Practice Assembler Directives: Instructions To The Assembler (2.4.2) - Machine Instructions and Assembly Language Programming
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Assembler Directives: Instructions to the Assembler

Practice - Assembler Directives: Instructions to the Assembler

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What directive is used to specify the starting address for the program?

💡 Hint: It defines the initial location in memory.

Question 2 Easy

What does the EQU directive do?

💡 Hint: Think of it as a way to label values.

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Question 1

What does the ORG directive do?

Allocates memory
Defines a symbolic name
Specifies the starting memory address

💡 Hint: It helps set the initial location in code layout.

Question 2

True or False: EQU is used to define uninitialized memory.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about what EQU is meant to do.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Write a mini assembly program using assembler directives that allocates space for a buffer of 64 bytes and initializes it with the letters A to Z followed by a null terminator.

💡 Hint: Count the total number of characters you need to declare and remember to end with a null terminator.

Challenge 2 Hard

Explain how the assembler would handle a scenario where you use both ORG and RESB directives in the same assembly program.

💡 Hint: Think about how memory is laid out sequentially.

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