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GCE Floating Point Questions

The document contains a series of short answer questions related to IEEE 754 single precision floating point representation. It requires conversions between decimal and binary formats, identification of components such as mantissa and exponent, and explanations of concepts like bias, normalized vs. denormalized numbers, and overflow/underflow. The questions also ask for specific calculations and representations of various decimal and binary numbers in IEEE 754 format.

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GCE Floating Point Questions

The document contains a series of short answer questions related to IEEE 754 single precision floating point representation. It requires conversions between decimal and binary formats, identification of components such as mantissa and exponent, and explanations of concepts like bias, normalized vs. denormalized numbers, and overflow/underflow. The questions also ask for specific calculations and representations of various decimal and binary numbers in IEEE 754 format.

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Cameroon GCE Style - Floating Point Questions

SECTION A: SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (Answer all questions)

You are required to answer all the questions below. For questions requiring calculations, show all

necessary steps.

Use the IEEE 754 single precision format unless otherwise stated. Assume 32-bit representation

with a bias of 127.

1. Convert the decimal number 7.75 into its IEEE 754 single precision binary representation.

2. Convert the binary number 110.101 to its normalized form and identify the mantissa and

exponent.

3. Represent -12.5 using IEEE 754 single precision format. Show all working.

4. Given the exponent value -5, compute the biased exponent used in IEEE 754 single precision.

5. Given the IEEE 754 binary pattern: 0 10000010 10100000000000000000000, identify the decimal

number it represents.

6. What is the significance of the bias in the IEEE 754 format?

7. Determine the sign bit, exponent, and mantissa for the decimal number 2.5 in IEEE 754 format.

8. A number is stored as: 1 10000001 01000000000000000000000. What is the number in decimal?

9. Explain the difference between normalized and denormalized numbers in floating point

representation.

10. Convert the decimal number 0.15625 to its IEEE 754 representation.

11. Calculate the actual exponent if the biased exponent is 132.

12. What is the value of the decimal number represented by the IEEE 754 format: 0 01111111

00000000000000000000000?

13. Identify the IEEE 754 representation of the number 0.

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14. State two advantages of using floating point representation.

15. Represent -0.5 in IEEE 754 format.

16. Convert the binary number 1.011 x 2^3 to its IEEE 754 format.

17. If a number is normalized to 1.100 x 2^4, write down its mantissa and exponent.

18. What decimal number is represented by: 1 10000010 10000000000000000000000?

19. Write short notes on overflow and underflow in floating point arithmetic.

20. Why is the leading 1 not stored in the mantissa in normalized IEEE 754 format?

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