PExam - COMPORG

What is the purpose of the .data section in assembly language?

• To declare uninitialized variables

• To declare initialized variables

• To declare constants

• All of the above

In x86 assembly language, how is a comment denoted?

• //

• #

• /* */

• ;

What is the purpose of the .text section in assembly language?

• To declare uninitialized data

• To define constants

• To store executable code

• To declare initialized data

The .bss section in assembly language is used to declare initialized data.

• False

• True

Executable instructions or instructions, tell the processor what to do. Each instruction consists of an pseudo-ops.

• True

• False

A mnemonic in assembly language is a human-readable shorthand or symbolic representation used to represent machine code instructions, registers, memory locations, or other elements in the context of programming in assembly language.

• True

• False

In assembly language and computer programming, operands are the data values or memory addresses on which an operation is performed. In simpler terms, operands are the inputs or targets for an instruction or operation.

• True

• False

To assemble the program, type nasm -f elf hello.asm

• True

• False

int 0x80 is to invoke system call?

• True

• False

mov eax, 4 is to system_exit system call number?

• False

• True