Multiple choice technology mainframe

How does sign stored in Zoned Decimal?

  1. Sign is stored as a hex value in the last nibble (4 bits ) of the storage.

  2. Sign is stored as a hex value in the first nibble (4 bits ) of the storage.

  3. Sign is over punched with the numeric value stored in the last byte.

  4. Sign is over punched with the numeric value stored in the first byte.
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Explanation

In Zoned Decimal format (used in mainframe systems), the sign is overpunched (combined) with the numeric value in the last byte of the field to save storage space.

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