Floating Point Recap

What is one major advantage of floating-point binary representation?

• Increased precision
• Lower memory usage
• Simplicity in calculations
• Fixed size

In floating-point binary, what is the term for the significant digits?

• Exponent
• Mantissa
• Normalised
• Shift

What does it mean for a floating-point number to be normalised?

• It has no exponent
• The bits either side of the decimal point are different
• It is always positive
• It is always negative

How is a binary exponent converted to decimal?

• By summing powers of 2
• By counting bits
• By multiplying by 10
• By shifting bits left

What does an MSB of 0 indicate in floating-point representation?

• Negative number
• Positive number
• Zero value
• Undefined

Which of the following is NOT an advantage of floating-point binary?

• Flexibility
• Complexity of implementation
• Wide range of values
• Precision

In a floating-point number, what does the exponent determine?

• The sign
• The value's magnitude
• The mantissa value
• The normalisation

If a floating-point number has an exponent of 0110, what is its decimal value?

• 6
• 12
• 4
• 2

How can you identify a normalised floating-point number?

• The bits either side of the decimal point are different
• It has a leading zero
• It has a zero mantissa
• It is negative

What is the decimal value of a binary exponent 1010?

• 5
• -6
• 8
• -10