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GATE | GATE-CS-2003 | Question 48

Consider the following assembly language program for a hypothetical processor. A, B, and C are 8 bit registers. The meanings of various instructions are shown as comments.
 MOV B, # 0 ;    B ← 0
 MOV C, # 8 ;    C ← 8
Z :  CMP C, # 0 ;    compare C with 0
 JZX ;    jump to X if zero flag is set
 SUB C, # 1 ;    C ← C - 1
 RRC A, # 1 ;    right rotate A through carry by one bit. Thus:
;    if the initial values of A and the carry flag are a7...a0 and
;    c0 respectively, their values after the execution of this
;    instruction will be c0a7...a1 and a0 respectively.
 JC Y ;    jump to Y if carry flag is set
 JMP Z ;    jump to Z
Y :  ADD B, # 1 ;    B ← B + 1
 JMP Z ;    jump to Z
X :

(A)

the number of 0 bits in A0

(B)

the number of 1 bits in A0

(C)

A0

(D)

8

Answer

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