Test Bank—Chapter One (Data Representation)
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of the following Boolean operations produces the output 1 for the fewest number of input
patterns?
A. AND B. OR C. XOR
ANSWER: A
2. Which of the following best describes the NOR operation?
A. An XOR followed by a NOT B. An OR followed by a NOT
C. A NOT followed by an OR C. An AND followed by a NOT
ANSWER: B
3. Which of the following bit patterns cannot be expressed in hexadecimal notation?
A. 11111111 B. 1001 C. 110011 D. 100000000001
ANSWER: C
4. Which of the following is the binary representation of 6 5/8?
A. 110.11 B. 10.011 C. 110.101 D. 100.101
ANSWER: C
5. Which of the following bit patterns represents the value 9 in two’s complement notation?
A. 00011010 B. 11111011 C. 00001001 D. 11111011
ANSWER: C
6. Which of the following bit patterns represents the value -9 in two’s complement notation?
A. 00011010 B. 111110111 C. 10001001 D. 11111011
ANSWER: B
7. What is the result of the following addition problem (using two’s complement notation)?
00001111
+ 10101010
A. 011000101 B. 10111001 C. 01010101 D. 10110101
ANSWER: B
8. What is the result of the following subtraction problem (using two’s complement notation)?
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, 00001111
- # d a 10101010
A. #da011000101 B. #da10111001 C. #da01010101 D.
10110101 #daANSWER: #daA
#da
9. In #dawhich #daof #dathe #dafollowing #daaddition #daproblems #da(using #datwo’s #dacomplement #danotation) #dadoes
#daan #daoverflow #daerror #daoccur?
A. 0011 B. # d a C. # d a D. # d a
# d a1100 # d a1100 0100
# d a
+ #da1010 + #da0100 + #da1100 + #da0100
ANSWER: #daD
10. Which #daof #dathe #dafollowing #darepresentations #dain #datwo’s #dacomplement #danotation #darepresents #dathe #dalargest
#davalue?
A. #da00000010 B. #da11110000 C. #da00000001 D.
11111111 #daANSWER: #daA
#da
11. Which #daof #dathe #dafollowing #darepresentations #dain #datwo’s #dacomplement #danotation #darepresents #dathe #dasmallest
#davalue?
A. #da00000010 B. #da11110000 C. #da00000001 D.
11111111 #daANSWER: #daD
#da
12. Which #daof #dathe #dafollowing #dabit #dapatterns #da(represented #dain #dahexadecimal #danotation) #darepresents #daa
#danegative #danumber #dain #datwo’s #dacomplement #danotation?
A. # da 3F B. # da 55 C. # da A6 D.
7E #daANSWER: #daC
#da
13. Which #daof #dathe #dafollowing #dabit #dapatterns #da(represented #dain #dahexadecimal #danotation) #darepresents #daa
#dapositive #danumber #dain #datwo’s #dacomplement #danotation?
A. # da 9F B. # da F7 C. # da A8 D.
7E #daANSWER: #daD
#da
14. What #davalue #dais #darepresented #daby #dathe #dabit #dapattern #da01011100 #dawhen #dainterpreted #dausing
#dafloating-point #daformat #dain #dawhich #dathe #damost #dasignificant #dabit #dais #dathe #dasign #dabit, #dathe #danext #dathree
#dabits #darepresent #dathe #daexponent #dafield #dain #daexcess #danotation, #daand #dathe #dalast #dafour #dabits #darepresent
#dathe #damantissa?
A. # da -1 #da1/2 B. # da 1 #da1/2 C. #da-3/8 D.
3/8 #daANSWER: #daB
#da
15. Which #daof #dathe #dafollowing #davalues #dacannot #dabe #dastored #daaccurately #dausing #daa #dafloating-point
#daformat #dain #dawhich #dathe #damost #dasignificant #dabit #dais #dathe #dasign #dabit, #dathe #danext #dathree #dabits
#darepresent #dathe #daexponent #dafield #dain #daexcess #danotation, #daand #dathe #dalast #dafour #dabits #darepresent #dathe
#damantissa?
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, A. # da 2 #da1/2 B. # da 3/16 C. # da 7 D. # d a 6
1/4 #daANSWER: #daD
#da
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, 16. Which #daof #dathe #dafollowing #dabit-patterns #darepresents #dathe #dasmallest #davalue #dausing #dathe #dafloating-
point #daformat #dain #dawhich #dathe #damost #dasignificant #dabit #dais #dathe #dasign #dabit, #dathe #danext #dathree #dabits
#darepresent #dathe #daexponent #dafield #dain #daexcess #danotation, #daand #dathe #dalast #dafour #dabits #darepresent
#dathe #damantissa?
A. # da 01001000 B. # da 01011000 C. # da 00101000 D.
#da 01111000 #daANSWER: #daC
17. Which #daof #dathe #dafollowing #dadata #dastorage #dasystems #daprovides #dathe #damost #daefficient #darandom
#daaccess #dato #daindividual #dadata #daitems?
A. #daMain #damemory B. #daMagnetic #dadisk C. #daCDs/DVDs D. #daFlash #dadrives
ANSWER: #daA
18. Which #daof #dathe #dafollowing #dastorage #dasystems #dais #dabest #dasuited #dafor #dastoring #daand #daretrieving
#dalong #dastrings #daof #dadata #dasuch #daas #damusic #dathat #daare #daprocessed #dain #daa #dasequential #daorder?
A. #daMain #damemory B. #daMagnetic #dadisk C. #daCDs/DVDs D. #daROM
chips #daANSWER: #daC
#da
19. Which #daof #dathe #dafollowing #damass #dastorage #dasystem #dadoes #danot #darequire #daphysical #damotion?
A. #daMagnetic #datape B. #daMagnetic #dadisk C. #daCDs/DVDs D. #daFlash
drives #daANSWER: #daD
#da
20. Assuming #dathat #daeach #daof #dathe #dafollowing #dabit #dapatterns #daoriginally #dahad #daeven #daparity,
#dawhich #daone #dacontains #daan #daerror?
A. # da 100110100 B. # da 110000011 C. # da 010011000 D.
#da 100011001 #daANSWER: #daC
21. How #damany #daerrors #daper #dapattern #dacould #dabe #dacorrected #dawhen #dausing #daan #daerror-correcting #dacode
#dain #dawhich #daany #datwo #dacode #dapatterns #dadiffer #daby #daa #daHamming #dadistance #daof #da8?
A. # da 3 B. # da 4 C. # da 5 D.
#da 6 #daANSWER: #daA
22. Which #daof #dathe #dafollowing #dais #daa #dapossible #daLZW #dacompression #daof #dathe #damessage #da“xyz #daxyz #daxyz”?
A. # da 1234 B. # da 1234545 C. # da 232 D.
#da 12 #daANSWER: #daB
23. Which #daof #dathe #dafollowing #dasystems #dais #daleast #daefficient #dawhen #daencoding #danumeric #davalues?
A. Two’s #dacomplement #danotation B. #daExcess #danotation
C. # d a ASCII D. #daFloating-point
notation #daANSWER: #daC
#da
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Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of the following Boolean operations produces the output 1 for the fewest number of input
patterns?
A. AND B. OR C. XOR
ANSWER: A
2. Which of the following best describes the NOR operation?
A. An XOR followed by a NOT B. An OR followed by a NOT
C. A NOT followed by an OR C. An AND followed by a NOT
ANSWER: B
3. Which of the following bit patterns cannot be expressed in hexadecimal notation?
A. 11111111 B. 1001 C. 110011 D. 100000000001
ANSWER: C
4. Which of the following is the binary representation of 6 5/8?
A. 110.11 B. 10.011 C. 110.101 D. 100.101
ANSWER: C
5. Which of the following bit patterns represents the value 9 in two’s complement notation?
A. 00011010 B. 11111011 C. 00001001 D. 11111011
ANSWER: C
6. Which of the following bit patterns represents the value -9 in two’s complement notation?
A. 00011010 B. 111110111 C. 10001001 D. 11111011
ANSWER: B
7. What is the result of the following addition problem (using two’s complement notation)?
00001111
+ 10101010
A. 011000101 B. 10111001 C. 01010101 D. 10110101
ANSWER: B
8. What is the result of the following subtraction problem (using two’s complement notation)?
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, 00001111
- # d a 10101010
A. #da011000101 B. #da10111001 C. #da01010101 D.
10110101 #daANSWER: #daA
#da
9. In #dawhich #daof #dathe #dafollowing #daaddition #daproblems #da(using #datwo’s #dacomplement #danotation) #dadoes
#daan #daoverflow #daerror #daoccur?
A. 0011 B. # d a C. # d a D. # d a
# d a1100 # d a1100 0100
# d a
+ #da1010 + #da0100 + #da1100 + #da0100
ANSWER: #daD
10. Which #daof #dathe #dafollowing #darepresentations #dain #datwo’s #dacomplement #danotation #darepresents #dathe #dalargest
#davalue?
A. #da00000010 B. #da11110000 C. #da00000001 D.
11111111 #daANSWER: #daA
#da
11. Which #daof #dathe #dafollowing #darepresentations #dain #datwo’s #dacomplement #danotation #darepresents #dathe #dasmallest
#davalue?
A. #da00000010 B. #da11110000 C. #da00000001 D.
11111111 #daANSWER: #daD
#da
12. Which #daof #dathe #dafollowing #dabit #dapatterns #da(represented #dain #dahexadecimal #danotation) #darepresents #daa
#danegative #danumber #dain #datwo’s #dacomplement #danotation?
A. # da 3F B. # da 55 C. # da A6 D.
7E #daANSWER: #daC
#da
13. Which #daof #dathe #dafollowing #dabit #dapatterns #da(represented #dain #dahexadecimal #danotation) #darepresents #daa
#dapositive #danumber #dain #datwo’s #dacomplement #danotation?
A. # da 9F B. # da F7 C. # da A8 D.
7E #daANSWER: #daD
#da
14. What #davalue #dais #darepresented #daby #dathe #dabit #dapattern #da01011100 #dawhen #dainterpreted #dausing
#dafloating-point #daformat #dain #dawhich #dathe #damost #dasignificant #dabit #dais #dathe #dasign #dabit, #dathe #danext #dathree
#dabits #darepresent #dathe #daexponent #dafield #dain #daexcess #danotation, #daand #dathe #dalast #dafour #dabits #darepresent
#dathe #damantissa?
A. # da -1 #da1/2 B. # da 1 #da1/2 C. #da-3/8 D.
3/8 #daANSWER: #daB
#da
15. Which #daof #dathe #dafollowing #davalues #dacannot #dabe #dastored #daaccurately #dausing #daa #dafloating-point
#daformat #dain #dawhich #dathe #damost #dasignificant #dabit #dais #dathe #dasign #dabit, #dathe #danext #dathree #dabits
#darepresent #dathe #daexponent #dafield #dain #daexcess #danotation, #daand #dathe #dalast #dafour #dabits #darepresent #dathe
#damantissa?
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, A. # da 2 #da1/2 B. # da 3/16 C. # da 7 D. # d a 6
1/4 #daANSWER: #daD
#da
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, 16. Which #daof #dathe #dafollowing #dabit-patterns #darepresents #dathe #dasmallest #davalue #dausing #dathe #dafloating-
point #daformat #dain #dawhich #dathe #damost #dasignificant #dabit #dais #dathe #dasign #dabit, #dathe #danext #dathree #dabits
#darepresent #dathe #daexponent #dafield #dain #daexcess #danotation, #daand #dathe #dalast #dafour #dabits #darepresent
#dathe #damantissa?
A. # da 01001000 B. # da 01011000 C. # da 00101000 D.
#da 01111000 #daANSWER: #daC
17. Which #daof #dathe #dafollowing #dadata #dastorage #dasystems #daprovides #dathe #damost #daefficient #darandom
#daaccess #dato #daindividual #dadata #daitems?
A. #daMain #damemory B. #daMagnetic #dadisk C. #daCDs/DVDs D. #daFlash #dadrives
ANSWER: #daA
18. Which #daof #dathe #dafollowing #dastorage #dasystems #dais #dabest #dasuited #dafor #dastoring #daand #daretrieving
#dalong #dastrings #daof #dadata #dasuch #daas #damusic #dathat #daare #daprocessed #dain #daa #dasequential #daorder?
A. #daMain #damemory B. #daMagnetic #dadisk C. #daCDs/DVDs D. #daROM
chips #daANSWER: #daC
#da
19. Which #daof #dathe #dafollowing #damass #dastorage #dasystem #dadoes #danot #darequire #daphysical #damotion?
A. #daMagnetic #datape B. #daMagnetic #dadisk C. #daCDs/DVDs D. #daFlash
drives #daANSWER: #daD
#da
20. Assuming #dathat #daeach #daof #dathe #dafollowing #dabit #dapatterns #daoriginally #dahad #daeven #daparity,
#dawhich #daone #dacontains #daan #daerror?
A. # da 100110100 B. # da 110000011 C. # da 010011000 D.
#da 100011001 #daANSWER: #daC
21. How #damany #daerrors #daper #dapattern #dacould #dabe #dacorrected #dawhen #dausing #daan #daerror-correcting #dacode
#dain #dawhich #daany #datwo #dacode #dapatterns #dadiffer #daby #daa #daHamming #dadistance #daof #da8?
A. # da 3 B. # da 4 C. # da 5 D.
#da 6 #daANSWER: #daA
22. Which #daof #dathe #dafollowing #dais #daa #dapossible #daLZW #dacompression #daof #dathe #damessage #da“xyz #daxyz #daxyz”?
A. # da 1234 B. # da 1234545 C. # da 232 D.
#da 12 #daANSWER: #daB
23. Which #daof #dathe #dafollowing #dasystems #dais #daleast #daefficient #dawhen #daencoding #danumeric #davalues?
A. Two’s #dacomplement #danotation B. #daExcess #danotation
C. # d a ASCII D. #daFloating-point
notation #daANSWER: #daC
#da
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