Tutorial sheet

Number System

Q1.

Convert the following decimal number to 8-bit binary.

187
A. 101110112

B. 110111012

C. 101111012

D. 101111002
Q2.

Convert binary 111111110010 to hexadecimal.

A. EE216

B. FF216

C. 2FE16

D. FD216
Q3.

Convert the binary number 1001.00102 to decimal.

A. 90.125

B. 9.125

C. 125

D. 12.5
Q4.

Convert 59.7210 to BCD.

A. 111011

B. 01011001.01110010

C. 1110.11

D. 0101100101110010
Q5.

Convert 8B3F16 to binary.

A. 35647
 B. 011010

C. 1011001111100011

D. 1000101100111111
Q6.

The BCD number for decimal 347 is ________.

A. 1100 1011 1000

B. 0011 0100 0111

C. 0011 0100 0001

D. 1100 1011 0110

Q7.

Convert decimal 213 to binary.

A. 11001101

B. 11010101

C. 01111001

D. 11100011
Q8.

Convert 11001010001101012 to hexadecimal.

A. 121035

B. CA35

C. 53AC1

D. 530121
Q9.

Convert the following decimal number to octal.

281
A. 1348

B. 4318

C. 3318

D. 1338
Q10.

Hexadecimal letters A through F are used for decimal equivalent values from:
 A. 1 through 6

B. 9 through 14

C. 10 through 15

D. 11 through 17
Q11.

The binary number 11101011000111010 can be written in hexadecimal as ________.

A. DD63A16

B. 1D63A16

C. 1D33A16

D. 1D63116

Q12.

Which of the following is an invalid BCD code?

A. 0011

B. 1101

C. 0101

D. 1001
Q13.

Digital electronics is based on the ________ numbering system.

A. decimal

B. octal

C. binary

D. hexadecimal
Q14.

Convert the decimal number 151.75 to binary.

A. 10000111.11

B. 11010011.01

C. 00111100.00

D. 10010111.11
Q15.
3428 is the decimal value for which of the following binary-coded decimal (BCD) groupings?
A. 11010001001000

B. 11010000101000

C. 011010010000010

D. 110100001101010
Q16.

The binary-coded decimal (BCD) system can be used to represent each of the 10 decimal digits as
a:
A
4-bit binary code
.

B
8-bit binary code
.

C
16-bit binary code
.

D
ASCII code
.
Q17.

Convert the following BCD number to decimal.

010101101001bcd
A. 539

B. 2551

C. 569

D. 1552
Q18.

What is the result when a decimal 5238 is converted to base 16?

A. 327.375

B. 12.166

C. 1388

D. 1476
Q19.

What is the decimal value of the hexadecimal number 777?

A. 191

B. 1911
 C. 19

D. 19111
Q20.

The base of the hexadecimal system is:

A. eight.

B. sixteen.

C. ten.

D. two.
Q21.

Which of the following is the primary advantage of using the BCD code instead of straight binary coding?
A. Fewer bits are required to represent a decimal number with the BCD code.

B. The relative ease of converting to and from decimal.

C. BCD codes are easily converted to hexadecimal codes.

D. BCD codes are easily converted to straight binary codes.

Q22.

How many BCD code bits and how many straight binary bits would be required to represent the decimal
number 643?
A. 12 BCD, 12 binary

B. 12 BCD, 10 binary

C. 12 BCD, 9 binary

D. 16 BCD, 9 binary
Q23.

How many total digits are there in binary number system?

A. 4
B. 2
C. 6
D. 3

Q24.

The base of decimal number system is

A.8

B. 16

C. 10

D.2

Q25. What is place value of 1 in 1000 binary number?

a. 16
b. 8
c. 4
d. 2

Q26.Four bits can be used to count digits from

a. 1-15

b. 0-15

c.0-16

d.2-16

Q27. 0-3 can be counted using __________ number of binary digits.

a. Three
b. Four
c. Two
d. One

Q28. Octal numbers allow reading large binary numbers by breaking the binary
number into groups of
a. Three
b. Four
c. Two
d. Six

Q29. Term bit is used to define

a. binary digit
b. decimal digit
c. hexadecimal digit
d. octal digit

Q30. The 8421code is used to represent digits from

a. 0-15
b. 1-10
c. 0-16
d. 0-9

Subjective Questions
Q1. What is the advantage of the binary number system over the decimal number system
for
digital circuits?

Q2.Define a) base of a system b) place value with suitable examples.

Q3.What is the process of converting binary to decimal and decimal to binary?

Q4.Convert 678 decimal number to hexadecimal.

Q5.What is a BCD code? What are its advantages?

Q6.Convert 478 octal to hexadecimal.

Q7. Convert 11100001100011 binary to hexadecimal.

Q8. Convert 1000010000010011bcd to decimal and then that decimal to octal.

Q9. What do mean by octal number system? Is 479 an octal number.