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Question 19

An embedded microcontroller in a digital flow-rate sensor stores sensor readings as 5-bit unsigned binary integers. Which of the following additions of two 5-bit readings will result in an arithmetic overflow error?

A

10011 + 01010

B

11001 + 01110

C

01111 + 01111

D

10100 + 01011

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Binary Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Computer Science
  3. /Binary

117 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Computer Science Binary, covering Binary representation and number of states, Unsigned and two's complement integers, Converting denary and 8-bit binary, Binary addition and binary shifts, Concept of overflow, and Hexadecimal notation and conversion. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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