Practice Register Indirect Addressing (29.2.5) - Addressing Modes - Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 1
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Register Indirect Addressing

Practice - Register Indirect Addressing

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does a register hold in register indirect addressing?

💡 Hint: Think about what kind of data is stored in registers.

Question 2 Easy

Name one advantage of using register indirect addressing.

💡 Hint: Consider speed and efficiency.

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Question 1

What is the primary function of registers in register indirect addressing?

To hold the actual data
To hold the address of the data
To store the CPU's settings

💡 Hint: Think about the relationship between addresses and operands.

Question 2

True or False: Register indirect addressing is faster than direct addressing.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider how each addressing mode accesses data.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Given a CPU with 8 registers, create an assembly code snippet that uses register indirect addressing to add two numbers stored in memory locations pointed to by registers.

💡 Hint: Think about how to load memory addresses into registers first.

Challenge 2 Hard

Describe how register indirect addressing could be applied in a dynamic algorithm, such as quicksort or mergesort.

💡 Hint: Consider how pivot selection and data comparison can leverage register access.

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