### How many bits are needed to represent 1024 different bit patterns?
10.0

### How many errors in a single code pattern could be corrected when using an error-correcting code in which each code pattern is a Hamming distance of at least seven from any other code pattern?
3, Three

### A computer's main memory consists of numerous memory cells, each of which contains **(eight, 8)** Each memory cell is identified by a numeric value called the cell's**(memory address, address)**.


### If the patterns 101.11 and 1.011 represent values in binary notation, what is the binary representation of their sum?
####111.001

### In which of the following addition problems (using two's complement notation) does an overflow error occur?
0100 + 0100

### Represent the bit pattern 1011010010011111 in hexadecimal notation
B49F

### The following is an error-correcting code in which any two patterns differ by a Hamming distance of at least three. Decode each of the following patterns:
| Symbol | Representation |
|--------|----------------|
| A      | 000000         |
| B      | 001111         |
| C      | 010011         |
| D      | 011100         |
| E      | 100110         |
| F      | 101001         |
| G      | 110101         |
| H      | 111010         |

010011 - C
101010 - H
011000 - D
101101 - F

  # What is the smallest negative integer that can be represented in a two's complement system in which each value is represented by eight bits?
10000000, -128 (either is correct)

### Which of the following data storage systems provides the most efficient random access to individual data items?
Main memory

### Which of the following is the binary representation of 4 5/8?
100.101

### Which of the following representations in two's complement notation represents the largest value?
00000010

### A7DF is the hexadecimal representation for what bit pattern? Put a single space between each group of 4 bits, for ease of reading
1010 0111 1101 1111

### Which of the following best describes the NAND operation?
An AND followed by a NOT

### What is the result of the following subtraction problem (using two's compliment notation)? 00001111 - 10101010
01100101