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Eduqas GCSE Computer Science data representation and storage overview quiz quiz

14questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. What is the denary value of the 8-bit binary number 00101101?

  2. How many binary bits does one hexadecimal digit represent?

  3. What is the hexadecimal value of the binary number 11101010?

  4. When does overflow occur in binary addition?

  5. What is the effect of a left shift of two places on a binary number?

  6. In 8-bit two's complement, what is the place value of the most significant bit?

  7. How do you write a negative number in two's complement?

  8. How many characters can standard 7-bit ASCII represent?

  9. Why was Unicode created when ASCII already existed?

  10. An image is 100 by 200 pixels with a colour depth of 8 bits. What is its file size in bytes?

  11. Which formula gives the size of a sound file in bits?

  12. Which statement about lossy compression is correct?

  13. For which file would lossless compression be essential?

  14. How does run-length encoding compress data?