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CSE378 Autumn 2003
Miniquiz #1
1 pt. per part except as noted
No calculators!
"signed" base-2 integers in this course will always imply
2s-complement, unless otherwise specified.
1. Express 3010 as an unsigned 8-bit binary
number; show all
bits.
2. Give the decimal (base-10) value of the unsigned integer 9A0116.
3. Give the decimal value of the signed integer 9A0116.
4-5. Registers in a certain computer are 18 bits in length.
What is the largest possible unsigned integer value of such a
register? What is the largest possible signed integer value of
such a register? Give both answers in base 10.
6 (2 pts.). Draw a high-level block diagram of a computer; make it as
detailed as possible while still being so general that it describes
practically any computer, living or dead.
7. Answer briefly: the term "fetch" (referring to computer design, of
course!) means...
8. Answer briefly but specifically: the topic of Chapter 3
(today's assigned reading) is ...