Practice Test Items and Objectives - 9.3 | 9. Floating Point Number Representation | Computer Organisation and Architecture - Vol 1
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Question 1

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What are the three components of a floating-point number?

💡 Hint: Think about how a number is broken down in representation.

Question 2

Easy

What is the purpose of the biased exponent?

💡 Hint: How does this simplify calculations?

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Question 1

What represents the exponent in floating-point numbers?

  • Sign Bit
  • Biased Exponent
  • Fraction

💡 Hint: Remember how we discussed the components of floating-point representation.

Question 2

True or False: The IEEE 754 standard only applies to 32-bit floating point representations.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Consider the variations we covered in class.

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Question 1

A program needs to represent the number -38.25 using floating-point representation. Outline the steps considering the IEEE 754 format.

💡 Hint: Start by separating the whole and fractional parts for conversion.

Question 2

Given the floating-point number formatted as 0 10000010 10010000000000000000000, decode it into decimal. What steps do you take?

💡 Hint: Focus on each component individually and remember to adjust for the sign.

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