IFSM 310 Quiz 1 - What are binary numbers

University of Maryland IFSM 310 Quiz 1
1.    What are binary numbers and why are these numbers important to computer systems?
2.    Convert 10110111to Base 10 (decimal).  You must show your work to receive credit.
3.    Convert 473 to Base 2 (binary).  You must show your work to receive credit.
4.    Convert 1,294 to Base 2 (binary).  You must show your work to receive credit.
5.    Convert 11111111 to Base 10 (decimal).  You must show your work to receive credit.
6.    What is 216 in Base 10 (decimal)?
7.    Add 1110 and 11111. You must show your work to receive credit.
8.    Add 111110 and 10110. You must show your work to receive credit.
9.    Perform the following binary subtraction. You must show your work to receive credit.
10.    Perform the following binary subtraction. You must show your work to receive credit.
11.    List and describe the three most common alphanumeric codes.
12.    Use Table 2.7 in your e-text and provide the equivalent ASCII code for the phrase IFSM-310
13.    What are the challenges facing organizations that wish to move to a Cloud platform? Whatare the risks and benefits?
14.    List and describe at least three different simple data types.
15.    For a given computer instruction, explain how the instruction format is used to determine how its binary digits are interpreted.
16.    What is the importance of hexadecimal numbering representation?
17.    How bits are grouped together to represent each of the following:
18.    What are the three simple functions(what the hardware does not its physical devices) computer hardware can perform?
19.    What is complementing and why is it important?
20.    How many bytes are in a kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, terabyte, and petabyte?