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This document provides instructions for Assignment #1 for an Introduction to Information Technologies course. It lists 17 questions covering topics like number conversion between binary, decimal, hexadecimal, and octal. Students are asked to show their work for questions involving addition and multiplication in different bases. The assignment is worth 140 total points and is due on October 3, 2018.

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ITEC1000 Assignment 1

This document provides instructions for Assignment #1 for an Introduction to Information Technologies course. It lists 17 questions covering topics like number conversion between binary, decimal, hexadecimal, and octal. Students are asked to show their work for questions involving addition and multiplication in different bases. The assignment is worth 140 total points and is due on October 3, 2018.

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AP/ITEC1000 Sections A and B "Introduction to Information

Technologies"

Fall 2018
Assignment # 1
Due: Wednesday, October 3, 2018, by 6:00 pm. Assignments should be submitted to the assignment drop box # 13 (TEL BLDG.,
third floor) before or on due date/time.
York University's policies on academic honesty and plagiarism always remain in effect.
The total number of points for this assignment is 140. This Assignment is worth five percent (5%) of your total grade. Please type in
your answers in the Answer Form provided. 50% mark deduction for not using the Answer Form.
Please circle your section on the Answer Form. Append your handwritten worksheets to your Answer Form. 50% mark deduction
for not appending your worksheets.
Textbook Reading: Chapters 1, 2 (2.1), 3, and 4; Lecture notes: 1-3.

1) Convert these numbers to binary: (5 points, each)


a) 371910 b) 333.2510 c) 0.8462910
2) Convert these numbers to decimal: (5 points, each)
a) 11101102 b) 10111.0112 c) 0.111012
3) Convert these numbers to binary: (5 points, each)
a) D6C816 b) 7E.3B16 c) 0.B2816
4) Convert these numbers to hexadecimal: (5 points, each)
a) 111010010112 b) 11110.111012 c) 0.1100112
5) Convert these numbers to octal: (5 points, each)
a) 4710 b) 11100.111102 c) 381.87510
6) Convert these numbers between Octal and Hexadecimal, as indicated: (5
points, each)
b) CF9A16 --> ?
a) 45678 --> ? 16 8

c) 65.638 --> ? 16 d) B5.3F16 --> ?


8

7) Determine if there is something wrong in these numbers; explain your answer? (3 points)

a) 100121.012
b) 763.688
c) AG.E916

8) Which of the following is the photographic standard? (1 point)

a) MP3
b) ASCII
c) PostScript
d) MPEG-2
e) JPEG

9) Which of the following is the sound standard? (1 point)

a) MP3
b) ASCII
c) PostScript
d) MPEG-2
e) JPEG

10) Page description data can be represented by: (1 point)

a) PICT
b) PDF
c) MPEG-2
d) Unicode
e) TIFF

11) a) How many bits will it take to represent 397310?


b) How many bytes will it take to represent 397310 ?

Explain your answers. (6 points)

12) What is the decimal range of an 11-bit word? (5 points)

13) The computer that was credited for being the first totally electronic digital computer:

a) ENIAC
b) ENIAC I
c) IAS
d) ABC
e) TCPIP

Select your answer as a letter and submit the 7-bit ASCII code for your letter-answer (use lower case letter to represent your choice)
(3 points)

14) What is the ASCII value of the "Vertical Tab" control code? Present your answer in: (6 points)
a) binary,
b) decimal,
c) hexadecimal

15) A user entered "What is this?", not including the quotes. Provide the ASCII codes which were entered, in binary, then covert the
whole sentence to hexadecimal. (Make sure to include all characters!) (7 points)

16) Add the following numbers in base 8 (show the process): (7 points)

7435
1775

17) Multiply the following binary numbers (show the process): (5 points)

110011
1101

The answer form for this assignment is available on the website.

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