Slot 1 (11.00 AM 12.

30 PM)
1. If we represent letters (A, B, C…) as images on a 3x3 grid and assign a 1 or 0 to a grid cell if
its darkened or not, which of the following sequences (the grid represented row wise) is the
binary representation of the letter ‘T’?

a. 010111010
b. 111010010 (Ans)
c. 111101101
d. 000101010

2. How many wires are needed to transmit the number 32 from one part of the computer to another?
(1 mark)
a. 4
b. 5
c. 6 (Ans)
d. 2

3. Find the value of X (write number only)

2 half-words + X bytes = 2 words + 1 double-word
​ Ans : 12

4. Which of the following are the valid number of wires for a Data port of the memory unit in a 32 bit
CPU?
a. 20
b. 32 (Ans)
c. 150
d. 192 (​Ans​)

5. If X is stored at memory location 100 and 57 represents the add operation, then what will be the
value at location 100 after executing following instructions sequentially,
57 100 100 100
57 100 100 100
a. 3*X
b. X to the power 4
c. 4*X (Ans)
d. X to the power 3

6. What is the binary representation of the decimal number 8.375? (discard preceding and trailing
zeros)
Ans: 1000.011
7. What is the smallest decimal number that can be represented in two’s complement signed binary
representation using 5 bits.
Ans: -16

8. Find the decimal equivalent of given sign magnitude representation of a binary number:
10001
a. 1
b. -15
c. -1 (Ans)
d. none
 Slot 2 (3.30 PM to 5.00 PM)
1. If we represent letters (A, B, C…) as images on a 3x3 grid and assign a 1 or 0 to a grid cell if its
darkened or not, which of the following sequences (the grid represented row wise) is the binary
representation of the letter ‘X’?
a. 010111010
b. 111010010
c. 101010101 (​Ans​)
d. 000101010

2. Find the value of Y, (write in numeric form)

2 words - Y*bytes = 1 double-word - 2 half-words
Ans : 4

3. If 10 is placed at location 100 in memory and 5 is at location 200 in memory and 50 at location
300, then what will be value at location 300 after executing following instruction assuming 57
represents multiplication?
57 100 100 200
a. 15
b. 50 (Ans)
c. 5
d. 2

4. What will be decimal equivalent of the binary number 101.101 ?

Ans: 5.625

5. What is equivalent of the decimal number 123 in base 4 (radix = 4)?

a. 1324
b. 1523
c. 1323 (Ans)
d. 3231

6. What is the largest decimal that can be represented in unsigned binary number using 9 bits?
Ans​: ​511

7. Which of the following binary numbers will have same bit pattern when we take the 2s complement
form of it?
a. 1010
b. 1000 (Ans)
c. 1111
d. 0001
8. In ASCII, letters a to z are assigned consecutive numbers starting from 97. What word is
represented by the number sequence: "98 103 121" (1 Mark)
Ans: bgy