9608_w20_qp_32
A paper of Computer Science, 9608
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2020
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In a particular computer system, real numbers are stored using floating-point representation, with: • 12 bits for the mantissa • 4 bits for the exponent • two’s complement form for both mantissa and exponent. Calculate the denary value for the following floating-point number. Show your working. Mantissa Exponent Working Denary value A new operating system has been installed that has changed the way the floating-point numbers are used. The order of the exponent and the mantissa are reversed. Calculate the new denary value for the following floating-point number that has the same bit pattern as the number in part . Show your working. Exponent Mantissa Working Denary value Identify two problems that can occur due to the change in the representation of the floating-point number. Problem 1 Problem 2
3. Advanced Theory  →  3.1. Data representation
1. Theory Fundamentals  →  1.1. Information representation
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Data types can be classified as composite or non-composite. Draw one line from each data type to its correct classification. Classification Composite Non-composite Pointer Data type Record Set Class Integer A user-defined data type, timeOfDay, is declared using the following pseudocode. TYPE timeOfDay = (morning, afternoon, evening, night) Identify the type of user-defined data type declared and state its classification. Type Classification Write pseudocode to declare the variable session of type timeOfDay. Assign the value afternoon to the variable session.
3. Advanced Theory  →  3.1. Data representation
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The use of protocols is essential for successful communication between computers. Define the term communication protocol. Identify two protocols that are used in the transfer of emails and state the purpose of each protocol. Protocol 1 Purpose Protocol 2 Purpose Manav and Miora want to have a video conversation over the Internet using a dedicated connection. Identify and describe the switching method used to implement this connection. Method Description State one benefit and one drawback of the method you identified in part . Benefit Drawback
3. Advanced Theory  →  3.2. Communication and Internet technologies
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The following truth table represents a logic circuit with three inputs and two outputs. INPUT OUTPUT A B C X Y Write the Boolean expressions for the truth table as sum-of-products. X = Y = Complete the Karnaugh Maps (K-maps) for the truth table. OUTPUT X OUTPUT Y AB AB C C The K-maps can be used to simplify one of the expressions in part . Draw looparound appropriate groupof 1s to produce an optimal sum-of-products for the single output table that can be simplified in part . Write the simplified sum-of-products expressions for this output from part .
3. Advanced Theory  →  3.3. Hardware
1. Theory Fundamentals  →  1.3. Hardware
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Mahmoud is developing a new application, MyApp, that needs to work with three different operating systems (OS1, OS2 and OS3). He has decided to use virtual machine software to test MyApp with these three different operating systems. The diagram shows MyApp running on three virtual machines. MyApp MyApp MyApp OS1 OS2 OS3 Virtual machine software OS4 Hardware Describe the roles of the four operating systems (OS1, OS2, OS3 and OS4) shown in the diagram. Describe the role of the virtual machine software in the testing of MyApp. Explain one benefit and one drawback of this approach to testing MyApp. Benefit Drawback
3. Advanced Theory  →  3.4. System software
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Sam wants to send confidential data to an organisation. He has already received the organisation’s digital certificate. The organisation has asked him to make sure that the message containing the confidential data is encrypted and is sent with a digital signature. Explain the process the organisation followed to obtain its digital certificate. Identify two items included in the organisation’s digital certificate that will be used when sending the message. Give a reason why each item is required. Item 1 Reason Item 2 Reason Identify two other items included in the organisation’s digital certificate. Explain how the digital signature for Sam’s message is produced.
3. Advanced Theory  →  3.5. Security
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A car monitoring system provides information to the driver about the car’s performance and alerts the driver to possible problems. • Data about the car’s performance is stored in three memory locations with addresses 601 to 603. • Location 601 contains the distance travelled in kilometres for the current trip as a binary integer. • Location 602 contains the quantity of fuel used in litres for the current trip, as a fixed-point binary number with 5 places before the binary point and three places after the binary point. • The four least significant bits of location 603 are flags used to identify problems with the car, for example, the fuel is low. A flag is set to 1 if there is a problem, or 0 if not. These problems are: • Bit 0 - high engine temperature • Bit 1 - low oil pressure • Bit 2 - low battery • Bit 3 - low fuel • Bits 4 to 7 are not used The current contents of addresses 601 to 603 are: Most significant Least significant State the information that the current contents of addresses 601 to 603 will provide to the driver. A car has low oil pressure and low fuel. It has travelled 80 kilometres and used 7.25 litres of fuel. Complete the contents of the addresses to record this information. The following table shows the assembly language instructions for the car performance monitoring system. There is one general purpose register, the Accumulator (ACC). Table 8.1 Instruction Explanation Label Op code Operand LDM #n Load the number n to ACC LDD Load the contents of the location at the given address to ACC STO Store the contents of ACC at the given address AND #n Bitwise AND operation of the contents of ACC with the numeric operand CMP #n Compare the contents of ACC with the number n JPE Following a compare instruction, jump to or if the compare was True JMP Jump to or : Labels an instruction Note: # denotes immediate addressing B denotes a binary number, for example B01001010 & denotes a hexadecimal number, for example &4A Write assembly language instructions to set the contents of addresses 601 and 602 to zero, and set all four least significant bits of the contents of address 603 to one. Use the instruction set from Table 8.1. A program continuously checks the flags. If a flag is set, the program moves to the error-handling routine at the specified label. For example, if the engine temperature is high, the program jumps to the label for the error-handling routine HIGHTEMP. The error-handling routine instructions have not been provided. A programmer has written most of the instructions for the program in the following table. There are four missing operands. Complete the assembly language program by writing the four missing operands. Label Op code Operand CHECKFLAGS: LDD AND &0F STO TEMP AND &01 CMP &01 JPE HIGHTEMP LDD TEMP AND &02 CMP JPE LOWOIL LDD TEMP AND CMP &04 JPE LOWBATT LDD AND &08 CMP &08 JPE LOWFUEL JMP TEMP:
1. Theory Fundamentals  →  1.4. Processor fundamentals
3. Advanced Theory  →  3.6. Monitoring and control systems
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