Question

Does the Load instruction do the following operation/s?

(a) Loads the contents of a disc onto a memory location

(b) Loads the contents of a location onto the accumulators

(c) Load the contents of the PCB onto the register

(d) None of the mentioned

The question was posed to me during an online exam.

My question is based upon Memory Operations and Management topic in portion Machine Instructions and Programs of Computer Architecture

Answer 1

Correct option is (b) Loads the contents of a location onto the accumulators

The explanation is: The load instruction is basically used to load the contents of a memory location onto a register.