Practice Knowledge Objective (29.3.1) - Addressing Modes - Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 1
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Question 1 Easy

What is immediate addressing?

💡 Hint: Think about accessing data within the instruction itself.

Question 2 Easy

Provide an example of direct addressing.

💡 Hint: Consider the structure of an instruction.

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Question 1

What is the primary advantage of immediate addressing?

A. Smaller instruction size
B. Faster operand fetching
C. Flexibility in operand size

💡 Hint: Remember how immediate data is accessed.

Question 2

In indirect addressing, how many memory accesses are typically needed?

A. One
B. Two
C. Three

💡 Hint: Think about the steps to get the operand.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Create an instruction sequence that uses immediate, direct, and indirect addressing modes to perform a series of calculations.

💡 Hint: Think about how these addressing methods impact instruction size and speed.

Challenge 2 Hard

Explain how you would optimize a program that currently relies heavily on indirect addressing.

💡 Hint: Focus on the benefits of fast register access over slower memory access.

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