Negative Binary Quiz

What is the most significant bit used for in sign and magnitude representation?

• To represent the sign of the number

• To represent the magnitude of the number

• To indicate the presence of negative zero

• To indicate the presence of positive zero

In sign and magnitude representation, how is a negative number represented?

• By flipping all the bits

• By flipping the most significant bit

• By adding one to the positive representation

• By subtracting one from the positive representation

What is the main issue with sign and magnitude representation?

• It requires additional circuitry to handle negative zero

• It results in two different representations of zero

• It cannot handle negative numbers

• It leads to overflow errors in addition

What is the first step in converting a positive number to two's complement representation?

• Flipping all the bits

• Flipping the most significant bit

• Adding one to the positive representation

• Subtracting one from the positive representation

What is the second step in converting a positive number to two's complement representation?

• Flipping all the bits

• Flipping the most significant bit

• Adding one to the positive representation

• Subtracting one from the positive representation

What is the result of converting -35 to sign and magnitude representation?

• 10000100

• 10100011

• 11100011

• 11100010

What is the result of converting -35 to two's complement representation?

• 10000100

• 10000101

• 11100011

• 11100010

What is the result of converting -14 to sign and magnitude representation?

• 01110010

• 01110011

• 10001101

• 10001100

What is the result of converting -14 to two's complement representation?

• 01110010

• 01110011

• 10001101

• 10001100

What is the range of numbers that can be represented using sign and magnitude representation?

• From -128 to 127

• From -127 to 127

• From -128 to 128

• From -127 to 128