Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Science

Faculty of Computing, Engineering and
Science
Assessment Cover Sheet and Feedback Form 2019-20
Module Code:
CS1S465
Module Title:
Computer Systems
Concepts
Module Team:
Alun King, Keith Norris, Keith
Verheyden
Assessment Title and Tasks:
Set Tasks - not-time constrained 1
Assessment No.
1
Date Set:
28-Oct-2019 09:00
Submission Date:
24-Jan-2020 23:59
Return Date:
21-Feb-2020 09:00
IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP RECORDS OF ALL WORK SUBMITTED
Marking and Assessment
This assignment will be marked out of 100%
This assignment contributes to 50% of the total module marks.
Learning Outcomes to be assessed (as specified in the validated module
descriptor https://icis.southwales.ac.uk/ ):
1) Demonstrate knowledge of key theoretical principles of computer
systems.
Provisional mark only: subject to change and / or confirmation by the Assessment
Board

Marking Scheme:
Fail Narrow Fail 3rd Class / Pass Lower 2nd Class /
Pass
Upper 2nd Class /
Merit
1st Class /
Distinction
Tas
k 1
50
%
 0% to 29% of
questions
attempted/answe
red correctly.
Please refer to
your Task 1
Coaching report
for detailed
feedback
 30% to 39% of
questions
attempted/answe
red correctly.
Please refer to
your Task 1
Coaching report
for detailed
feedback
 40% to 49% of
questions
attempted/answe
red correctly.
Please refer to
your Task 1
Coaching report
for detailed
feedback
 50% to 59% of
questions
attempted/answe
red correctly.
Please refer to
your Task 1
Coaching report
for detailed
feedback
 60% to 69% of
questions
attempted/answe
red correctly.
Please refer to
your Task 1
Coaching report
for detailed
feedback
 70% to 100%
of questions
attempted/answe
red correctly.
Please refer to
your Task 1
Coaching report
for detailed
feedback
Tas
k 2
50
%
 0% to 29% of
questions
attempted/answe
red correctly.
Please refer to
your Task 2
Coaching report
for detailed
feedback
 30% to 39% of
questions
attempted/answe
red correctly.
Please refer to
your Task 2
Coaching report
for detailed
feedback
 40% to 49% of
questions
attempted/answe
red correctly.
Please refer to
your Task 2
Coaching report
for detailed
feedback
 50% to 59% of
questions
attempted/answe
red correctly.
Please refer to
your Task 2
Coaching report
for detailed
feedback
 60% to 69% of
questions
attempted/answe
red correctly.
Please refer to
your Task 2
Coaching report
for detailed
feedback
 70% to 100%
of questions
attempted/answe
red correctly.
Please refer to
your Task 2
Coaching report
for detailed
feedback
Submission Instructions:
1. Submit through blackboard, by the specified deadline, a single MS Word file
containing both your answers to Task 1 and your Task 2 report detailing the outcomes
of your investigations into identified topics relating to the Intel processor
documentation.
Your submission will be submitted to appropriate plagiarism detection processes.
2. You are also required to submit a printed version of your electronic submission.

Assessment Description:
Task 1
1.1 Using the details contained in the previously supplied Instruction Cycle lecture notes:
 encode the following table of Theoretical Processor Assembler statements into its
associated numerical machine code representation. ALL values are in decimal unless
followed by a H e.g. 112 denotes a decimal value whilst 1A34H denotes a hex. Value;
 deduce both the number of Read Cycles and Write Cycles necessary to complete the
execution of each statement.
Control
Word
(Binary)
Control
Word
(Hex.)
2nd. Byte
( if req. )
(Hex.)
3rd. Byte
( if req. )
(Hex.)
No. of
Read
Cycles
No. of
Write
Cycles
ADD D, C 0001101
0
1A 0 1 0
ADD A, A 0000000
0
00 0 1 0
ADD C, 120 0001010
1
15 78 2 0
ADD B, 49H 0000110
1
0D 49 2 0
ADD E, -11 0010010
1
25 F5 2 0
ADD A, -35 0000010
1
05 DD 2 0
MOVE D, 100 0101110
1
5D 64 2 0
MOVE D, -100 0101110
1
5D 9C 2 0
MOVE B, 47H 0100110
1
4D 47 2 0
MOVE C, -32 0101010
1
55 E0 2 0
MOVE A, A 0100000
0
40 1 0
MOVE C, E 0101010
0
54 1 0
STORE 1234H, E 0111010
0
74 34 12 3 1
STORE 1000, B 0111000
1
71 00 10 3 1
LOAD C, 7081H 0101011
0
56 81 70 4 0
LOAD E, 2000 0110011
0
66 00 20 4 0