Test by Bikram | Mock GATE | Test 3 | Question: 17

Question

Relative mode addressing is most relevant to writing a/an __________:

• A. Co-routine
• B. Position independent code
• C. Shareable code
• D. Interrupt handler

Answer 1

"  Advantage of PC-relative addressing is that the code may be position-independent, i.e. it can be loaded anywhere in memory without the need to adjust any addresses." [1]

Relative mode addressing is most relevant to writing a position-independent code.

Reference :[1]  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addressing_mode#PC-relative

Hence option B is correct .