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๐Ÿ“ Programming in Mode 2 (Strobed Bidirectional Bus I/O)

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๐Ÿ”„ Last updated: 2026-07-30

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Q1. What is the hexadecimal opcode for the LDA instruction that loads the accumulator from a memory address in 8085?

๐Ÿ”น A. 3A
๐Ÿ”น B. 32
๐Ÿ”น C. C6
๐Ÿ”น D. 76

๐Ÿ’ก Difficulty: easy | โœ… Correct: A

Q2. If an 8085 program needs to read a byte from an I/O device at address 0x5A3F using Modeโ€ฏ2, which sequence correctly forms the address and initiates the read?

๐Ÿ”น A. LDAโ€ฏ5A3F
๐Ÿ”น B. OUTโ€ฏ5A
๐Ÿ”น C. INโ€ฏ5A
๐Ÿ”น D. INโ€ฏA

๐Ÿ’ก Difficulty: medium | โœ… Correct: D

Q3. If the highโ€‘order address byte is 0x3C and the lowโ€‘order byte is stored in the IOAR as 0x7A, what is the full 16โ€‘bit I/O address used by the 8085 in Modeโ€ฏ2?

๐Ÿ”น A. 15482
๐Ÿ”น B. 31292
๐Ÿ”น C. 14972
๐Ÿ”น D. 31802

๐Ÿ’ก Difficulty: hard | โœ… Correct: A

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๐Ÿ”— Related Topics

๐Ÿ“ Details of PPI IC 8255A๐Ÿ“ 8255A Operational Modes๐Ÿ“ Control Word Format for 8255A๐Ÿ“ Programming in Mode 0 for 8255A๐Ÿ“ Programming in Mode 1(strobed Input/Output) for 8255A
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