Practice One Address Instruction (24.4.2) - Lecture - 10 - Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 1
Students

Academic Programs

AI-powered learning for grades 8-12, aligned with major curricula

Professional

Professional Courses

Industry-relevant training in Business, Technology, and Design

Games

Interactive Games

Fun games to boost memory, math, typing, and English skills

One Address Instruction

Practice - One Address Instruction

Enroll to start learning

You’ve not yet enrolled in this course. Please enroll for free to listen to audio lessons, classroom podcasts and take practice test.

Learning

Practice Questions

Test your understanding with targeted questions

Question 1 Easy

What does the term 'opcode' refer to?

💡 Hint: Think about what the processor needs to execute an operation.

Question 2 Easy

What is the function of an accumulator?

💡 Hint: What do we store before putting results somewhere else?

4 more questions available

Interactive Quizzes

Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning

Question 1

What does the opcode in an instruction specify?

The operation to perform
The location of the data
The length of the instruction

💡 Hint: What do you need to tell the computer in order for it to do something?

Question 2

True or False: A one address instruction can specify two operands.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about how many operands are actually specified.

1 more question available

Challenge Problems

Push your limits with advanced challenges

Challenge 1 Hard

Design a one address instruction for an operation that multiplies a number from memory address 50 with the accumulator's value and stores the result back in the accumulator. Describe the instruction.

💡 Hint: What operation are you trying to perform?

Challenge 2 Hard

Consider instructions that use one, two, and three addresses. Provide a situation where a one address instruction might not suffice and explain your reasoning.

💡 Hint: Think about how many different places you want to get numbers from.

Get performance evaluation

Reference links

Supplementary resources to enhance your learning experience.