Practice Load Immediate (30.1.1) - Addressing Modes - Computer Organisation and Architecture

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Question 1.
What does LOAD IMMEDIATE instruction do?
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Think about what 'immediate' means.
Question 2.
What is an example of direct addressing?
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What instruction uses a memory location directly?
3Question 3.
What is the purpose of the LOAD IMMEDIATE instruction?
- To load a value into memory
- To load a value into the accumulator directly
- To subtract two values
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Focus on what it means to load a value directly.
4Question 4.
True or False: Indirect addressing accesses data directly from a specified memory location.
- True
- False
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Understanding indirect vs. direct access is key here.
Question 5.
Analyze a program that must load values into an array via displacement addressing. Explain your reasoning.
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Think about where data is stored and how you can incrementally access it.
Question 6.
Compare the benefits and drawbacks of using direct versus indirect addressing in a specific application.
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Focus on speed compared to flexibility in data access.

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