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Which of the following addressing mode is best suited to access elements of an array of contiguous memory locations?

a.

Indexed addressing mode

b.

Base Register addressing mode

c.

Relative address mode

d.

Displacement mode

Answer: (a).Indexed addressing mode

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Q. Which of the following addressing mode is best suited to access elements of an array of contiguous memory locations?

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