FACULTY OF HEALTH AND APPLIED SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS

QUALIFICATION:
BACHELOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
BACHELOR OF INFORMATICS
BACHELOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE IN CYBER SECURITY
BACHELOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN BUSINESS COMPUTING
BACHELOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
BACHELOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION AND NETWORKS
QUALIFICATION CODE:
LEVEL: 5
07BACS, 07BAIF, 07BCCS, 80BSBC, 80BSSD, 80BSAN
COURSE NAME: MATHEMATICS FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 1A COURSE CODE:MIT112S

DUE DATE: 15 MARCH 2019 MARKS: 25

ASSIGNMENT 1 – CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

EXAMINERS: MR G. TAPEDZESA, MR J. AMUNYELA, MR F.N. NDINODIVA, MR G. MBOKOMA

MODERATOR: MR B.E. OBABUEKI

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer ALL the questions, working in groups of 5 – 7 people.
2. Show all the necessary steps in your working.
3. Number the answers clearly.
4. Submit typed solutions on or before 15th March 2019.
5. Ensure that your student identification details appear on the cover page of the
work submitted by your group.
6. Do not submit hand-written work; only typed solutions will be marked.

THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF 2 PAGES (Including this front page)

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Question 1 [7 marks]

1.1 Evaluate the following difference using complements [3]

D5C916 – EF2316

1.2 Solve the following equation for 𝑥 where all numbers, including 𝑥, are in base 2. [4]
1111
𝑥 + 100 =
101

Question 2 [10 marks]

Encode the statement

LET GO.
2.1 in the 6-bit BCD coding, with odd parity. [5]
2.2 in binary EBCDIC coding with even parity checking. [5]

Question 3 [8 marks]

The time 𝑡 as measured on Flash Gordon's space ship traveling at a speed

𝑣 = 2.2499 × 108 𝑚𝑠 −1 is given by
𝑐2 − 𝑣2
𝑡 = 𝑡0 × √
𝑐2
where 𝑐 = 2.99999 × 108 𝑚𝑠 −1 is the speed of light and 𝑡0 = 1.83 × 102 days is the time
measured on Earth. When the computer calculates the value of t, where mantissas are
truncated to 𝑃 = 4 decimal places, determine

3.1 the absolute error. [4]

3.2 the relative error. [4]

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