Practice Unit Summary (29.2) - Addressing Modes - Computer Organisation and Architecture

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Question 1.
What is immediate addressing?
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Think about where the operand is found.
Question 2.
What does the instruction 'ADD R1' indicate?
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Consider what register addressing means.
3Question 3.
What is immediate addressing?
- A method of accessing memory
- The operand is included in the instruction
- The address is indirect
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Think about accessing data included in the instruction.
4Question 4.
Stack addressing operates on a LIFO basis.
- True
- False
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Think about how a stack of plates functions.
Question 5.
Describe a scenario where using indirect addressing could significantly reduce the instruction size for a program that manipulates large arrays.
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Think of how pointers work in programming.
Question 6.
In a loop structure, explain how displacement addressing aids in efficiently iterating through data.
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Visualize how each iteration of the loop moves to the next piece of data.

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