SSCP Question #232: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is A: direct addressing. Direct addressing means the instruction contains the actual (absolute) memory address of the operand - the processor goes directly to that address to fetch the data. Indirect addressing (B) uses an address that points to another address containing the data. Implied addressing (C)

Submitted by brentm· Apr 18, 2026Systems and Application Security

Question

Which of the following addresses a portion of the primary memory by specifying the actual address of the memory location?

Options

Adirect addressing
BIndirect addressing
Cimplied addressing
Dindexed addressing

Explanation

Direct addressing means the instruction contains the actual (absolute) memory address of the operand - the processor goes directly to that address to fetch the data. Indirect addressing (B) uses an address that points to another address containing the data. Implied addressing (C) has the operand implied by the instruction itself (no explicit address needed). Indexed addressing (D) computes the effective address by adding a base address to an index register value.

Topics

#Memory addressing#CPU architecture#Direct addressing mode

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