Practice Indirect Addressing Mode - 14.3.2 | 14. Handling Different Addressing Modes | Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 2
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Indirect Addressing Mode

14.3.2 - Indirect Addressing Mode

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is indirect addressing?

💡 Hint: Think of where the actual operand is stored in relation to the instruction.

Question 2 Easy

How many steps does indirect addressing typically require?

💡 Hint: Remember the roles of fetching and accessing the operands.

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Question 1

What does indirect addressing use to find an operand?

Direct memory access
A pointer in memory
Constant in instruction

💡 Hint: Think about how indirect addressing is defined.

Question 2

True or False: Indirect addressing usually takes fewer steps than direct addressing.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider the relation between the two types of addressing.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Construct a hypothetical instruction using indirect addressing and outline the steps taken during its execution.

💡 Hint: Use your notes on the steps to outline the complete execution.

Challenge 2 Hard

Design a small program snippet that illustrates the usage of indirect addressing for updating an array's elements.

💡 Hint: Think about how you iterate through arrays and how elements are accessed through pointers.

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