GATE CS 1990 Q4-iii — Machine Instructions and Addressing Modes

The statement is FALSE (represented as 0).

Explanation:

Conditional CALL or JUMP instructions (such as JZ, JC, JNZ, etc.) are control transfer instructions. During their execution:

• The CPU reads the status flags (such as Zero, Carry, Sign, Overflow, etc.) to evaluate whether the specified condition is met.
• If the condition is true, the Program Counter (PC) is updated to the target address.
• No arithmetic or logical operations are performed on the data, which means the flags themselves are never modified or affected by the execution of these instructions.