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Question 8 What is the purpose of ".align 2" in the following data section? s1: .data .asciiz .align .space "hi" 2 s2: .text main: la $t1, s1 la $t2, s2 loop: Ibu $t5, ($t1) sb $t5, ($t2) beq $t5, $zero, exit addi $t1, $t1, 1 addi $t2, $t2, 1 j loop exit: li $v0, 10 syscall Answers: it forces the assembler to place s2 on the next word boundary it indicates that the assembler should skip two words it indicates that the assembler should skip two bytes it forces the assembler to use big-endian instead of little-endian placement