ALLIED CIS105 MODULE 1 CHECK YOUR UNDERSTANDING

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Directions: Read the questions below and
formulate a brief answer. Your response
to each question should be at least one half of one page in length. Students must utilize APA guidelines for
formatting and citations, when applicable.
1. Define a number system.
2. Distinguish between
positional and nonpositional number systems.
3. Define the base or radix in
a positional number system. What is the
relationship between a base and the number of symbols in a positional number
system?
4. Explain the decimal
system. Why is it called decimal? What is the base in this system?
5. Explain the binary
system. Why is it called binary? What is the base in this system?
6. Explain the octal
system. Why is it called octal? What is the base in this system?
7. Explain the hexadecimal
system. Why is it called
hexadecimal? What is the base in this
system?
8. Why is it easy
to convert from binary to hexadecimal and vice versa?
9. How many bits in
the binary system are represented by one digit in the hexadecimal system?
10. How many bits in
the binary system are represented by one digit in the octal system?