Practice Memory And Instruction Size (31.2.1) - Introduction to Addressing Modes
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Memory and Instruction Size

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is an effective address?

💡 Hint: Think of it as the location related to an operand.

Question 2 Easy

What does the opcode represent in an instruction?

💡 Hint: Look for what action is described in an instruction.

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Question 1

What does an opcode do?

Specifies a memory address
Controls CPU execution
Represents data

💡 Hint: Refer to the term that describes actions in instructions.

Question 2

True or False: Indirect addressing mode refers to an address which directly specifies the operand.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about the difference between pointing and specifying.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Explain how instruction fetching varies based on instruction size and type, using an example of an instruction that requires multiple memory accesses.

💡 Hint: Consider how varying sizes affect processing flows.

Challenge 2 Hard

Given an array and a reset register, calculate what values R5 would hold after accessing multiple elements using index addressing mode.

💡 Hint: Remember to increment R1 carefully for each new access.

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