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1987
1. The subtraction of a binary number Y from another binary number X, done by
adding 2s compliment of Y to X, results in a binary number without overflow. This
implies that the result is
a. Negative and is in normal form
b. Negative an is in 2s compliment form
c. Positive and is in normal form
d. Positive and is in 2s compliment form
Answer: B
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1993
1. 2s complement representation of a 16 bit number (one sign bit and 15
magnitude bits) is FFFF. Its magnitude in decimal representation is
a. 0
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c. 32,767
d. 65,535
Answer: B
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1998
1. An equivalent 2s complement representation of the 2s complement number is
1101 is
a. 110100
b. 001101
c. 110111
d. 111101
Answer: D
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2. Two 2s complement numbers having sign bits x and y are added and the sign
bit of the result is z. Then, the occurrence of overflow is indicated by the Boolean
function

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Answer: C
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2001
1. The 2s complement representation of 17 is
a. 01110
b. 101111
c. 11110
d. 10001
Answer: B
Solution : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SQjwYET7cM

2002
1. 4 bit 2s complement representation of a decimal number is 1000. The
number is
a. +8
b. 0
c. -7
d. -8
Answer: D
Solution : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZVj5TPGuWo

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2016 (19)
1. The range of signed decimal numbers that can be represented by 6 bit 1s
2015 (34) complement form is
2014 (143) a. -31 to +31
December (14) b. -63 to +64
c. -64 to +63
November (12)
d. -32 to +31
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October (20)
September (7)
2006
August (8)
July (5) 1. A new Binary Coded Pentary (BCP) number system is proposed in which every
June (6) digit of a base-5 number is represented by its corresponding 3-bit binary code. For
example, the base-5 number 24 will be represented by its BCP code 010100. In this
May (20)
number system, the BCP code 100010011001 corresponds to the following number
April (27) in base-5 system
March (24) a. 423
b. 1324
c. 2201
d. 4231
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Answer: D
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2007
1. X = 01110 and Y = 11001 are two 5 bit binary numbers represented in 2s
compliement format. The sum of X and Y represented in 2s compliment format
using 6 bits is
a. 100111
b. 001000
c. 000111
d. 101001
Answer: C
Solution : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzttyDg5Psk

2008
1. The two numbers represented in signed 2s compliment form are P = 11101101
and Q = 11100110. If Q is subtracted from P, the value obtained in signed 2s
compliment form is
a. 100000111
b. 00000111
c. 11111001
d. 111111001
Answer: B
Solution : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blIZILSmO8o

2014 (from all 4 sets)

1. The number of bytes required to represent the decimal number 1856357 in
packed BCD (Binary Coded Decimal) form is .
Answer: 4
Solution : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAqo_3bT9fI

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Anvitha Bandla 2 weeks ago - Shared publicly

isn't the answer of 1st question in 2004 is option d
i think u r wrong plz check it
(the range of signed no.s indicated using n bits is [-2^(n-1) to +(1+2^(n-
1))]

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Parag Agarwal 3 weeks ago - Shared publicly

This is too helpful. It helps us in learning new concepgs also. Thank u
team!!!

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Arshpreet Singh 1 month ago - Shared publicly

thank you sir

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