Practice Data Transfer Instructions (27.2.2) - Instruction Set - Computer Organisation and Architecture

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Question 1.
What does LDA stand for?
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It's about loading data into a register.
Question 2.
What does the POP instruction do?
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Think of stacking boxes.
3Question 3.
What is the purpose of the LDA instruction?
- To store data
- To load data
- To calculate data
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Remember what happens before a calculation.
4Question 4.
A STA instruction does what?
- True
- False
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Think of it as 'storing' something.
Question 5.
Design a small assembly code to calculate the sum of two numbers located in memory locations and store the result in a new location.
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Remember to load the first number and add the second before storing the result.
Question 6.
Create a scenario where you need to use multiple push and pop operations to maintain a stack of numbers during calculations.
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Think about how you store intermediate values.

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