Practice Addressing Modes: How the Operand's Effective Address is Calculated - 2.3.3 | Module 2: Machine Instructions and Assembly Language Programming | Computer Architecture
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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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Question 1

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.

Question 2

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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