B.E.,/B.TECH.

, ELECTRONICS AND
COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING REG 2008
UNIT
SUBJECT : EC 2304/Microprocessor And Microcontroller
TYPE : University Question paper 2marks with answer

1. Define instruction cycle and machine cycle.
The total time required to complete the execution
of a single instruction is known as the instruction cycle.
It is defined as the time required to complete one
operation such as, op code fetch, memory read & write,
I/O read write, ack cycle.
2. Give the format of flag register in 8085.
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
S Z X AC X P X CY

S-sign flag, Z-zero flag, X-not use, AC-auxiliary carry flag,
P-parity flag, CY-carry flag.
3. Discuss the terms 2 key lockout, N-key Rollover.

2 key lockout: In this mode, simultaneous key depression
is not allowed. When any key is depressed, the debounce
logic is set and 8279 checks for any other key depress
during next two scans.
N key rollover: Here, each key depressed independently
from all others.
4. Give the control word format of 8255.
0 x x x D3 D2 D1 D0

0-bit reset, D0(1 for set, 2 for reset)
5. What is Try-state devices.
Try state devices those are can be exhibit a high
impedance state with 0 and 1. This can be help in bus
oriented devices where ports of many chips will have to be
used.
6. Mention the advantages of using the direct memory
access(DMA).
DMA allows a peripheral device to read from / write to
memory without going through the CPU. DMA allows for
faster processing since the processor can be working on
something else while the peripheral device can be
populating memory.
7. What is purpose of following
(a) AAD. (b) RCL.

AAD: ASCII Adjust for division instruction adjusts the
unpacked BCD divided in AX be fore a division
operation.
RCL: Rotate through carry left ins rotates the contents
left through carry by the specified number of bits in
count operand.
8. Write an 8086 assembly language program to multiply
two 16bit unsigned numbers to provide a 32 bit result.
Assume that the two numbers are stored in CX and DX .

CODE SEGMENT
ASSUME CS: Code
MOVE AX, DX
MULCX
HLT
CODE ENDS
END
9. When the 8086 processor is in minimum mode and
maximum mode ?
The logical level at this pin decides whether the processor it to
operate either max or min.
If logic 1 mode is min. if logic 0 mode is max.
10. Define segment override prefix.
mov AX,[ES:60126] ; use ES as the segment
mov AX,[CS:bx] ; use CS as the segment
mov AX,[SS:bp+si+3] ;use SS as the segment

11. What are the 8086 instruction used for BCD
arithmetic?
DAA Decimal adjust accumulator
DAS Decimal adjust after subtraction
12. List any four programs control instruction available
in 8086.
JAJNBE- jump if above / jump if not below or not equal
JEJZ- Jump if equal / jump if zero flag
JO- jump If overflow flag=1
JS- jump if sign flag=1
13. What is Microprocessor .diff b/w CPU and p?
p is a multipurpose programmable device that reads binary
instruction from a storage device called memory, it accepts binary
data as i/p and process the data according to those instruction
and provides results as o/p.
CPU consists of ALU and control unit.
14. Why the program counter and the stack pointer are
registers of 16bit?
Program counter is 16bit because it points to the 16bit memory
address. Stack pointer to a memory location in R/W memory
called the stack.
15. What is an assembler Directives? Give two
Examples.
Assembler directives help the assembler to0 correctly understand
the assembly language programs to prepare codes.
Examples : DW,ASSUME,EQU,DB

16. List any two external hardware synchronization
instruction of 8086 p.
LOCK
WAIT
17. What is meant by minimum mode system configuration
in8086 microprocessor ?
The p 8086 is operated in minimum mode by connecting its
MN/MX pin to logic 1. The minimum mode system uses only one
processor.
Mention different data transfer schemes?
1.Parallel data transfer
a. Programmed I/O
b. Interrupt I/O
1. Serial data transfer
18. What is assembler ?
An assembler is a program used to convert an assembly language
program into the equivalent machine code modules which may
further be converted to executable code.
19. What is purpose of LEA instruction in 8086?
The load effective address instruction loads the offset of an
operand in the specified register.
Example: LEA BX, ADR
20. How clock signal is generated in 8086 p?
The 8086 does not have a internal clock circuit. The 8086 requires
an external asymmetric clock source with 331 duty cycle. The
8284 clock generator is used to generate the required clock for
8086.

21. State the function of queue status QS0 and QS1 in 8086?
QS0 QS1 Indication
0 0 No operation
0 1 1
st
byte of opcode
from queue
1 0 Empty queue
1 1 Subsequent byte
from queue.
22. How will carry and zero flags reflect the result of the
instruction CMP BX, CX ?
CMP BX, CX
Condition Zero flag Carry flag
CX>BX 0 0
CX=BX 1 0
CX<BX 0 1
23. Give any four miscellaneous instruction in 16bit
microprocessor?
INTO- interrupt overflow
TRET- interrupt return
HLT- halt suspend the program
LOCK- lock the buses.

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