Practice Addressing Modes: How The Operand's Effective Address Is Calculated (2.3.3)
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Addressing Modes: How the Operand's Effective Address is Calculated

Practice - Addressing Modes: How the Operand's Effective Address is Calculated

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

Define immediate addressing.

💡 Hint: Think about what 'immediate' means.

Question 2 Easy

What does register addressing indicate?

💡 Hint: Where does the CPU store data temporarily?

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Question 1

What does immediate addressing allow for in an instruction?

A. Accessing memory for the operand
B. Directly embedding the operand's value
C. Using register values only

💡 Hint: Think about where the value comes from.

Question 2

True or False: Register addressing is slower than using memory addressing.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider the speed of data retrieval between registers and RAM.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a small assembly code snippet using different addressing modes to add numbers stored in memory and in registers. Explain your choices.

💡 Hint: Think about where your numbers reside during operation.

Challenge 2 Hard

Explain the advantages and disadvantages of using indirect addressing compared to absolute addressing in terms of performance and flexibility.

💡 Hint: Consider scenarios where you might change where data is stored.

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