Computer Arithmetic

This quiz contains multiple-choice problems on computer fundamentals subtopics like sign-magnitude, Booth’s algorithm, complements, IEEE 32- and 64- bits, binary multiplication, and division.

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The additive inverse of a number is the number that gives one as a result when added to the original number. True or false?

True

False

The 1’s complement of 1 in 4 bits is

0001

0

1001

1110

The binary number 111 in its 2’s complement form is

010

001

000

111

In both signed magnitude and 2’s complement, the positive and negative numbers are separated using

LSB

MSB

0

1

The signed magnitude representation of -9 is

00001001

11111001

10001001

11001

The single-precision format comprises of

4 bits

8 bits

16 bits

32 bits

If m is the 2’s complement and n is the binary number, then

m = n’

m = n’+1

m = n’-1

m = n

The possible number of bit patterns with 8 bits is

128

8

24

256

Which of the following is used for binary multiplication?

Restoring multiplication

Booth’s algorithm

Pascal’s rule

Digit-by-digit multiplication

The binary number obtained after applying RSC on 11010 will be

11101

10100

01101

01000

The result of >> of 11001 by 3-bits will be

01000

01111

00011

11111

Booth’s algorithm applies for

Decimal numbers

Binary numbers

Hexadecimal numbers

Octal numbers

If one performs Booth’s multiplication on the numbers 22*3, then 3 is referred to as the

Accumulator

Multiplicand

Quotient

Multiplier

What is the default value of the accumulator in Booth’s multiplication of two 4-bit binary numbers?

0

1

0000

00000

__ is a straightforward method of representing positive and negative numbers.

Radix

Complement

Signed magnitude

Encode

Quiz/Test Summary
Title: Computer Arithmetic
Questions: 15
Contributed by:
Ivan