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Top 25 Number System Objective Questions
1. What is the base of the Hexadecimal number system?
a) 2
b) 8
c) 10
d) 16
2. Which digits are used in the Octal system?
a) 0-9
b) 0-7
c) 0-1
d) 1-8
3. Convert the binary number (1010)₂ to decimal.
a) 8
b) 10
c) 12
d) 14
4. What does the letter 'F' represent in Hexadecimal?
a) 10
b) 12
c) 14
d) 15
5. How many bits make up one "Nibble"?
a) 2
b) 4
c) 8
d) 16
6. Which of the following is NOT a valid Octal number?
a) 127
b) 777
c) 801
d) 101
7. Convert (15)₁₀ to Binary.
a) 1010
b) 1100
c) 1111
d) 1011
8. The base of the Decimal number system is:
a) 2
b) 8
c) 10
d) 16
9. What is the Hexadecimal equivalent of (1101)₂?
a) A
b) B
c) C
d) D
10. Binary systems use powers of ____ for positional weight.
a) 2
b) 10
c) 8
d) 16
11. Convert (11)₈ to decimal.
a) 9
b) 11
c) 17
d) 8
12. Which system is most commonly used to represent computer
memory addresses?
a) Decimal
b) Binary
c) Octal
d) Hexadecimal
13. A single Hexadecimal digit is represented by how many binary bits?
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 8
14. What is the decimal value of (10)₁₆ ?
a) 10
b) 16
c) 1
d) 24
15. Which of the following is the binary for the decimal number 8?
a) 1000
b) 0111
c) 1001
d) 1111
16. Octal numbers can be converted to binary by grouping bits into sets
of:
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) 8
17. What is the result of binary addition (1)₂ + (1)₂?
a) 2
b) 10
c) 11
d) 0
18. In number systems, MSB stands for:
a) Most Significant Bit
b) Main Serial Binary
c) Multi System Bit
d) Mode Selection Bit
19. Convert (A)₁₆ to Binary.
a) 1000
b) 1001
c) 1010
d) 1100
20. Which number system is referred to as "Base-8"?
a) Binary
b) Decimal
c) Octal
d) Hexadecimal
21. The value of (110)₂ + (011)₂ is:
a) (101)₂
b) (1001)₂
c) (111)₂
d) (1101)₂
22. How do you represent decimal 10 in Hexadecimal?
a) A
b) B
c) F
d) 10
23. Convert (7)₁₀ to Octal.
a) 10
b) 11
c) 7
d) 8
24. The binary digits 0 and 1 are individually called a:
a) Byte
b) Bit
c) Word
d) Nibble
25. What is the largest 3-digit number possible in the Octal system?
a) 999
b) 777
c) 111
d) 888