IEEE Convert

Question 1

_____ __________ solves the problem of positive and negative 0

Answer 1

Two’s complement

Question 2

In one’s complement if you have an extra bit in the most significant bit area you should

Answer 2

add it to the result

Question 3

IEEE single precision has _ sign bit, __ exponent bits, and __ (fraction) bits for the mantissae

Answer 3

1 sign bit, 8 exponent bits, and 23 (fraction) bits for the mantissae

Question 4

IEEE double precision has _ sign bit, __ exponent bits, and __ (fraction) bits for the mantissae

Answer 4

1 sign bit, 11 exponent bits, and 52 fraction bits for the mantissae

Question 5

T/F - Precision deals with how much information we have about a value and the amount of information used to represent a value

Answer 5

True

Question 6

T/F

Octal starts from 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,

Answer 6

False

Question 7

T/F

Hexadecimal starts from 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,D,E,…

Answer 7

False

Question 8

How many bits are used to store a single precision number? How many to store a double precision number?

Answer 8

32 and 64

Question 9

T/F - If the sum of 2 positive numbers yields a negative result, the sum has overflowed

Answer 9

True

Question 10

T/F - If the sum of 2 negative numbers yields a positive result, the sum has overflowed

Answer 10

True