Practice Executing The Jump To Function (17.4.2) - Unconditional Jump Instruction

Practice: Executing the Jump to Function

Lesson 17.4.2Unconditional Jump Instruction

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Question 1.
What does the Program Counter do?
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Think about which component manages instruction flow.
Question 2.
What's the purpose of the stack pointer?
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Consider where you would store temporary data.
3Question 3.
What value does the Program Counter hold before executing a jump instruction?
- The address of the next instruction
- The current instruction
- The value of the stack pointer
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Think of the PC's role in execution order.
4Question 4.
True or False: Conditional jumps are executed regardless of the status of the relevant flags.
- True
- False
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Determine what makes a conditional jump execute.
Question 5.
A PC is currently at address 4000, and it needs to jump to address 4300. Calculate the offset and explain its usage in the jump instruction.
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Remember the substitution of offsets instead of direct addressing.
Question 6.
During a function call, articulate the procedure of saving registers along with the PC. How does this affect future instructions?
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Think about how functions disrupt and subsequently restore operational flow.

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