1234] ax is an example of —- addressing.
A. Direct
B. Undirct
C. Pointer
D. Physical

How many are the functions of a register.
A. Four
B. Five
C. One
D. Two

B80500, B8 was the opcode and
A. 0500
B. 5000
C. 0055

D. 0505

This precise synchronization between the processor and the memory is
the responsibility of the
A. Control bus
B. System bus
C. Logical bus
D. Digital bus

Which of the following is not a valid instruction in assembly language?
A. MOV AX, 55
B. MOV AX, BX
C. MOV CS, 0xb800
D. MOV BX, AX

By default, BP is associated with _________________.
A. CS
B. SS
C. IP
D. SP

Execution of CALL instruction affects ________ number of bits in
Flags register.
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

If AND operation is performed between AX and BX, then how many
AND operations will be performed in total?

A. 2
B. 8
C. 16
D. 32

Which of the following cannot be pushed on the stack?
A. 1 byte
B. 2 byte
C. 3 byte
D. 4 byte

Call instruction changes the values of __________ and __________
registers.
A. IP,SP
B. IP,DX
C. IP,AX
D. IP,AL

Which combination will you prefer to obtain the physical address of the
stack?
A. SP:SI
B. SS:SI
C. SP:DI
D. SS:SP

Which of the following instructions is used for non-destructive AND
operation?
A. CMP
B. ADC
C. TEST
D. NAND

When the control is transferred to a subroutine?
A. When the return address is recovered
B. After the arguments are pushed on the stack
C. When the instruction pointer is not available
D. After the arguments are popped out from the stack

What is the content of stack pointer?
A. Address of the next instruction
B. Address of the current instruction
C. Address of the top element of the stack
D. Address of the lower element of the stack

A 16-bit processor has an accumulator of:
A. Bit Page 12
B. Byte
C. Rate
D. Value

The maximum amount of memory accessible using 8085 processor is
A. 64 KB Page 15
B. 46 MB
C. 66 KB
D. 64 BK

VGA stands for _________________________.
Video Graphics Array Page 79

The flag has a special role in debugging.
Trap Page 17

IAPX88 stands for ____________________ .
A. Intel Active Processor Extensions 88
B. Intel Advanced Processor External 88
C. Intel Advanced Process Extensions 88
D. Intel Advanced Processor Extensions 88 Page 14

In ____________________, every bit moves one position to the right,
and the bit dropped from the right is inserted at the left. The dropped bit
is also copied into the carry flag.
A. Rotate Left (ROL)
B. Rotate Right (ROR) Page 53
C. Rotate through Carry Left (RCL)
D. Rotate through Carry Right (RCR)

Which of the following registers hold the address of data in Intel Boss?
BX, BP, SI and DI Page 30

Which of the following is the general form of addressing?
Base + Index + Offset Page 35

All mathematical and logical operations are performed on the:
Accumulator Page 12

Which of the following register is used to hold the address of the next
instruction to be executed?
Program Counter Page 13

REPE and REPNE prefixes are only meaningful with _____________.
A. MOV
B. LODS
C. STOS
D. CMPS Page 93

In Shift logical Left (SHL), the ______________ bit is dropped into the
carry flag.
A. Least significant
B. Most significant Page 52
C. Third least significant
D. Second least significant

In STOS, the implied source operand always resides in ------.
AL or AX Page 92

Which of following is an illegal assembly instruction?
A. mov al, bl
B. mov ax, bx
C. mov [num1], al
D. mov [num1], [num2] Page 30

The above instruction is used to perform a_____________ operation on
stack.
A. RET
B. POP
C. PUSH Page76
D. RET N

In direct addressing, the memory address given in the instruction is
___________.
A. fixed Page 28
B. Empty
C. Register
D. Variable

Which of the following are the basic bitwise logical operations?
AND, OR, XOR, and NOT Page 58

To convert the case of character, we add or subtract from it its
ASCII code………….
0x20 Page 80

When the relative address stored with the instruction is in 16-bits, the
jump is called a _________ jump.
A. Far
B. Near Page 45
C. Long
D. Short

Registers are storage cells ________________________.
A. inside the memory
B. inside the processor Page 11
C. outside the processor
D. both inside and outside the processor

___________ subtracts one from the operand.
A. MCE
B. Shift
C. DEC Page 47
D. Modulus

STI stands for?
Set the Interrupt flag

A symbol associated to a point in the program is called a ___________.
A. Stack
B. Label Page 17
C. Jump
D. Subroutines

CX register is mostly used as a _______________ register.
A. Flag
B. Base
C. Counter Page 32
D. Destination

Whenever an instruction needs a memory source, holds the pointer to it.
DS:SI Page 91

Keeping in view the downward compatability between the two systems,
the codes written for the Intel 8088 are ____________ on the Intel 386
processor.
A. Valid Page 14
B. Altered
C. Invalid
D. Control

In multiplication algorithm, we take the first digit of the multiplier and
multiply it with the ___________.
A. Result
B. Divider
C. Reminder
D. Multiplicand Page 43

The ordering of a program's instructions is ensured by the
__________________ register.
A. Flags
B. Index
C. Stack Pointer
D. Program Counter Page 13

When an element is pushed on the stack, SP is decremented by
________.
A. 1
B. 2 Page 68
C. 3
D. 4

In iAPX88, flag is specifically related to string instructions.
Direction Page 17

Which of following conditional jump is not dependant on any flag?
A. JP
B. JPE
C. RCL
D. JCXZ Page 43

In __________________ operation, a zero is inserted from the left and
every bit moves one position to the right. The right most bit is dropped
into the carry flag.
A. Shift logical Left (SHL)
B. Shift Logical Right (SHR) Page 52
C. Shift Arithmetic Left (SAL)
D. Shift Arithmetic Right (SAR)

Which of the following flags sets when a larger number is subtracted
from a smaller number?
A. SP
B. CF Page 88
C. ZF
D. OF

Stack two manner pr behave krta hy first FILO or second LIFO.
Handsout mai LIFO Nhi hy magr iss ka correct answer LIFO hy.
Which of the following bit is dropped into the carry flag after the
execution of “Shift Logical Right” operation?
Right most bit Page 52

In ADC instruction, there are _________________.
A. two registers only
B. two operands and the ZF
C. two registers and one memory location
D. Two operands and the CF Page 57

The most convenient place to store local variables is ----------.
Stack Page 75

The segment:offset pair is called a/an _____________ address.
A. Virtual
B. Logical Page 22
C. Physical
D. Effective

The extra bit produced as a result of an arithmetic operation that does
not fit in the target register is stored in:
Carry flag Page 16

Cell width refers to the total number of bits in a memory cell while the
total number of cells is called the_________.
A. Depth Page 10
B. Cell width
C. Cell Height

D. Cell Length

Intel 8085 can access up to --------- of memory, whereas Intel 8088 can
access up to ---------- of memory.
64 KB, 1 MB Page 15

The base pointer accesses local variables using ------- offsets.
Negative Page 75

ASCII table is the contiguous arrangement of the uppercase alphabets
(41-5A), the lowercase alphabets (61-7A), and the numbers ----------.
30-39 Page 80

The correct instruction to subtract with borrow is ____________.
A. SB
B. SBB Page 57
C. SWB
D. SUBB

mov [1234], ax is an example of ________________ addressing.
A. Direct Page 27
B. base + index
C. register indirect
D. base register indirect

Which of the following bus is used to inform the memory that whether
processor wants to read data or write data?
A. Data Bus
B. Control Bus Page 9
C. Function Bus
D. Address Bus

In far jump,---------------.
both offset and segment are given Page 46

A value 0500 is stored in memory. If we transfer this value to a general-
purpose register, then it will be shown as:
A. 0050
B. 0005 Page 28
C. 0500
D. 5000

In which of the following addressing, both registers are not constant?
A. Base + Index Page 36
B. Index + offset
C. Base + offset
D. Base + offset + Index

The number of _______in a cell is called the cell width.
A. Bits Page 2

B. Word
C. Bytes
D. Nibbles

In extended multiplication, we store the multiplicand in -----bits, and
the result is stored in ------- bits.
32, 32 Page 57

Synchronization between the processor and the memory for the read
and write operations is done by the -----------.
Control bus Page 11

Shift logical Left (SHL) moves all the bits one position to the --and
inserts a zero from the ---------.
left, right Page 52

In MUL instruction, if the source operand is a byte, then it is multiplied
with ------------ register.
AH, AL Page 87

__________ transfers the word at the top of the stack (pointed to by SP)
to the destination operand, and increments SP by two.
A. Call
B. POP Page 71
C. Push

D. Ret n

This jump is taken if the last arithmetic operation changed the sign
unexpectedly.
JO Page 43

Which of the following jumps is taken if the last arithmetic operation
did not change the sign unexpectedly?
A. JO
B. JNO Page 43
C. JE and JZ
D. JNE and JNZ

Which would be the output of MOV AX, BL?
Assembler will declare that this is an illegal instruction Page 30

________ or ________ are taken if the last arithmetic operation has
produced a number in its destination that has odd parity.
A. JP, JPE
B. JS, JNS
C. JNP, JPO Page 43
D. JCX, JNS

Group of bits processor uses to inform memory which element to
read/write is collectively known as:

A. RAM
B. Data bus
C. Control bus
D. Address bus Page 9

MOVS is used to --------- a block of memory.
Move Page 92

---------- instruction directs the flow of program.
Program Control Page 14

Which of the following instructions allows memory to memory
movement of data?
MOVS Page 91

By default, IP is associated with -----------.
A. CS Page 34
B. BP
C. CX
D. SS

After the execution of Shift Arithmetic Right instruction, the most
significant bit _______________________.
Retains its original value Page 52

Which part of B80500 (encoded instruction) is an opcode?
B8 Page 25

Which of the following jump is taken if the last arithmetic operation has
produced a number in its destination that has even parity?
A. JNP
B. JPE Page 43
C. JNS
D. JPO

When there is a 16-bit operand with the DIV instruction, then the
implied dividend will be in -------- bits.
32 Page 85

During program execution, if any change occurs in AH or AL, is also
reflected in ----------.
AX Page 15

In ______________, a zero is inserted from the right and every bit
moves one position to its left with the most significant bit dropped into
the carry flag.
A. SHL
B. SAR
C. Both
D. SAL

Conditional jumps can only be ________.
A. Far
B. Near
C. Long
D. Short Page 46

BP stands for --------- pointer.
Base Page 16

In video memory, each screen location corresponds to ---
Bytes Page 82

Which of following registers is used as a counter?
A. AX
B. BX
C. CX Page 15
D. DX

Which of the following addressing scheme has been used in the
instruction MOV [BX], AX?
Based Register Indirect Page 35

The multiplier is stored in ---- bits in Extended Multiplication.

16 Page 57

To modify the processor's behavior, ________________ instructions
are used.
A. Special Page 14
B. Arithmetic logic
C. Program control
D. Data movement

Which of the following uses data segment by default?
A. Base pointer
B. Base register Page 35
C. Stack pointer
D. Instruction pointer

In assembly language, the first executable instruction of the program
should be placed at the offset ____________.
A. 0x1100
B. 0x0100 Page 26
C. 0x0000
D. 0x0010

In the instruction “mov word [es:0], 0x1230”, 12 refers to -----color on -
------- background.
green, blue Page 81

XOR can also be used as a _______________ to invert selective bits.
A. Source operand
B. Masking ooperator Page 60
C. Destination operand
D. Multiplication operator

Call instruction fchanges the values of ----- and ---- registers.
IP, SP Page 65

There are _________ registers in iAPX88 architecture that can hold
address of data.
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4 Page 22

What does the given instruction do?
SHR DL, 1
Move the right most bit into the carry flag Page 55

In which of the following forms, a character is stored in memory while
writing assembly language programs?
A. Scan code
B. Parity code
C. Octal code

D. ASCII code Page 82

Physical memory address is of:
20 bits Page 21

Which of the following is the correct syntax for ‘OR’ operation in
assembly language?
A. ax, or bx
B. or ax, bx Page 59
C. ax or bx
D. ax or, bx

In assembly language, “DIV BL” instruction has a/an ________ bit
operand.
A. 8 Page 85
B. 16
C. 32
D. 64

Flags register is a special register in every architecture. It is also known
as ________________.
A. carry flag
B. special register
C. accumulator register
D. Program status word Page 12

An important role of the stack is in the creation of ----variables that are
only needed while the subroutine is in execution and not afterwards.
Local Page 75

Stack is:
A data structure Page 67

Constant can never be used as ___________.
A. Source
B. Destination Page 25
C. immediate source
D. both source and destination

SP is associated (by default) with ----------.
SS Page 34

The execution of the instruction "mov word [ES : 160], 0x1230" will
print a character on the screen at the ____________ column of the
____________ row.
A. first, third
B. second, first
C. first, second Page 81
D. second, second

----------- can also be used as a masking operation to invert selective
bits.
XOR Page 60

The stack pointer marks the ______________ of stack.
A. Top Page 68
B. Middle
C. Button
D. Top and bottom

Far jump is not position relative rather ____________.
A. Indirect
B. Absolute Page 46
C. Temporary
D. Memory dependent

Which of the following are the two variants of STOS instruction?
STOSB and STOSW Page 92

Shift logical Right (SHR) operation copies the ______________ bit into
the carry flag.
A. 0
B. Left most
C. Right most Page 52
D. Most significant

Shift Arithmetic Right (SAR) shifts every bit one place to the right and
places a copy of the ______________ significant bit at the
______________ significant place.
A. least, least
B. most, most Page 52
C. least, most
D. most, least

There are -------- columns per row on the screen.
80 Page 87

Program consists of -------- logical parts.
Two Page 20

In -------- operation, a carry flag is inserted from the left moving every
bit one position to its right. The right most bit is dropped in the carry
flag.
Rotate Through Carry Right (RCR) Page 53

8088 is a ___________ processor with its accumulator and all registers
of ____________.
A. 8 bit, 8 bits
B. 16 bit, 16 bits Page 14
C. 32 bit, 32 bits

D. 16 bit, 32 bits

Which of the following keywords is used to define two bytes in
memory?
A. DB
B. DW Page 25
C. DN
D. DD

_________ jump is absolute and not position relative.
A. Far Page 46
B. Near
C. Shot
D. Extended

Which of the following directive is used to reserve an eight bits space in
memory?
db Page 25

What makes db different from dw?
dw occupies 16 bits and db occupies 8 bits Page 25

_________ is used for permanent diversion.
A. Ret
B. Call

C. Array
D. Jump Page 63

The intent of the processor is carried to the memory for read/write
operations through the _________________.
A. data bus
B. address bus
C. Control bus Page 11
D. both data bus and address bus

_________ containing the address of the next instruction to be
executed.
Instruction pointer

How jmp is different from jnz?
A. jmp permanently diverts the program flow, but jnz does not
B. jnz permanently diverts the program flow, but jmp does not
C. jmp is a conditional jump, however jnz is an unconditional jump
D. jmp is an unconditional jump, however jnz is a conditional
jump

There is an auto-increment mode when the _______ is __________.
DF, set

Unconditional jump ______________________________________.
A. Never transfers the control
B. Always transfer the control

C. Transfers the control if the condition is true
D. Transfers the control if the condition is false

num1: 75,50,77,82
Which of the following accesses the third element i.e. 77?
A. num1[2]
B. [num1+4]
C. [num1+3]
D. [num1+2]

In the opcode B80500, B8 was the opcode and 0500 was the operand
stored immediately
Afterwards

In assembly language programming, "JNZ" is used to jump if the
_____________ flag _____________.
A. sign, is set
B. zero, is not set
C. sign, is not set
D. Zero, is set Google

Which of the following is used to clear the direction flag?
CLD

Which of the following has magnitude and sign?
Signed number

__________ is a special prefix that is used to repeat the block
instructions.
REP

This jump is taken if the last arithmetic operation produced a negative
number in its destination.
JS

Push and pop operations always operate on_____________.
Words

Multiplying two 4-bit numbers result in a(an) ___________ bit number.
8 bits

Suppose AX=5, BX=5, DX=0, CF=1, ZF=1 and AF=1. What will be
the final value in AX register after the execution of ADC AX, BX?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 10
D. 11

Number of operands of ADC (add with carry) register are:
3

Which of the following is the renamed version of conditional jump JZ?
A. JE
B. JA
C. JB
D. JNC

If AX=00FF, then which of the following instruction can be used to
change the value of AX to FF00?
A. NOT AX
B. OR AX, AX
C. XOR AX, AX
D. AND AX, FF00

Conditional jump can only be ___________.
A. Far
B. Near
C. Long
D. Short Page 36

REPNZ repeats the following instruction while the ________.
ZF is not set

To declare a character in assembly language, we store its ASCII code in
a_____________.
Byte

REP with MOVS utilizes the _____ power of a processor to do
scrolling in minimum time.
Full

The basic function of register is to hold---------.
Oparands

Stack is a data structure that behaves in --------------manner.
LIFO

In _________ operation, the output is 1 only if both inputs are 1.
A. OR
B. XOR
C. AND Goolge
D. NOT

Which of the following is the most illegal instruction?
A. Mov ax, al
B. Mov al, [num1]
C. Mov al, ax
D. Mov ax, [num1]

Registers are normally part of _______________.

A. CPU
B. RAM
C. Hard disk
D. CPU and Cache

When the execution of Call instruction, the value of ------- is
Decremented by 2

EBCDIC, grey code, and ASCII are the standards for _____________
representation of characters.
A. Generic
B. Numeric
C. Alphabetic
D. Alpha-numeric

Which part of machine code tells the central processor to perform a
certain task?
A. SS
B. Mov
C. Operation code
D. CALL operation

Suppose, the current value of IP is 0x0129, and the relative address is
0x0012. What will be the new value of IP?
A. 0x0135
B. 0x0112

C. 0x013B
D. 0x0129

mov ax, [num1] is an example of _____________ bit move.
A. 8
B. 16
C. 24
D. 32

The physical memory address of 1234:5678 segment-offset pair is:
179B8

Which of the following will be the physical address?
109A0

___________ cannot appear as an operand in any instruction. It is used
for accessing instructions.
A. SS
B. IP
C. BH
D. AH

Which of the following is the extension of object file?
.exe

Shifting the integer 5 left by 1 bit results in _____________.
A. 5
B. 10
C. 25
D. 50

Memory address always goes from ………
Processor to memory

The total numbers of symbols in extended ASCII are …….
256

SHL and SAL are same
True

Simple CMP instruction uses _____ operation.
A. Division
B. Division
C. Subtraction
D. Multiplication

The mechanism used to drop the carry for making the computed address
valid is known as _________________.
A. Overflow
B. carry overload

C. address wraparound
D. segment overlapping

A/An ____ is an area of memory that holds all local variables and
parameters.
Stack

-------------------is used for temporary diversion.
CALL

The swap flag can be stored in _____________
A Register

The JUMP is taken if the last arithmetic has produced a positive number
in its destination
JNP

Which of the following describes the purpose of MOVS instruction?
Move memory to memory

Which part of this (0000000B80500) encoded instruction is an offset?
0500

In the instruction "mov word [es:160], 0x1230", 30 represents the
character __________.
A. 1
B. A

C. B
D. 0

Multiplying two 4 bit numbers result in a(an) ___________ bit number.
A. 7
B. 8
C. 5
D. 6

In case of near jump, the relative address is stored in _______ bits.
16

_______ instructions have two parameters, one is the general purpose
register to be loaded and the other is the memory location from which
to load these registers.
LDS

________ ports which interface the processor to the external world,
including keyboards, mice, monitors, disc drives.
Input, output

In "Base + Offset" addressing, the value contained in the base register is
added with the offset to get the ______________ address.
A. Virtual
B. Linear
C. Physical
D. Effective

AX register can be divided into ______ and _____ bytes
Lower, higher

cli stands for?
A. clock interrupt
B. cross line instruction
C. control line instruction
D. Clear the interrupt flag Page 6

DW is used to reserve __________ bit value in memory.
A. 8
B. 16
C. 24
D. 32

When the stack pointer, points to the return address?
When the bubble sort subroutine is called

90 is the op-code of
A. Add
B. Subtract
C. Do nothing
D. Multiplication

When characters are stored in any high level or low level language, the
actual thing stored in a byte is their ______.
ASCII code

We can convert any digit to----------by adding 0x30 in the digit.
ASCII

A complete _______ is called a pass over the array
Iteration

In _______ operation the carry flag is inserted from the right causing
every bit to move one location to its left and the most significant bit
occupying the carry flag.
Rotate Through Carry Left (RCL)

BH register is a (an) _______ bit register.
A. 8 Google
B. 16
C. 24
D. 32

In XOR operation the output is 1 if
Both inputs are different

Which of the following instruction is effectively same as to multiply the
value of AX by 8?
SHL AX, 8

_____ interrupts are those which occur side by side with some other
activity.
Synchronous

During CALL operation, the current value of the _________ is
automatically saved on the stack, and the destination of CALL is loaded
in the instruction pointer.
Instruction pointer

In SCAS Example, we use SCASB with _____ and a zero in AL
register to find a zero byte in a string
REPNE

In interrupt vector table. Introducing a new entry in this mapping table
is called ______an interrupt.
Hooking

What does the following instruction do?
ADD AX. BX

The process through which the segment register can be explicitly
specified as known as
Segment addressing

refers to the total number of bits in a memory cell.
Cell width

The _______ operation is about shifting every bit one place to the right
with a copy of the most significant bit left at the most significant place.
The bit dropped from the right is caught in the carry basket.

Shift Arithmetic Right (SAR)

_____ and _____ cannot be used as 8bit register pairs like AX, BX,
CX, and DX.
SI, DI

AX and BX both are 16-bit register, if we perform AND operation on
these two registers, then how many AND operations will be performed?
16 And operation

CS and IP are both ________ bit registers.
A. 8
B. 16 Page 13
C. 32
D. 64

In 8080, there is a _____ stack.
Decrementing

____ movement of data is not allowed in assembly language.
Memory-to-Memory

Motorola follows____
Big endian

When the first thing popped off from the stack, the stack would be the
return “address” and not the ____
Argument

Which of the following is a Program Control Instruction?
cmp ax,0

Logical addressing is a mechanism to access ___ memory.
Physical memory

Twenty-bit register is formed by the combination of two ___ bit
register.
Sixteen

Physical address calculating depends on
Effective address

____ also known as source operand since the data is moving to stack
from this operand.
PUSH

By default CS is associated with
IP

The stack pointer contains the address of the word that is currently on _
Top the stack

All addressing mechanisms in iAPX88 return a number called ___
address.
Effective

Which of the following is the interrupt number for NMI?
INT 3

Use of AND operation to make selective bits zero in its destination
operand is known as_____.
Selective Bit Clearing

____ is used to store both the instructions to be executes by the
microprocessor and the data to be used in the computation.
Microprocessor

DX play an important role in arithmetic
Addition

REPE or REPNE are used with the ————instructions
SCAS

Keywords used to define two bytes program
DW

The shift logical left operation is the exact______ of shift logical right
Opposite

Sending the appropriate signals on the control bus to the memory is the
responsibility of ________________.
A. Memory
B. Data Bus
C. Processor
D. Control Bus

A parallel port has ——- views
2

Which of the following is the interrupt number for debug interrupt
INT 3

Each entry of the interrupt vector table is of ____ bytes
4

If BL contains 000000101 then after a Singe Right Shift, BL will
contain
00000010

______can be used to check weather particular bit of number are set or
not
AND

The Stack of 8088 works on ___Sized element
Word

The interrupt call loads new values in segment
Flag

Mov AX, 0XB800, Move ES, AX : this instruction points ES to
Video Base

When the operant of DIV instruction is of 16 bits then implied dividend
will be of
Bits

DB-25 is a _____Port Connector
Parallel

Flag register is a special register in every architecture ,, is as also
known as
Program Status Word

Mov [1234].ax is an example of
direct addressing

Source operand always resided in
accumulator register

Always resided in accumulator register
source operand

INT instruction takes _____argument varying from 0-255.
1 byte

Program consists of
logical parts

8088 provides a mechanism for mapping interrupts to interrupt handlers
is called h
hooking an interrupt

"mov [bx], ax" moves the two bytes contents of the AX register to the
address contained in BX register in the current ________.
A. Extra Segment
B. Code Segment
C. Data Segment
D. Stack Segment

The local variables and the parameters are always stored in
stack segment

JNP and JPO is taken if the last arithmetic operation produced a number
in its destination that has
Odd parity

JP and JPE is taken if the last arithmetic operation produced a number
in its destination that has
Even parity

In which of the following addressing, the memory address is fixed and
is given in the instruction?
A. Direct
B. Indexed
C. Indirect
D. Base plus offset

---------------pair of registers used to access memory
DI and SI

Copies the______in the carry flag Shift Logical Right (SHR) ,
right most bit

REP with _______ will utilize the full processor power to do the
scrolling in minimum time.
MOVS

The correlation process from the interrupt number to the interrupt
handler uses a table called
interrupt vector table

POP is also known as
destination operand

The parallel port connector is a 25pin connector called
DB-25

The _________port connector is a 25pin connector called DB-25
Parallel

There are __________ block processing instructions in 8088.
A. 6
B. 4
C. 5
D. 3

Interrupts are ______and unpredictable
Asynchronous

Program Control Instructions
cmp ax, 0

A 32bit processor has an accumulator of
32 bits

Left shift on hexa-decimal number 9C40 ans is
0x13880

Each entry of the table is of ____bytes
Four

Video Graphics Adapter
VGA

--------can store 16 bits
DW

Another important role of the stack is in the creation of _____that are
only needed while the subroutine is in execution and not afterwards.
local variables

To multiply a number in register by 2 the number is
shift left one bit

Which assembly instruction is used to ADD data at address 1200 to bx
register
add bx, [1200]

Chose the correct option from the following addressing modes , from
which both register moves into the data segment
base+offset

_____is the part of microprocessor that ménages the execution of
instruction
Control unit

In a comparison, if the both operands are same , the result of subtraction
will be zero and the zero flag will be
Set

When SI and DI are used, we name the method
Indexed Addressing

Whenever we need access to a memory location whose address is not
known until run-time we use _________.
A. Index register Page 4
B. Counter Register
C. Destination Register
D. Accumulator Register

Interrupts are________event
Asynchronous

During program execution , if any change in AH or AL is reflected
in_______as Well
AX

Basic function of register is to
Hold operand

Which among the following is the pointer registers?
index pointer and decession pointer

mov [bx], ax moves the two bytes content of AX register to the address
contained in BX register in the current
Data segment

If A is subtracted from B and the resulting answer is negative figure it
means B is
Small number

____ jump is not position relative but is absolute
Far

Which of the following bit that “Shift Logical Right” operation copies
in the carry flag?
Left most bit

During the CALL operation, the current value of the ______________
is automatically saved on the stack, and the destination of CALL is
loaded in the instruction pointer.
Instruction pointer

If BL contains 00000101 then after a Single Right Shift, BL will
contain;
0000011

Which of the following operation is used to clear any specific bit in
binary number?
XOR

OUR computer screen is like a 2-D array having _____ rows and
______ columns.
25, 40

REPE repeats a string instruction while the _________
ZERO

REP allows the instruction to be repeated__times.
CX

EACH bit of the ______ register conveys a different meaning.
FLAGS

When SI or DI are used, we name the method ________________
addressing.
A. Stack
B. Based
C. Indexed Page 24
D. Segment

A value 0500 is stored in my memory. If we transfer this value to a
general-Purpose register. Then it will be shown as

0500

Also observe that with the CALL instruction ___is decremented by two
from FFFE to FFFC, and the stack windows shows 0150 at its top.
SP

Software interrupts on the contrary are not generated from outside the
processor. They just provide an extended call mechanism. Far call
allows us to jump anywhere in the whole megabyte of memory.
Far

In general, width of a memory cell cannot be greater than the width of
__________.
A. I/O Bus
B. Data bus.
C. Control Bus
D. Address Bus

BP the default segment used is
SS

Code size reduction and improvement in speed were the two reasons for
introducing block processing instructions in the ____________
processor.
A. 8088
B. 8085
C. 8080
D. iAPX386

The first instruction of “COM” file must be at offset
A. 0x0010
B. 0x0100
C. 0x1000
D. 0x0000

One screen location corresponds to a
A. Byte
B. Word
C. Double type
D. Double word

When an item is pushed on the decrementing stack, the top of the stack
is
A. First decremented and then element copied to the stack
B. First incremented and then element copied to the stack
C. decremented after the element copied to the stack
D. incremented after the element copied to the stack

Each screen location corresponds to a word, the lower byte of this word
contains _________.
A. The character code
B. The attribute byte
C. the parameters
D. The dimensions

If ax contains decimal -2 and BX contains decimal 2 then after the
execution of
Instruction: CMP AX, BX, JA label
A. Jump will be taken
B. Zero flag will set
C. 2F will contain value -4
D. Jump will not be taken

Only instructions allow moving data from memory to memory.
A. String
B. Word
C. Indirect
D. Stack

mov ax,5 has
A. 1 operand
B. 2 operand
C. 3 operand

The physical address of the stack is obtained by
A. SS:SI combination
B. SS:SP combination
C. ES:BP combination
D. ES:SP combination

Index registers are used to store _____________
A. Data
B. Intermediate result
C. Address
D. Both data and addresses

When a 32 bit number is divided by a 16 bit number, the remainder is of
A. 32 bits
B. 16 bits
C. 8 bits
D. 64

If the direction of the processing of a string is from higher addresses
towards lower addresses, then
A. ZF is cleared
B. DF is cleared
C. ZF is set

In STOS instruction, the implied source will always be in
A. AL or AX registers
B. DL or DX registers
C. BL or BX registers
D. CL or CX registers

When a 32 bit number is divided by a 16 bit number, the quotient will
be store in
A. AX
B. BX
C. CX
D. DX

“mov byte [num1], 5” is ______ instruction.
A. Legal
B. Illegal
C. Stack bases
D. Memory indirect

To transfer control back the RET instruction take
A. 1 argument
B. 2 arguments
C. 3 arguments
D. No arguments

The basic function of SCAS instruction is to
A. Compare
B. Scan
C. Sort
D. Move data

The bits of the ____________ work independently and individually.
A. Index register
B. Base register
C. Flags register
D. Accumulator

To convert any digit to its ASCII representation
A. Add 0x30 in the digit
B. Subtract 0x30 from the digit
C. Add 0x61 in the digit
D. Subtract 0x61 from the digit

JC and JNC test the _____________ flag.
A. Carry
B. Parity
C. Zero
D. Sign

After the execution of REP instruction CX will be decremented then
which of the following flags will be affected?
A. CF
B. OF
C. DF
D. No flags will be affected

______ register holds the address of next instruction is to be executed
A. Base pointer
B. Code segment
C. Source index
D. Program counter

The 8088 processor divides interrupts into _____ classes.
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four

Which of the following directive used to reserve a 8 bit space in the
memory holding data?
A. Db
B. dw
C. dd
D. dq

Which bit of the attribute byte represents the blue component of
foreground color?
A. 0 Page 73
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3

The total number of symbols in extended ASCII are _______________.
A. 64
B. 128 Page 71
C. 156
D. 256

In case of short jump, the offset is stored in _______ .
A. 1 byte Page 38
B. 2 bytes
C. 4 bytes
D. 16 bytes

Which of the following will be the result of left shifting 9C40 once?
A. 3881
B. 1388 Page 48
C. 3880
D. 3882

When there is a 16 bit operand with the DIV instruction, then the
implied dividend will be in ____________ bits.
A. 8 Google
B. 16
C. 32
D. 64

Suppose, BX=0x0120, CS=0x1000, and the memory under
consideration is [CS:BX+0x0880].
A. 109A0
B. 10834
C. 11A00 Google
D. 11100

There are _____ forms of the DIV instruction.
A. One
B. Two Page 77
C. Five
D. Three

What makes CMP different from SUB?
A. Both CMP and SUB are destructive subtraction
B. SUB is a non destructive subtraction while CMP is a destructive
one
C. SUB is a destructive subtraction while CMP is a non-destructive
subtraction. Both affect the flags
D. CMP is a non destructive subtraction that does not affect any
flag, however SUB is a destructive subtraction

This jump is taken if the last arithmetic operation has produced a
positive number in its destination.
A. JO
B. JP

C. JNS Page 35
D. JPE

The maximum memory accessed by Intel 8088 processor is
A. 1Mb Page 12
B. 2GB
C. 8 MB
D. 64 KB

In iAPX88, __________ flag is specially related to the string
instructions.
A. Sign
B. Carry
C. Parity
D. Direction

In case of 32-bit processor, the size of an accumulator register will be
___________ bits.
A. 8
B. 64
C. 16
D. 32

How logical errors are different from syntax errors?
A. Syntax errors are more important than the logical errors
B. Identifying both types of errors is the responsiblity of
assembler
C. Identifying syntax errors is the responsiblity of programmer
unlike logical errors
D. Identifying syntax and logical errors is the responsiblity of
assembler and programmer respectively

In shift left operation, the left most bit will ___________________.
A. always be 1
B. be discarded
C. go into the Carry Flag Page 48
D. be moved to the right most position

Which of the following is a special instruction?
A. Cli
B. cmp ax, 0
C. mov ax, bx
D. add bx, 0534

iAPX88 Architecture consists of
A. 32 Registers
B. 14 Registers Page 7
C. 10 Registers
D. 16 Registers

The decimal representation of 0x17 is ___________.
A. 17
B. 23 Google
C. 32
D. 21

Which of the following jumps makes intra segment control possible?
A. Far Page 38
B. Long
C. Short
D. Jamp
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