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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST
UPDATE JUST RELEASED THIS YEAR
Question: Twos complement notation is simple to understand for most people.
a. True
b. False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔False
Question: With any fixed-width data storage format, it's possible that the result of a
computation will be too large to fit in the format.
a. True
b. False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔True
Question: . To avoid overflow and increase accuracy, some computers and programming
languages define additional numeric data types called long-precision data formats.
a. True
b. False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔False
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Question: Double-precision integers are sometimes called large integers.
a. True
b. False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔False
Question: You can increase a fixed radix point format's numeric range by allocating more bits
to the whole portion.
a. True
b. False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔True
Question: . In the binary32 format, the leading sign bit applies to the exponent, not the
mantissa.
a. True
b. False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔False
Question: . The number of bits in a floating-point string and the formats of the mantissa and
exponent impose limits on the range of values that can be represented.
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a. True
b. False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔True
Q;:Computer input devices convert external data into an internal representation that can be
carried to and manipulated by processing circuitry.
a. True
b. False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔True
Question: Automated data processing combines physics and mathematics.
a. True
b. False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔True
Question: Decimal and binary notations are alternative forms of Boolean logic.
a. True
b. False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔False
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Question: In numbering systems other than the decimal numbering system, the term radix
point is used for the period or comma.
a. True
b. False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔True
Question: The number of digits needed to represent a value decreases as the numbering
system's base decreases.
a. True
b. False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔False
Question: Generally, a byte is the largest unit of data that can be read from or written to a
storage device.
a. True
b. False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔False
Question: The representation format for each data type balances compactness, range,
accuracy, ease of manipulation, and standardization.
ITE 221 EXAM CH 1-3 NEWEST VERSION
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST
UPDATE JUST RELEASED THIS YEAR
Question: Twos complement notation is simple to understand for most people.
a. True
b. False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔False
Question: With any fixed-width data storage format, it's possible that the result of a
computation will be too large to fit in the format.
a. True
b. False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔True
Question: . To avoid overflow and increase accuracy, some computers and programming
languages define additional numeric data types called long-precision data formats.
a. True
b. False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔False
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Question: Double-precision integers are sometimes called large integers.
a. True
b. False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔False
Question: You can increase a fixed radix point format's numeric range by allocating more bits
to the whole portion.
a. True
b. False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔True
Question: . In the binary32 format, the leading sign bit applies to the exponent, not the
mantissa.
a. True
b. False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔False
Question: . The number of bits in a floating-point string and the formats of the mantissa and
exponent impose limits on the range of values that can be represented.
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a. True
b. False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔True
Q;:Computer input devices convert external data into an internal representation that can be
carried to and manipulated by processing circuitry.
a. True
b. False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔True
Question: Automated data processing combines physics and mathematics.
a. True
b. False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔True
Question: Decimal and binary notations are alternative forms of Boolean logic.
a. True
b. False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔False
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Question: In numbering systems other than the decimal numbering system, the term radix
point is used for the period or comma.
a. True
b. False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔True
Question: The number of digits needed to represent a value decreases as the numbering
system's base decreases.
a. True
b. False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔False
Question: Generally, a byte is the largest unit of data that can be read from or written to a
storage device.
a. True
b. False - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔False
Question: The representation format for each data type balances compactness, range,
accuracy, ease of manipulation, and standardization.
