What does RISC stand for? - correct answer Reduced Instruction Set Computer
Which one of the following is a principle of RISC? - correct answer Load-store instruction sets
RISC incorporates several of ...
What does RISC stand for? - correct answer Reduced Instruction Set Computer
Which one of the following is a principle of RISC? - correct answer Load-store
instruction sets
RISC incorporates several of the principles of the 8 Great Architecture ideas. One of them is that Make
the Common Case __________________. - correct answer Faster
How many general purpose registers are available in MIPS Assembly? - correct answer
32
Each MIPS Assembly line can contain: - correct answer A directive, and
instruction plus a comment
A label in MIPS Assembly must__________________ - correct answer Be the
first thing on a line and end in a semicolon (:).
(It's actually just a colon....)
A MIPS assembly program has two parts. The first part contains the data and is identified by the
____________ directive. - correct answer .data
The ____________ directive tells the MIPS assembly program that starting point of the program. -
correct answer .globl
The _______________ directive allows you to allocate memory 32 bits or 4 bytes at a time. - correct
answer .asciiz
, The _________ directive places a null terminator at the end of a character string. - correct answer
.asciiz
(There are others that work. .byte, .space, .string)
What does the following instruction perform?
li $s1,10 - correct answer Loads the integer value 10 into register $s1
What is the value of Register $s1 after the following set of instructions?
li $s1,10
addiu $s1,$s1,10 - correct answer 20
What is the difference between the ADD and ADDU instruction? - correct answer
The ADDU allows negative numbers but does not check for overflow.
Why is there no Subtract Immediate in MIPS? - correct answer It would be
redundant because you can add negative immediate numbers using the ADDI or ADDIU instruction.
What is the result of the following Code Segment?
.data
MSG1: .asciiz "Hello World"
.text
.globl main
main:
li $v0,4
la $a0,MSG1
syscall
jr $ra - correct answer Prints Hello World
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