Computer Organization MCQ

Sign magnitude is a very simple representation of ?

• A. Positive number

• B. Negative numbers

• C. Infinity

• D. Zero

Which of the following is true about Normalization?

• A. Floating point numbers are usually normalized

• B. Exponent is adjusted so that leading bit (MSB) of mantissa is 1

• C. Since it is always 1 there is no need to store it

• D. All of the above

Half adder is an example of

• A. Combinational Circuits

• B. Sequential Circuits

• C. Asynchronous Circuits

• D. Synchronous Circuits

In n-bit Booth's multiplication algorithm, the largest number of operations are

B log₂n additions and log₂n subtractions

• A. B addition and log₂n subtractions

• B. log₂n additions and log₂n subtractions

• C. (n-1) additions and (n-1) subtractions

• D. none of the above

Which one of the following is a multiplication algorithm?

• A . Comparison method

• B. Restoring method

• C. Quick sort algorithm

• D . Booth's algorithm

Which representation is most efficient to perform arithmetic operations on the numbers?

• A. Sign-magnitude

• B. 1’s complement

• C. 2’S complement

• D. None of the mentioned

Which method of representation has two representations for ‘0’?

• A. Sign-magnitude

• B. 1’s complement

• C. 2’s complement

• D. None of the mentioned

When 1101 is used to divide 100010010 the remainder is ______

• A. 101

• B. 11

• C. 0

• D. 1

For the addition of large integers, most of the systems make use of ______

• A. Fast adders

• B. Full adders

• C. Carry look-ahead adders

• D. None of the mentioned

Which one of these represents a multiprocessor system?

• A. SIMD  

• B. SISD   

• C. MIMD   

• D. MISD