Quiz submission record for quiz3-2-1 at Wed Jul  7 08:26:43 2004:

Your Answer for Question 1:
Since computer number have a limited storage size, they
have limited precision. Someone could exploit this by calculating a number too big or too small to be represented in a word. Programers need to remember these limits while writing programs. 

Your Answer for Question 2:
When our program does not behave as intended due to numbers too big or too small to store.

Your Answer for Question 3:
This creates a gaurd that ensures at so get the desired precision.

Your Answer for Question 4:
It would be great if we could store as many bits as possible thereby using 32, 64 or even 128 if necessary. This would avoid loss of or misrepresented information.


Your unique submission ID is quiz3-2-1-cs61c-ap-1089214003-2444.