Practice Value Feeding Into Memory Address Register (15.1.3)

Practise this section

9 questions

Flashcard drill
4 cards from this section. Quick, good the night before a test.
Exercise
6 questions · about 4 min · pass mark 70%. Hints available.
Sign up to start the exercise
Quiz
3 questions · about 2 min · pass mark 70%. Hints available.
Sign up to start the quiz

6 sample questions

Question 1.
What is indirect addressing?
Show hintHide hint
Think about how one address can point to another.
Question 2.
What does the MAR do?
Show hintHide hint
Recall what happens when fetching instructions.
3Question 3.
What is the primary function of the Memory Address Register?
- To hold data
- To hold addresses
- To perform arithmetic operations
Show hintHide hint
Remember the role it plays in fetching instructions.
4Question 4.
True or False: Indirect addressing mode requires multiple memory accesses.
- True
- False
Show hintHide hint
Consider how indirect addressing works.
Question 5.
Design a flowchart detailing the step-by-step process for fetching an operand using indirect addressing. Include all necessary stages.
Show hintHide hint
Sketch out the workflow and see each stage as a separate box.
Question 6.
Create a programming snippet demonstrating the use of indirect addressing in a dynamic array context.
Show hintHide hint
Develop a mini-program that simulates fetching values dynamically.

5 more questions in this section. Enroll free to practise them all.