Practice Procedure Call Overview - 5.1 | 5. Procedure Call Overview | Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 2
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Question 1

Easy

What is the first step in a procedure call?

💡 Hint: Think of what needs to be remembered before jumping to a subroutine.

Question 2

Easy

What does the stack pointer do?

💡 Hint: It's a kind of reference for where to find information in memory.

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Question 1

What does the stack pointer indicate?

  • The current instruction
  • The top of the stack
  • The next procedure address

💡 Hint: Consider what stack management involves.

Question 2

True or False: The program status word is not necessary to save during a procedure call.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Think about how programs need to remember their state.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Explain what happens if a procedure call does not use a stack for context saving.

💡 Hint: Consider the importance of remembering multiple tasks in a project.

Question 2

Given a procedure that takes two integers and returns their sum, walk through the procedure call steps using stack pointer and program counter.

💡 Hint: Think about how you track your steps while cooking a complex dish.

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