Chapter 4: Floating Point Issues - Question Paper
Section A: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) [1 Mark Each]
1. Which data type is used for floating-point numbers in C?
a) int
b) float
c) char
d) double
2. What is the size of a float in most C compilers?
a) 2 bytes
b) 4 bytes
c) 8 bytes
d) 16 bytes
3. Which of the following can store the highest precision floating-point numbers?
a) float
b) double
c) long double
d) int
4. Floating-point numbers are represented in memory using:
a) ASCII encoding
b) Binary representation
c) Decimal representation
d) Hexadecimal encoding
5. What will be the output of printf("%f", 0.1 + 0.2)?
a) 0.3
b) 0.300000
c) A value slightly different from 0.3
d) Compilation Error
Section B: Fill in the Blanks [1 Mark Each]
6. The IEEE 754 standard is used for representing ______ numbers in computers.
7. A ______ in floating-point arithmetic occurs when a number is too large to be represented.
8. The function used to round a floating-point number in C is ______.
9. The floating-point precision issue arises due to the limited number of ______ available for
storage.
10. The ______ format is commonly used for double-precision floating-point representation.
Section C: True or False [1 Mark Each]
11. Floating-point arithmetic is always precise in C.
12. The float data type provides more precision than double.
13. Floating-point operations can produce rounding errors.
14. The printf function can be used to control the precision of floating-point output.
15. Overflow and underflow issues are common in floating-point arithmetic.
Section D: Short Answer Questions [2 Marks Each]
16. What is the difference between float, double, and long double?
17. Explain why floating-point numbers cannot always be represented precisely.
18. How does the IEEE 754 standard represent floating-point numbers?
19. Why do floating-point calculations sometimes produce unexpected results?
20. How can you format a floating-point number to display only two decimal places in C?
Section E: Coding Questions [5 Marks Each]
21. Write a C program to demonstrate floating-point precision errors.
22. Implement a program to compare two floating-point numbers correctly.
23. Write a program to round a floating-point number to two decimal places.
24. Create a program to convert a floating-point number to scientific notation.
25. Implement a program to check if a given floating-point number is normalized in IEEE 754
representation.
