CS 273: Midterm Topics

Assembly and Disassembly

Given HC11 assembly code, translate to machine code. Given machine code, translate to assembly code. Includes addressing mode syntax (direct, extended, immediate, indexed) and symbols.

Arithmetic

Addition and Subtraction in binary and hexadecimal. Conversion between decimal, binary, and hexadecimal. Condition codes.

Branches

Given condition codes, determine whether a given branch instruction will be taken. Appropriate branch instructions for situations.

Code Interpretation

Given assembly code, predict machine execution

Translation of Program Fragments

Given a fragment of high level language code, write assembly code to implement it.

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