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1. Computers use various methods to perform arithmetic operations.
Answer: True
Hint: Refer to the Introduction of Chapter 5 of the text.
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2. The 2's complement of a binary number is formed by inverting all of the bits.
Answer: False
Hint: Refer to Section 53 of the text.
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3. A halfadder is a logic circuit that adds two binary digits (bits) and produces a sum and
a carry.
Answer: True
Hint: Refer to Section 51 of the text.
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4. A logic circuit that adds two binary digits with an input carry and produces a sum and
an output carry is called a fulladder.
Answer: True
Hint: Refer to Section 51 of the text.
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5. An algorithm for division is to subtract the divisor from the dividend until you get a
zero or a negative number.
Answer: True
Hint: Refer to Section 55 of the text.
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6. A parallel binary adder is a logic circuit that consists of two or more halfadders that
can add binary numbers.
Answer: False
Hint: Refer to Section 52 of the text.
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7. Computers mainly use the 2's complement method for arithmetic operations.
Answer: True
Hint: Refer to Section 53 of the text.
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8. An algorithm is a stepbystep process of achieving a given result.
Answer: True
Hint: Refer to Section 55 of the text.
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9. In a binary floatingpoint number, there is always a 1 to the left of the binary point,
which is not shown since it is understood to be there.
Answer: True
Hint: Refer to Section 56 of the text.
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10. In computers the arithmetic and logic operations are performed by the arithmetic
logic unit.
Answer: True
Hint: Refer to Section 59 of the text.
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