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NUMBER SYSTEMS
Part I
I Choose the best answer
1. Which refers to the number of bits processed by a computer’s CPU?
A) Byte B) Nibble C) Word length D) Bit
2. How many bytes does 1 KiloByte contain?
A) 1000 B) 8 C) 4 D) 1024
3. Expansion for ASCII
A) American School Code for Information Interchange
B) American Standard Code for Information Interchange
C) All Standard Code for Information Interchange
D) American Society Code for Information Interchange
4. 2^50 is referred as
A) Kilo B) Tera C) Peta D) Zetta
5. How many characters can be handled in Binary Coded Decimal System?
A) 64 B) 255 C) 256 D) 128
6. For 11012 what is the Hexadecimal equivalent?
A) F B) E C) D D) B
7. What is the 1’s complement of 00100110?
A) 00100110 B) 11011001 C) 11010001 D)
00101001
8. Which amongst this is not an Octal number?
A) 645 B) 234 C) 876 D) 123
II Very Short Answers
1. What is data?
2. Write the 1’s complement procedure.
3. Convert (46)10 into Binary number
4. We cannot find 1’s complement for (28)10. State reason.
5. List the encoding systems for characters in memory.
III Short Answers
1. What is radix of a number system? Give example
2. Write note on binary number system.
3. Convert (150)10 into Binary, then convert that Binary number to Octal
4. Write short note on ISCII
5. Add a) -2210+1510 b) 2010+2510
IV Detail Answers
1. a) Write the procedure to convert fractional Decimal to Binary
b) Convert (98.46)10 to Binary
2. Find 1’s Complement and 2’s Complement for the following Decimal number
a) -98 b) -135
3. a) Add 11010102+1011012 b) Subtract 11010112 – 1110102
( Book Inside One Mark Question )
I. Choose The Correct Answer
1.A bit is the short form of:
(a) binary data (b) binary digit (c) binary decimal (d) big digit
2.A ……………………… is a collection of 4 bits.
(a) bit (b) byte (c) nibble (d) word length
3.A collection of 8 bits is called:
(a) bit (b) byte (c) word length (d) nibble
4.2^40 is referred as:
(a) mega (b) giga (c) peta (d) tera
5.2^70 is referred as:
(a) peta (b) exa (c) zetta (d) yotta
6.1024 GB is referred as:
(a) kilo byte (b) mega byte (c) giga byte (d) tera byte
7.……………………. are used to represent characters in a text.
(a) Bits (b) Bytes (c) Nibble (d) Wordlength
8.The ASCII value for blank space is:
(a) 32 (b) 91 (c) 48 (d) 65
9.The ASCII value for numeric 0 is:
(a) 32 (b) 91 (c) 48 (d) 65
10.Each number system is uniquely identified by its:
(a) decimal value (b) binary value (c) base value or radix (d) octal value
11.The range of ASCII values for lower case alphabets is from:
(a) 97 to 122 (b) 65 to 90 (c) 98 to 122 (d) 97 to 123
12.The range of ASCII values for upper case alphabets is from:
(a) 97 to 122 (b) 65 to 90 (c) 66 to 90 (d) 65 to 97
13.The expansion of MSB is:
(a) most significant bit (b) most signed bit (c) must significant bit (d) must signed bit
14.The expansion of LSB is:
(a) lower significant bit (b) least significant bit (c) lower signed bit (d) least signed bit
15.Radix of octal number is:
(a) 2 (b) 10 (c) 16 (d) 1
16.The binary sequence (1101 )2 has the decimal equivalent:
(a) (25)10 (b) ( 15)10 (c) (17)10 (d) (13)10
17.In hexadecimal C represents:
(a) 11 (b) 0 (c) 12 (d) 15
18.The simplest method to represent negative binary numbers is called:
(a) signed magnitude(b) unsigned magnitude (c) magnitude bit (d) unmagnitude bit
19.EBDIC coding system can handle …………………….. characters.
(a) 64 (b) 255 (c) 256 (d) 128
20.The most commonly used coding scheme is the:
(a) Binary Coded Decimal
(b) Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code
(c) Indian Standard Code for Information Interchange
(d) American Standard Code for Information Interchange
