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

Practice: Register Indirect Addressing

Lesson 29.2.5Addressing Modes

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Question 1.
What does a register hold in register indirect addressing?
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Think about what kind of data is stored in registers.
Question 2.
Name one advantage of using register indirect addressing.
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Consider speed and efficiency.
3Question 3.
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
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Think about the relationship between addresses and operands.
4Question 4.
True or False: Register indirect addressing is faster than direct addressing.
- True
- False
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Consider how each addressing mode accesses data.
Question 5.
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.
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Think about how to load memory addresses into registers first.
Question 6.
Describe how register indirect addressing could be applied in a dynamic algorithm, such as quicksort or mergesort.
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Consider how pivot selection and data comparison can leverage register access.

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