Quiz 2 Solution - Wednesday June 7, 2000

1. What is the special relationship between the binary, octal, and hexadecimal number sytems?

Binary is base 2, Octal is base 8, and Hexadecimal is base 16. 8 and 16 are powers of 2

2. How many bytes are in a kilobyte?

1024

3. What does ROM stand for?

Read Only Memory

4. What is the decimal equivalent of the binary number 11?

5. Does the following number make sense?

455₂

No. The binary number system only has the digits 0 and 1.