Which of the following statements about relative addressing mode is FALSE?
2009
Which of the following statements about relative addressing mode is FALSE?
- A.
It enables reduced instruction size
- B.
It allows indexing of array element with same instruction
- C.
It enables easy relocation of data
- D.
It enables faster address calculation than absolute addressing
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Correct answer: D
Relative addressing mode calculates the effective address by adding a displacement to the current program counter value. Its primary advantages are enabling code relocation and reducing instruction size, as displacements are often smaller than full addresses. However, it does not improve the speed of address calculation compared to absolute addressing because an addition operation is still required. Therefore, any statement claiming relative addressing improves calculation speed is false.