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Basics of Number System

Description: This test is based on Number System concepts. It includes counting, conversion, addition, subtraction etc.
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Which of the following numbers cannot be an octal number?

  1. 172

  2. 265

  3. 168

  4. 573

  5. 101


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Correct In octal number system, we have 8 digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. So, 168 cannot be an octal number. 8 is not a digit in octal number system.

How many distinct digits are there in hexadecimal number system?

  1. 16

  2. 10

  3. 6

  4. 8

  5. 60


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Hexadecimal number system has 16 distinct digits. 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E and F.

In a number system, 11 is equivalent to 6 of decimal number system. What is the base of the number system of 11?

  1. 2

  2. 10

  3. 6

  4. 5

  5. 4


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The positional weight of digits in a number in a number system with base n are given by 1, n, n2 ....... etc. starting from rightmost place moving one place leftward. So, 11 = n + 1 in decimal system where n is the base of the number system of 11. Thus, n + 1 = 6 as per the question. Hence, n = 5

Which number comes after 111 in binary number system?

  1. 112

  2. 1000

  3. 222

  4. 8

  5. 999


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct 111 is the highest 3 digit number in binary system. So the next number will be 1000.

How many 4 digit numbers can be there in an octal number system?

  1. 48

  2. 84

  3. 4 * 8

  4. 4 + 8

  5. 48


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

At each of the 4 places in a 4 digit number in octal number system, we have 8 options. So, we can have 8 * 8 * 8 * 8 = 8combinations of 4 octal digits. Hence, these many numbers can be there.

What number in binary number system is equivalent to 77 in octal number system?

  1. 111111

  2. 1001101

  3. 11011101

  4. 100011001

  5. 01110111


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

77 in octal system is equivalent to 8*7 + 7 = 63 in decimal number system. 62 in decimal can be written as sum of powers of 2 as 32 + 16 + 8 + 4 + 2 + 1. So, the required binary number is 111111.

What is the sum of octal 578 and octal 342?

  1. 1236

  2. 920

  3. 1142

  4. 578 is not an octal number.

  5. 777


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

In octal number system, we have 8 digits from 0 to 7 ony. Hence, 578 is not an octal number.

Which of the following is equal to 0.75 + 0.25 in decimal number system?

  1. 0.100

  2. 0.910

  3. 1

  4. 100

  5. 910


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

0.75 + 0.25 = 1.00

Which of the following decimal numbers is equivalent to binary 0.11?

  1. 0.1

  2. 0.11

  3. 0.3

  4. 0.75

  5. 0.10


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

0.11 in binary number system is equal to 0.5 + 0.25 = 0.75 in decimal number system.

What is the sum of hexadecimal 1101 and hexadecimal 101?

  1. 10010

  2. 1202

  3. No hexadecimal sum is possible because they are binary numbers.

  4. 1101

  5. 1000


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

1101 + 101 = 1202 in any number system where digits upto 2 are present. This is so in all the number systems with base 3 or more.

What result do we get when 1 is subtracted from 1000 in octal number system?

  1. 999

  2. 111

  3. 777

  4. 888

  5. They are not octal numbers.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

If one is subtracted from the lowest 4 digit number 1000, we get the highest 3 digit number in that number system. In octal, it is 777.

If a character code system uses combinations of 8 binary digits to represent a character, how many characters it can have?

  1. 8

  2. 26

  3. 36

  4. 64

  5. 256


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

With 8 binary digits, we can have 2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2 = 256 distinct combinations of 0s and 1s. Each combination can represent a character. Thus, the right answer is 256.

What is the decimal equivalent of hexadecimal number FF?

  1. 1515

  2. 255

  3. FF is not a number in any number system.

  4. 11111111

  5. 225


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

F is equivalent to 15 in decimal. Hexadecimal FF will be equal to 16*15 + 15 = 255 in decimal number system.

A 4 digit hexadecimal number is converted to binary number system. The leftmost digits are ignored. Which of the following is not possible?

  1. The binary equivalent of the 4 digit hexadecimal number has 13 digits.

  2. The binary equivalent of the 4 digit hexadecimal number has 14 digits.

  3. The binary equivalent of the 4 digit hexadecimal number has 15 digits.

  4. The binary equivalent of the 4 digit hexadecimal number has 16 digits.

  5. The binary equivalent of the 4 digit hexadecimal number has 17 digits.


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

While converting a hexadecimal number to binary, we can convert each digit to a 4 digit binary number and write them in order of the hexadecimal digits. Thus, the resulting binary number will be of 16 digits. If the leftmost hexadecimal digit is less than 8, we will have zeroes on the left in the binary equivalent of such numbers. In any case the number of digits will not be more than 16.

Which of the following is correct, if we add 1 to the greatest 5 digit number in any number system?

  1. We will get the least 6 digit number in that number system.

  2. We will get the greatest 6 digit number in that number system.

  3. We will get a 5 digit number only.

  4. We will get a number with 6 zeroes.

  5. We will get a number with 1 as the rightmost digit.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

If one is added to the greatest number of any number of digits, it gives the least number of next number of digits in that number system.

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