### A good answer might be:

No. `beq` tests if the same 32-bit pattern is in each register. The pattern can represent anything.

# Branch on Not Equal

Here is the `bne` (branch on not equal) instruction:

    bne  u,v,addr   # if register $u =/= register $v
                    #     PC  <-- addr (after a delay of one machine cycle.)
                    # else
                    #     no effect.

### QUESTION 12:

Can a branch instruction implement a two-way decision (an if-then-else)?