Practice Example Of Procedure Call With Nested Procedures (5.1.2)

Practise this section

10 questions

Flashcard drill
5 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
4 questions · about 3 min · pass mark 70%. Hints available.
Sign up to start the quiz

6 sample questions

Question 1.
What is the purpose of a procedure call?
Show hintHide hint
Think about why we structure code in functions.
Question 2.
What is stored in the stack during a procedure call?
Show hintHide hint
Remember the memory locations we discussed.
3Question 3.
What is the first step in a procedure call?
- Save context
- Return to caller
- Jump to procedure
Show hintHide hint
Think about what needs to be preserved before switching tasks.
4Question 4.
Is the stack pointer used to manage saved context during procedure calls?
- True
- False
Show hintHide hint
Recall how the stack grows and shrinks during operations.
Question 5.
Describe a situation in a computer program where multiple nested procedures might lead to a stack overflow. What can be done to prevent this?
Show hintHide hint
Think about how loops might run out of bounds.
Question 6.
Explain how the system ensures that the program counter points to the correct instruction after executing a nested procedure.
Show hintHide hint
Remember how context is saved and retrieved.

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