Procedural and Loop Instructions Quiz

What is a procedure in programming?

• A self-contained computer program

• A data structure

• A type of variable

• A debugging tool

Charlotte is learning about programming and wants to know what is another name for procedures?

• Functions

• Methods

• Subroutines

• Classes

During a class project, Charlotte needs to call a specific function to calculate the total cost of materials. What does her CALL instruction do?

• Ends the program

• Branches to a procedure

• Declares a variable

• Returns control to the main program

What is a reentrant procedure?

• A procedure that cannot be interrupted

• A procedure that can be executed by multiple processes simultaneously

• A procedure that has no parameters

• A procedure that is always recursive

During a programming class, Ava wrote a function to calculate the sum of two numbers. After completing the function, she needed to return control back to the main program to display the result. What is the purpose of the RET instruction in this context?

• To declare a new variable

• To call another procedure

• To return control to the calling program

• To create a loop

What type of branch instruction always results in branching?

• Unconditional branches

• Indirect branches

• Conditional branches

• Relative branches

What does the LOOP instruction do?

• Decreases the CX register and jumps if CX is not zero

• Increases the CX register

• Ends the program

• Calls another procedure

Which of the following is a type of jump instruction?

• Fixed Jump

• Conditional Jump

• Static Jump

• Dynamic Jump

What is the function of the JC instruction?

• Jump if sign flag is set

• Jump if zero flag is set

• Jump if carry flag is set to 1

• Jump if carry flag is set to 0

What does the JAE instruction do?

• Jumps unconditionally

• Jumps if the first operand is greater than or equal to the second

• Jumps if the first operand is equal to the second

• Jumps if the first operand is less than the second