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Unit 1 Assessment

This document contains an assessment test on data representation with 9 questions. Some key points covered include: - A byte has 8 bits and a kibibyte has 1024 bytes - Computers use binary to represent data and instructions in a consistent format - Binary numbers can be added, shifted, and converted between binary, decimal, hexadecimal - Character sets like ASCII encode letters and symbols but have limitations addressed by newer standards - Color codes, images, audio files all use different encoding schemes depending on data type

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Unit 1 Assessment

This document contains an assessment test on data representation with 9 questions. Some key points covered include: - A byte has 8 bits and a kibibyte has 1024 bytes - Computers use binary to represent data and instructions in a consistent format - Binary numbers can be added, shifted, and converted between binary, decimal, hexadecimal - Character sets like ASCII encode letters and symbols but have limitations addressed by newer standards - Color codes, images, audio files all use different encoding schemes depending on data type

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Assessment test

Unit 1 Data representation


Name: Class: Mark:

1. State how many:


(a) bits there are in a byte.

(b) bytes are in a kibibyte.

2. The number of bytes in a mebibyte can be written as 2x.


State the value of x.

3. A computer stores data and instructions in binary form.


(a) Explain why computers use binary.

(b) Calculate the denary value of the 8-bit number 01101001.


You must show all your working.

(c) Convert the decimal number 78 to binary.


You must show your working.

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4. Arithmetic can be performed on binary numbers.


(a) Add the following three binary numbers.

1 1 0 1 1
+ 0 1 0 0 1 1
+ 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
=

(b) Convert the total to denary.

(d) Two registers hold the following values:


Register 1

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Register 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

A program has an instruction that adds the two registers together and stores the result
in a third 8-bit register.
Explain the problem that will occur.

5. Binary numbers can be shifted left or right to alter their value.


(a) Perform a binary left shift of one place on the number below.

0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1

(b) Explain the effect on the value of the number after the left shift has
been carried out.

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6. Use the segment of the ASCII code below in this question.


(a) Convert the following binary data into text characters:
01000110 01000001 01000011 01000101
Binary Character
01000001 A
01000010 B
01000011 C
01000100 D
01000101 E
01000110 F

(b) How many bytes would the following message require to store with 8-bit extended
ASCII?
Bring hat!

(c) Explain one limitation of the ASCII character set.

(d) Name a character set designed to overcome this limitation.

7. Photo editing packages often use colour codes in hexadecimal and denary rather than
binary.
(a) Convert the hexadecimal colour code 3C into binary.

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(b) Convert the denary colour code 42 into hexadecimal. Show your working.

(c) Explain why colour codes are given in hexadecimal rather than binary.

(d) A monochrome icon image imported into the photo editing package. The pixels of the
image are shown below.

(i) Define the meaning of resolution.

(ii) Calculate the file size in bytes of the icon image.


You must show your working.

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(iii) The graphic artist would like to add two additional colours to the icon.
Explain how this would affect the file size.

(iv) Show how the first row may be represented as binary bitmap data where
white = 1 and black = 0.

(v) Explain how the first row may be encoded using Run Length Encoding where
white = 1 and black = 0.

8. A CPU register stores the following binary data in a location of main memory.

1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1

(a) Convert this binary pattern to hexadecimal.

(b) The register stores a number represented in two’s complement.


Convert the number to denary.
You must show all your working.

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9. Ray is recording his voice for a presentation and can adjust the sample resolution that is
used for the recording.
(a) Explain the effect of increasing the sample resolution on the quality of
the sound file.

(b) Explain the effect of increasing the sample rate on the size of the sound file.

(c) Ray will record 30 seconds of audio with the following settings:
Resolution: 16-bits
Sampling rate: 10 kHz
Calculate the file size in kilobytes of the recording if it is uncompressed.

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(d) Ray decides to compress the file before sending it to a friend. He compresses it using
the MP3 format which performs a lossy compression.
(i) Define the meaning of the term lossy compression.

(ii) Explain one advantage of compressing the file before it is sent.

[Total 50 marks]

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