Binary, Hexidecimal, Bytes And Words

Question 1

Two states a memory location can be in

Answer 1

1 and 0

Question 2

What does bits stand for

Answer 2

Binary digITS

Question 3

What are bits

Answer 3

The fundamental unit of data storage in a computer

Question 4

How many bits make up a byte

Answer 4

8 bits

Question 5

What are bytes

Answer 5

The smallest addressable units of memory storage

Question 6

To what base is the decimal number system

Answer 6

10

Question 7

What are the digits in the decimal number system,

Answer 7

0-9

Question 8

What is the most significant number in a number that contains multiple digits

Answer 8

The leftmost digit

Question 9

What is the least significant digit in a number which has multiple digits

Answer 9

The rightmost digit (@x10^0)

Question 10

To what base is the binary numeral system

Answer 10

Base 2

Question 11

Why is the decimal numeral system to the base 10

Answer 11

Because there are 10 possible digits that we can use

Question 12

Why is the binary numeral system to the base 2

Answer 12

Because there are 2 possible digits that can be used

Question 13

how to convert a binary number to it’s decimal equivalent

Answer 13

for each digit, muktiply it by 2^x, x being the position it holds in the number

Question 14

how to convert a decimal to its binary equivalent

Answer 14

divide by two and keep the remainder, keep dividing the answer by 2, read the remainders upwards

Question 15

to what base is the hexidecimal numeral system

Answer 15

16

Question 16

what are the 16 symbols in hexadecimal

Answer 16

0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A.B.C.D.E.F

Question 17

why is hexadecimal system useful

Answer 17

16 is a power of 2, so one hex digit corresponds to exactly 4 bits, making conversion easy

Question 18

decimal 0 in binary

Answer 18

0000

Question 19

decimal 1 in binary

Answer 19

0001

Question 20

decimal 2 in binary

Answer 20

0010

Question 21

decimal 3 in binary

Answer 21

0011

Question 22

decimal 4 in binary

Answer 22

0100

Question 23

decimal 5 in binary

Answer 23

0101

Question 24

decimal 6 in binary

Answer 24

0110

Question 25

decimal 7 in binary

Answer 25

0111

Question 26

decimal 8 in binary

Answer 26

1000

Question 27

decimal 9 in binary

Answer 27

1001

Question 28

decimal 10 in binary

Answer 28

1010

Question 29

decimal 11 in binary

Answer 29

1011

Question 30

decimal 11 in hex

Answer 30

B

Question 31

decimal 10 in hex

Answer 31

A

Question 32

decimal 12 in binary

Answer 32

1100

Question 33

decimal 12 in hex

Answer 33

C

Question 34

decimal 13 in binary

Answer 34

1101

Question 35

decimal 13 in hex

Answer 35

D

Question 36

decimal 14 in binary

Answer 36

1110

Question 37

DECIMAL 14 in hex

Answer 37

E

Question 38

decimal 15 in binary

Answer 38

1111

Question 39

decimal 15 in hex

Answer 39

F

Question 40

what do odd numbers in binary end in

Answer 40

1

Question 41

what do even numbers in binary end in

Answer 41

0

Question 42

a binary digit which has three 0s and one 1 is...

Answer 42

a power of 2

Question 43

no base notation, we assume

Answer 43

decimal

Question 44

0x base notation is for

Answer 44

hexadecimal

Question 45

& base notation is for

Answer 45

hexadecimal

Question 46

2_ base notation is for

Answer 46

binary

Question 47

n_ base notatioon is for

Answer 47

base n

Question 48

how to convert between binary and hexidecimal

Answer 48

group bits in 4s from right to left, pad with 0s if necessary, convert each group, add characters

Question 49

how many bits in 1 byte

Answer 49

8 bits

Question 50

how many different values can be represented in 8 bites

Answer 50

2^8=256

Question 51

hwo many bits in a halfword

Answer 51

16 bits

Question 52

how many bytes in a halfword

Answer 52

2 bytes

Question 53

how many bits in a word

Answer 53

32 bits

Question 54

how many bytes in a word

Answer 54

4 bytes

Question 55

how many bytes are in a kilobyte

Answer 55

2^10=1024

Question 56

how many bytes are in a mebibyte

Answer 56

2^20

Question 57

how many bytes are in a gigabyte

Answer 57

2^30

Question 58

place in order from smallest to biggest: bit, mebi/megabyte, kilobyte, word, byte, halfword, gigabyte

Answer 58

``` bit byte halfword word kilobyte megabyte gigabyte ```

Question 59

what are the two larger units used for data rates

Answer 59

1 kilobit | 1 megabit

Question 60

how many bits in a kilobit

Answer 60

1000

Question 61

how many bits in a megabit

Answer 61

1000000

Question 62

how many kilobits in a megabit

Answer 62

1000 KiB

Question 63

how many kilobytes in a megabyte

Answer 63

1024 kB

Question 64

How many mega/mebibytes in a gigabyte

Answer 64

1024 MB

Question 65

how many unique values can be represented using a binary numeral system with 4 bits

Answer 65

2^4 = 16

Question 66

how many unique values can be represented using a binary numeral system with 12 bits

Answer 66

2^12 = 4096

Question 67

how many unique values can be represented using a hexadecimal numeral system with 4 digits

Answer 67

16^4

Question 68

how many unique values can be represented using a hexadecimal system with 6 bits

Answer 68

16^6

Question 69

in the arm architecture, what is the number of unique values that can be stored in a halfword

Answer 69

half word has 16 bits, 2^16

Question 70

in the arm architecture, what is the range of integers that can be stored in a halfword

Answer 70

half word has 16 bits, -2^16.....0.....2^16-1

Question 71

formula for the range of non negative integers can be stored in a n sized storage

Answer 71

0.......[(2^n -1)]

Question 72

how to find out how many binary digits are needed for decimal values

Answer 72

log_2(number) round ceiling