Department: Computer Science and Engineering Date:
Subject: ACOE201- Computer Architecture I Test #: 1
Student’s Name: Sample Test
QUESTION 1:
Determine the content of register $s1 after the execution of each of the MIPS
instructions given below. Specify also whether the instruction will result in an overflow
error. (20 marks)
Register Values
$s1 $s2 $s3 $s4
Initial Values 0x00000000 0x48094c83 0x563c5932 0x833a2138
# Instruction Result Overflow Error (Y/N)
1 add $s1,$s2,$s3
2 sub $s1,$s2,$s3
3 addu $s1,$s2,$s4
4 subu $s1,$s2,$s4
QUESTION 2:
Determine the content of register $s1 after the execution of each of the MIPS
instructions given below. Specify also whether the instruction will result in an overflow
error. (20 marks)
Register Values
$s1 $s2 $s3 $s4
Initial Values 0x00000000 0x680a4325 0x423f5341 0x1c434583
# Instruction Result Overflow Error (Y/N)
1 addi $s1,$s2,0xc24a
2 addi $s1,$s4,0x53e3
3 addiu $s1,$s3, 0xa291
4 addiu $s1,$s4, 0x5c14
QUESTION 3:
Determine the content of register $s1 after the execution of each of the MIPS
instructions given below. (20 marks)
Register Values
# Instruction
$s1 $s2 $s3 $s4
0 Initial Values 0x00000000 0xf0ff00f5 0x0ff00f07 0x00fff0f3
1 and $s1,$s2,$s3
2 or $s1,$s2,$s3
3 nor $s1,$s2,$s4
4 xor $s1,$s2,$s4
5 ori $s1,$s2,0x4821
QUESTION 4:
Determine the content of register $s1 after the execution of each of the MIPS
instructions given below. (2 marks)
Register Values
# Instruction
$s1 $s2 $s3 $s4
0 Initial Values 0x00000000 0x680a4c95 0x56ca9823 0xc43f5983
1 sll $s1,$s2,8
2 srl $s1,$s3,4
3 sar $s1,$s2,4
4 sar $s1,$s4,12
5 slt $s1,$s4,$s3
QUESTION 5:
Determine the content of register $s1 after the execution of each of the MIPS
instructions given below. If the instruction will result in an exception error, write in
register $s1 the word “error”.
Register Values
# Instruction
$s1 $s2 Address Data
Initial Values 0x00000000 0x60201000 3 2 1 0
1 lw $s1,0x6($s2) 0x60201000 0x60201000 3c 56 52 21
2 lh $s1,0x12($s2) 0x60201000 0x60201004 56 9a 4b 6f
3 lhu $s1,0x10($s2) 0x60201000 0x60201008 8a e3 2e 63
4 lb $s1,0x14($s2) 0x60201000 0x6020100c 5f 41 d4 58
5 lbu $s1,0x9($s2) 0x60201000 0x60201010 f1 8c 5e 38
6 lh $s1,0x6($s2) 0x60201000 0x60201014 94 05 72 9e
7 lw $s1,0xc($s2) 0x60201000 0x60201018 4c 9f a2 80
8 lh $s1,0xd($s2) 0x60201000 0x6020101c e5 23 c5 65
