Computer System Architecture

301. Which code the decimal digits are represented by the 8421 BCD code preceded by 1111:

  1. ASCII
  2. EBCDIC
  3. Both
  4. None of these

Correct answer: (B)
EBCDIC

302. ____________ has the property that corrupting or garbling a code word will likely produce a bit string that is not a code word:

  1. Error deleting codes
  2. Error detecting codes
  3. Error string codes
  4. None of these

Correct answer: (B)
Error detecting codes

303. Which is method used most simple and commonly:

  1. Parity check method
  2. Error detecting method
  3. Both
  4. None of these

Correct answer: (A)
Parity check method

304. Which is the method of parity:

  1. Even parity method
  2. Odd parity method
  3. Both
  4. None of these

Correct answer: (C)
Both

305. The ability of a code to detect single errors can be stated in term of the ____________:

  1. Concept of distance
  2. Even parity
  3. Odd parity
  4. None of these

Correct answer: (A)
Concept of distance

306. The first n bit of a code word called ____________ may be any of the 2n n- bit string minimum error bit:

  1. Information bits
  2. String bits
  3. Error bits
  4. All of these

Correct answer: (A)
Information bits

307. A code in which the total number of 1s in a valid (n+1) bit code word is even, this is called an ____________:

  1. Even parity code
  2. Odd parity code
  3. Both
  4. None of these

Correct answer: (A)
Even parity code

308. A code in which the total number of 1s in a valid (n+1)bit code word is odd and this code is called an ____________:

  1. Error detecting code
  2. Even parity code
  3. Odd parity code
  4. None of these

Correct answer: (C)
Odd parity code

309. a code is simply a subset of the vertices of the ____________:

  1. n bit
  2. n cube
  3. n single
  4. n double

Correct answer: (B)
n cube

310. Which method is used to detect double errors and pinpoint erroneous bits:

  1. Even parity method
  2. Odd parity method
  3. Check sum method
  4. All of these

Correct answer: (C)
Check sum method

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