Practice Conditional Jump Instruction (17.2) - Unconditional Jump Instruction

Practice: Conditional Jump Instruction

Lesson 17.2Unconditional Jump Instruction

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Question 1.
What does the program counter (PC) do?
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Think about which register guides the execution flow.
Question 2.
What is the purpose of the zero flag?
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Recall what occurs in a comparison operation.
3Question 3.
What happens during a conditional jump if the zero flag is not set?
- The program jumps to the new address
- The program continues to the next instruction
- The program halts
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Think about what the condition determines.
4Question 4.
True or False: The program counter is updated unconditionally during all jumps.
- True
- False
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Recall the difference between jump types.
Question 5.
Analyze the flow of a program that utilizes both a conditional jump based on the zero flag and a function call. Describe step-by-step how the program counter is modified.
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Think about what effects the flags have before a function call.
Question 6.
Consider a nested function call where two flags (zero and sign) can affect the control flow. Describe how a function might handle alternate paths based on these flags.
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Map out the potential paths carefully.

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