Practice Signed Integers: Representing Positive and Negative Numbers - 3.3.2 | Module 3: Processor Organization and Data Representation | Computer Architecture
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3.3.2 - Signed Integers: Representing Positive and Negative Numbers

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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What is a sign bit?

💡 Hint: Think about what differentiates +5 from -5.

Question 2

Easy

Explain sign-magnitude representation with an example.

💡 Hint: Consider how 4-bit numbers are represented.

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Question 1

What is the main disadvantage of sign-magnitude representation?

  • Complexity in arithmetic operations
  • One representation for zero
  • Both A and B

💡 Hint: Think about what happens when adding +5 and -5.

Question 2

In one's complement, how is -5 represented?

💡 Hint: Remember to flip each bit from 0 to 1 and 1 to 0.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Provide a detailed explanation of how to add -3 (1101) and -4 (1100) in two's complement.

💡 Hint: Recall how to handle digits in binary addition and identify signs.

Question 2

Illustrate overflow detection. Add two positive numbers, +7 (0111) and +2 (0010) in four-bits.

💡 Hint: Check the result against the maximum representable value.

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