Given below are two statements
Statement I: CISC computers have a large of number of addressing modes.
Statement II: In RISC machines memory access is limited to load and store instructions. In light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below
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Correct answer: A. Both Statement I and Statement II are true
Explanation
CISC machines have many addressing modes, and RISC machines access memory only through load and store instructions. Both true.
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