Created 06/18/03; edits: 07/25/15

Quiz on Shift Instructions

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1. Shift left logical the following bit pattern by one position: 

0011 1111
A.    0111 1110
B.    0111 1111
C.    0011 1110
D.    1011 1111

2. Shift left logical the following bit pattern by two positions: 

0011 1111
A.    0111 1111
B.    1111 1110
C.    1111 1100
D.    1011 1111

3. Shift right logical the following bit pattern by one position: 

0011 1111
A.    0000 1111
B.    1111 1110
C.    0001 1110
D.    0001 1111

4. Here is a program that loads register $5 with a bit pattern. Complete the program so that register $4 receives the pattern in register $5 shifted left logical by three positions. 

    ori      $5, $0, 0x92AF     # put a bit pattern into register $5
    sll      ___, ___, ___      # shift left logical by three, put
                                # result in register $4
A.    sll $5, $3, $4
B.    sll 3, $5, $4
C.    sll 5, 3, 4
D.    sll $4, $5, 3

5. What is the bit-wise OR of the following patterns: 

0110 1101
0100 1010
A.    0110 1111
B.    0111 0110
C.    0110 1001
D.    1110 0110

6. What is the bit-wise AND of the following patterns: 

0110 1101
0100 1010
A.    0110 0110
B.    0100 1000
C.    0110 1001
D.    1110 0110

7. What is the bit-wise XOR of the following patterns: 

0110 1101
0100 1010
A.    0110 0110
B.    0010 0111
C.    0110 1001
D.    1110 0110

8. What is the bit-wise NOR of the following patterns: 

0110 1101
0100 1010
A.    0110 1111
B.    1001 0000
C.    1110 1011
D.    1110 1110

9. Write the assembly language statement that will reverse the values of each bit in register $5 and put the result in register $8.

A.    nori $8,$5,$0
B.    nor $8,$5,$0
C.    xor $8,$5,$0
D.    nor $5,$8,$0

10. Write the assembly language instruction that copies the bit pattern in register $13 to register $15.

A.    ori $15,$13,$0
B.    andi $13,$15,$15
C.    and $13,$15,$15
D.    or $15,$13,$0

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