What Is an Assembler Directive

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Multiple Choice

What is an assembler directive?

• A) An assembly language instruction
• B) An instruction to the assembler program
• C) A human-readable comment
• D) An alternative way to specify the operand
• E) An instruction that begins the assembly language translation

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Definitions:

Correlation Coefficient

A statistic in which the covariance is scaled to a value between −1 (perfect negative correlation) and +1 (perfect positive correlation).

Minimum Variance Portfolio

A portfolio constructed to achieve the lowest possible volatility or variability in returns among a set of potential assets.

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure that quantifies the dispersion or variability of a set of data points or investment returns around their mean (average).

Two-asset Portfolio

A portfolio comprising only two assets, used to study the principles of diversification and risk-return trade-off in finance.