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Topic Test - Data Representation

1(a) Place the following terms in order according to size with the smallest at the top of the
table. [2]
Kilobyte, terabyte, nibble, petabyte, byte, gigabyte, megabyte, bit

1(b) (i) Using the binary system, how many bytes are there in a Kilobyte? [1]

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1(b) (ii) Using the binary system, how many bits are there in a Kilobyte? [1]

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1(c) Based on the binary system, convert the following values that represent file sizes into
bits and show your working. [6]
(i) 8 kB

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(ii) 290 kB
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(iii) 3 MB

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2 Why does data need to be converted into binary format to be processed by a computer?
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3 (a) Convert the following denary whole numbers into 8 bit binary numbers. [4]
(i) 10
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(ii) 27
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(iii) 100
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(iv) 232
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3(b) Convert the following binary numbers into denary whole numbers. [4]
(i) 00101010
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(ii) 00001000
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(iii) 10010011
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(iv) 10111100
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4(a) Add the following 8 bit binary integers. [4]
(i) 00001010 + 00001000
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(ii) 01001001 + 00110011
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(iii) 00010011 + 00000111
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(iv) 10111100 +10000001
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4(b) Using a suitable example explain overflow errors. [2]
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5 (a) Convert the following denary whole numbers into two digit hexadecimals and show

your working. [8]

(i) 111
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(ii) 108
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(iii) 129
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(iv) 244
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5 (b) Convert the following two digit hexadecimals into denary whole numbers and show

your working. [8]

(i) 8A
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(ii) 62
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(iii) F1
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(iv) 9A

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6 (a) Convert the following binary numbers into two digit hexadecimals and show your
working. [8]
(i) 01010101
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(ii) 10001111
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(iii) 00011110
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(iv) 11111110
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6 (b) Convert the following two digit hexadecimals into binary numbers and show your
working. [8]
(i) 6B
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(ii) 89
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(iii) BB
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(iv) 1D
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7 Explain, using an example, the meaning of the term “check digit”. [2]

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8 (a) What is the ASCII character set and how is it used? [2]

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8(b) What is the advantage of using extended ASCII? [1]

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8(c) What is the Unicode character set and why is it used? [2]

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9(a) What is a pixel? [1]

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9(b) If one bit is used for each pixel in an image, how many colours can be represented in

the image? [1]

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9(c) If one nibble is used for each pixel in an image, how many colours can be represented in

the image? [1]

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9(d) A HD TV has a 30 bit colour depth - How many colours is this? [1]

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10 List FOUR examples of metadata that can be stored with a photograph. [4]

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11 (a) Fill in the gaps below using the words provided. [6]
bits bytes data uploaded speed transmitted

Data is transmitted across the internet as …………………………… (0s and 1s) and the

……………………………is measured as bits per second. The more bits that are ……………………………

per second the faster the internet connection. How long it takes to send a file to a mobile

phone over a 4G network is determined by the bandwidth. Bandwidth is a measure of how

quickly ……………………………can be downloaded or ……………………………. It is usually measured

as bits per second (bps) or megabits per second (mbps). File sizes are measured in

…………………………… (B) rather than bits (b).

11(b) Answer the questions below.

(i) What piece of equipment is needed to record sound?

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(ii) Once the sound has been recorded, what is it converted into so that it can be used on a
computer?

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(iii) In relation to digital audio, what is meant by bit rate? [1]

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(iv) In relation to digital audio, what is meant by sampling frequency? [1]

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(v) If fewer samples are taken, what usually happens to the quality of the sound recording?
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12(a) Sound and image files are often compressed. Explain what is meant by compression?
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12(b) In relation to viewing video files on a computer, why is compression important? [2]
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12 (c) What is the difference between lossy and lossless compression? [2]

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Topic Test - Data Representation - Mark Scheme

Question Answer Additional Guidance Mark
Number
1a All in the correct order [2] 2
One error [1]
1bi 1024 [1] 1
1 b ii 8192 [1] 1
1ci 8 x 1024 =8192 Bytes 1 mark for answer and 1 mark for 2
Bits=8192x8=65,536 [2] correct working out.
1 c ii 290x1024=296,960 Bytes Bits=296,960x8=2,375,680 1 mark for answer and 1 mark for 2
[2] correct working out.
1 c iii 3x1024=3,072 Kilobytes 1 mark for answer and 1 mark for 2
3,072x1024=3,145,728 Bytes correct working out.
3,145,728x8=25,165,824 Bits [2]
2 Computers use electrical signals that are on (1) or off (0) 2
[1]
Computers therefore can only interpret binary numbers.
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3ai 00001010 [1] Accept without leading zeros. 1

3 a ii 00011011 [1] Accept without leading zeros. 1
3 a iii 01100100 [1] Accept without leading zeros. 1
3 a iv 11101000 [1] Accept without leading zeros. 1
3bi 42 [1] 1
3 b ii 8 [1] 1
3 b iii 147 [1] 1
3 b iv 188 [1] 1
4ai 00010010 [1] 1
4 a ii 01111100 [1] 1
4 a iii 00011010 [1] 1
4 a iv 100111101 [1] 1
4b Overflow errors occur when the largest number that 2
a register can hold is exceeded. [1]
Suitable example [1]
5ai 6F [2] 1 mark for answer and 1 mark 2
for correct working out.
5 a ii 6C [2] 1 mark for answer and 1 mark 2
for correct working out.
5 a iii 81 [2] 1 mark for answer and 1 mark 2
for correct working out.
5 a iv F4 [2] 1 mark for answer and 1 mark 2
for correct working out.
5bi 138 [2] 1 mark for answer and 1 mark 2
for correct working out.
5 b ii 98 [2] 1 mark for answer and 1 mark 2
for correct working out.
5 b iii 241 [2] 1 mark for answer and 1 mark 2
for correct working out.
5 b iv 154 [2] 1 mark for answer and 1 mark 2
for correct working out.
6ai 55 [2] 1 mark for answer and 1 mark 2
for correct working out.
6 a ii 8F [2] 1 mark for answer and 1 mark 2
for correct working out.

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6 a iii 1E [2] 1 mark for answer and 1 mark 2

for correct working out.
6 a iv FE [2] 1 mark for answer and 1 mark 2
for correct working out.
6bi 0110 1011 [2] 1 mark for answer and 1 mark 2
for correct working out.
6 b ii 1000 1001 [2] 1 mark for answer and 1 mark 2
for correct working out.
6 b iii 1011 1011 [2] 1 mark for answer and 1 mark 2
for correct working out.
6 b iv 0001 1101 [2] 1 mark for answer and 1 mark 2
for correct working out.
7 This is used when you want to be sure that a range of Any suitable example 2
numbers has been entered correctly. [1] accepted.
e.g. ISBN numbering system for books makes use of
'Modulo-11' division.
if the remainder returned is incorrect the number
entered is incorrect [1]

8a ASCII (American Standard Code for Information 2

Interchange) is the most common format for defining
characters in computer text files. [1]
Each alphabetic, numeric, or special character is
represented with a 7 bit binary number (8 bit for
extended ASCII) [1]
8b Extended ASCII can code double the number of 1
characters (256) as standard ASCII (128). [1]
8c This is an international encoding standard for use with 3
different languages [1] by which each character is
assigned a unique binary value. [1]
It can code for 120,000 characters and therefore can
store character coding for all languages. [1]
9a Pixels are the building blocks of digital images. [1] 1
9b 2 [1] 1
9c 16 [1] 1
9d 1,073,741,823 (1.073 billion colours) 1
10 a Camera type, GPS co-ordinates, data, time, exposure, Anything reasonable 4
Shutter speed
Data is transmitted across the internet as bits (0s and 1s) and One mark for each correct 6
11 a the speed is measured as bits per second. The more bits that answer
are transmitted per second the faster the internet connection.
How long it takes to send a file to a mobile phone over a 4G
network is determined by the bandwidth. Bandwidth is a
measure of how quickly data can be downloaded or uploaded.
It is usually measured as bits per second (bps) or megabits per
second (mbps). File sizes are measured in bytes (B) rather than
bits (b).
11 b i Microphone [1] 1
11 b ii Digital signal [1] 1
11 b iii The bit rate of a file tells us how many bits of data are 1
processed every second. [1]

11 b iv The number of audio samples captured every second [1] 1

11 b v The quality of the sound recording deteriorates. [1] 1
12 a Compression is needed for reducing file sizes. When images, 1
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sounds or videos are compressed, data is removed to reduce

the file size. [1]

12 b Videos are compressed when they are streamed. [1] 2

Streaming video requires a high-speed internet connection.
Without it, the user would experience buffering and regular
drops in quality.[1]

12 c Lossless - the audio quality remains the same - it does not get Max 1 for lossless and 1 for lossy 2
worse. [1] The file can be restored back to its original state [1]
Lossy - Permanently removes data. [1] The file cannot be
restored. [1]
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