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2018 - Midterm 2 Solution - Spring - COAL

This document outlines the mid-term exam for the Computer Organization and Assembly Language course at the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Lahore Campus. It includes instructions for the open book exam, coding questions related to assembly language, and specific tasks such as writing a substring extraction function and a software interrupt service. The exam is designed for BS Computer Science students and consists of practical coding problems to assess their understanding of the subject matter.

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2018 - Midterm 2 Solution - Spring - COAL

This document outlines the mid-term exam for the Computer Organization and Assembly Language course at the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Lahore Campus. It includes instructions for the open book exam, coding questions related to assembly language, and specific tasks such as writing a substring extraction function and a software interrupt service. The exam is designed for BS Computer Science students and consists of practical coding problems to assess their understanding of the subject matter.

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National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Lahore Campus

Course Name: Computer Organization and


Assembly Language Course Code: EE213
Program: BS(Computer Science) Semester: Spring 2018
Duration: 60 Minutes Total Marks: 35
Paper Date: Weight 15%
Section: ALL Page(s):
Exam Type: Mid-2

Student : Name:_____________________________ Roll No.________________ Section:_______

Instruction/Notes: 1. Exam is Open book, Open notes.


2. Properly comment your code.
3. You CANNOT use an instruction NOT taught in class.
4. Write your answer in the space provided. You can take extra sheets BUT they
WONT BE ATTACHED WITH THE QUESTION PAPER OR MARKED.
5. No need to copy code from book. If you need any code/part of code, just
mention the line numbers and page no.

Q1. Write code to clear IF (i.e. IF=0) without using cli instruction.
Solution:
pushf
pop ax
and ax, 0xFDFF
push ax
popf

Q2. Write a SubStr function that extracts a substring from video memory and places it in DS. The subroutine is
passed the following parameters: The row number of video screen where string is placed, the column number, the
length of string, the starting position (i.e. character no.) of substring on video screen, length of substring and
address of substring array in DS. You have to do this using String Instructions ONLY. No credit for doing it without
string instructions. Stack is also made for your ease. Order of parameters should remain the same.
SP
Return Value
Address of string in DS
Length of Substring
Starting position i.e. char of
string on video memory
Length of string printed on
video memory
Column no.
Row no.

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substr:
push bp
mov bp, sp
push es
push ds
push ax
push cx
push si
push di
push bx

mov al, 80
mul byte [bp+14] ;y position i.e. row
add ax, [bp+12] ;x position i.e. column
add ax, [bp+8] ;character no
shl ax, 1 ;convert to byte
mov si,ax ;store in si

mov di, [bp+4] ;di points to string array in DS

;following code makes sure the sub string length never exceeds its total length
mov bx, [bp+10] ;string length
sub bx, [bp+8] ;now bx has remaining no of char from substr position
cmp bx, [bp+6] ;compare with substr length
jg l1
mov cx, bx ;move the remaining characters of string in cx
jmp l2
l1:
mov cx, [bp+6] ;move substring length in cx
l2:

;now cx has required substring length


mov bx, 0xb800
mov ds, bx

;lods from video screen, stos in DS


l3:
lodsb
add si, 1
stosb
loop l3

pop bx
pop di
pop si
pop cx
pop ax
pop ds
pop es
pop bp
ret 12
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Q3. Write a software interrupt service for int 0x58 that receives three arguments via registers: a number k in ax
register, a segment value in dx register, and an offset value in bx register. The service replaces the offset and
segment values for interrupt number k in the IVT with the ones passed in bx and dx registers respectively. Basically
int 0x58 will be used to ‘hook’ the kth interrupt. Note: the service maybe used to hook a software or hardware
interrupt. (5 Marks)
Here is an example of how int 0x58 may be used:

mov bx, myISRX ;offset of the ISR


mov dx, CS ;segment of the ISR
mov ax, 0x31 ;hook int 0x31
int 0x58
int58:
push si
push cx
push es

xor cx, cx
mov es, cx
mov cl, 4
mul cl
mov si, ax

mov [es:si],bx
add si, 2
mov [es:si], dx

pop es
pop cx
pop si
iret

Q4. Dry run the following code and write in one line precisely what the code is doing?

mov ax, 0xb800


mov es, ax
mov di, 2560
sub di, 2
mov ax, 0x0720
mov cx, 480
std
rep stows
Solution:
The code is clearing the screen from line 10 to 15. (i.e. from 2558 to 1600) OR 11th line to 16th line (note: the code
ends with di at 1598 which means 1598 is not changed location)

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