MIPS Practice Questions - ANSWERS

For each of the following MIPS instructions, write comments that explain what the
instruction does. The first line is completed for you as an example:
add $v0, $t0, $t1 #$v0 = $t0 + $t1

addi $s0, $t3, -5 #$s0 = $t3 + (-5) [interprets immediate value as signed number]
addiu $s1, $s0, 5 #$s1 = $s0 + 5 [interprets immediate value as an unsigned number]
and $t0, $t1, $t2 #$t0 = $t1 & $t2 [bitwise AND operation]
andi $v1, $a0, 0xFF0F #$v1 = ($a0 & 0xFF0F) [bitwise AND with immediate value]
beq $t5, $t4, loop #if $t5 == $t4, then branch to the label ‘loop’
bne $s5, $s4, loop #if $s5 != $s4, then branch to the label ‘loop’
j 0x80005010 #unconditional jump to the instruction at mem. addr. 0x80005010
jal fact #jump and link to the label ‘fact’ [stores return addr in $ra]
jr $t0 #jump to the instruction at mem. addr. pointed to by $t0
lbu $s0, 0($a0) #$s0 = {24 zeros, least significant byte of mem[0 + $a0]}
lui $v2, 0x1234 #$v2 = {0x1234, 16 zeros}
lw $t6, 0($s0) #$t6 = mem[0 + $s0]
nor $t0, $t1, $t2 #$t0 = $t1 NOR $t2 [ same as $t0 = ~($t1 | $t2) ]
or $s0, $s1, $s2 #$s0 = $s1 | $s2 [ the ‘|’ is the symbol for bitwise OR ]
ori $s4, $s4, 5 #$s4 = $s4 | 5
slt $t0, $s5, $s4 #if ($s5 < $s4) $t0 = 1, else $t0 = 0
slti $t0, $s0, 17 #if ($s0 < 17) $t0 = 1, else $t0 = 0
sltiu $s0, $t5, 4 #if ($t5 < 4) $s0 = 1, else $s0 = 0 [immediate interpreted as unsigned]
sltu $s0, $s1, $s2 #if ($s1 < $s2) $s0 = 1, else $s0 = 0 [$s1 & $s2 interpreted as unsigned]
sll $t3, $t2, 5 #t3 = $t2 << 5 [zeros are shifted into the least significant side]
srl $t0, $t1, 5 #t0 = $t1 >> 5 [zeros are shifted into the most significant side]
sra $t0, $t1, 5 #t0 = $t1 >>> 5 [the sign bit is shifted into the most significant side]
srlv $t3, $t2, $t4 #t3 = $t2 >> $t4 [number of places to shift stored in $t4]
sllv $t4, $t5, $t6 #t4 = $t5 << $t6 [number of places to shift stored in $t6]
srav $s0, $t0, $a0 #s0 = $t0 >>> $a0 [number of places to shift stored in $a0]
sb $s7, 0($t0) #mem[0 + $t0] = least significant byte of $s7
sw $s7, 0($t0) #the 4 bytes starting at mem[0 + $t0] = $s7
sub $t5, $t3, $t4 #$t5 = $t3 - $t4
blt $t0, $t1, exit #if $t0 < $t1, branch to the label ‘exit’
bgt $t0, $t1, exit #if $t0 > $t1, branch to the label ‘exit’
li $t0, 0x12345678 #$t0 = 0x12345678
Convert the following MIPS instructions to machine code:
1) addi $sp, $sp, -8
00100011101111011111111111111000
2) sw $t0, 4($a0) ($a0 = 0x5050)
10101100100010000000000000000100
3) slti $t2, $a1, 2
00101000101010100000000000000010
4) beq $s0, $t2, -1
00010010000010101111111111111111
5) j 0x81234FE0 (PC = 0x80000000) [NOTE THERE WAS AN ERROR IN THE QS]
00001000010010001101001111111000
6) nop
00000000000000000000000000000000
7) lw $s0, 0($t3) ($t3 = 0x80001000)
10001101011100000000000000000000
8) sub $t0, $t1, $t2
00000001001010100100000000100010
Convert the following machine code to MIPS instructions:
1) 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ori $s0, $s1, 0x2FF
2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
and $t1, $s1, $a1
3) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
addi $v0, $s5, -1
4) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1
Note: Question should have specified value of Program Counter (PC). (Assume PC =
0x00001000)
j 0x050C86AC
5) 0x3C081234
00111100000010000001001000110100
lui $t0, 0x1234
6) 0x000A4143
00000000000010100100000101000011
sra $t0, $t2, 5
7) 0x00851026
00000000100001010001000000100110
xor $v0, $a0, $a1
8) 0x01AE6020
00000001101011100110000000100000
add $t4, $t5, $t6
Convert the following C code to MIPS assembly code:
1) (Assume base address of array A is stored in $a0)
int N = 64;
for(int i=0; i<N; i++)
{
A[i] = i;
}
li $t0, 64 #int N = 64
li $t1, 0 #int i = 0
for: beq $t1, $t0, exit #exit loop if (i == N)

sll $t2, $t1, 2 #$t2 = i * 4
add $t2, $a0, $t2 #$t2 = $a0 + (i*4)
sw $t1, 0($t2) #A[i] = i
addi $t1, $t1, 1 #i++
j for #jump to label ‘for’
exit: (other code)
2) (Assume $t0 = i, $t1 = j, $t2 = k)
if(i == j && i == k)
i++;
else
j--;
j = i + k;
bne $t0, $t1, else #goto ‘else’ if (i != j)

bne $t0, $t2, else #goto ‘else’ if (i != k)
addi $t0, $t0, 1 #i++
j sum #goto ‘sum’
else: addi $t2, $t2, -1 #j--
sum: add $t1, $t0, $t2 #j = i + k

3)(Assume $a0 = base address of array v, and $a1 = k)
void swap(int v[], int k)

{
int temp;
temp = v[k];
v[k] = v[k+1];
v[k+1] = temp;
}
swap: sll $t0, $a1, 2 #$t0 = k * 4

add $t0, $a0, $t0 #$t0 = address of v[k]
addi $t2, $t0, 4 #$t2 = address of v[k+1]
lw $t1, 0($t0) #temp = v[k]
lw $t3, 0($t2) #$t3 = v[k+1]
sw $t3, 0($t0) #v[k] = v[k+1]
sw $t1, 0($t2) #v[k+1] = temp

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For each of the following MIPS instructions, write comments that explain what the

instruction does. The first line is completed for you as an example:

add $v0, $t0, $t1 #$v0 = $t0 + $t1

1) addi $sp, $sp, -8

2) sw $t0, 4($a0) ($a0 = 0x5050)

3) slti $t2, $a1, 2

4) beq $s0, $t2, -1

5) j 0x81234FE0 (PC = 0x80000000) [NOTE THERE WAS AN ERROR IN THE QS]

7) lw $s0, 0($t3) ($t3 = 0x80001000)

8) sub $t0, $t1, $t2

ori $s0, $s1, 0x2FF

and $t1, $s1, $a1

addi $v0, $s5, -1

1) (Assume base address of array A is stored in $a0)

for: beq $t1, $t0, exit #exit loop if (i == N)

exit: (other code)

2) (Assume $t0 = i, $t1 = j, $t2 = k)

bne $t0, $t1, else #goto ‘else’ if (i != j)

else: addi $t2, $t2, -1 #j--

sum: add $t1, $t0, $t2 #j = i + k

void swap(int v[], int k)

swap: sll $t0, $a1, 2 #$t0 = k * 4

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