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Computer Science Practices(IGCSE)

The document is an assessment for a Computer Science course focusing on binary data representation, ASCII codes, hexadecimal color codes, and conversions between number systems. It includes various questions requiring students to demonstrate their understanding of these concepts through multiple-choice questions, conversions, and explanations. The assessment emphasizes the importance of binary in computing and the relationships between different numerical systems.

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Computer Science Practices(IGCSE)

The document is an assessment for a Computer Science course focusing on binary data representation, ASCII codes, hexadecimal color codes, and conversions between number systems. It includes various questions requiring students to demonstrate their understanding of these concepts through multiple-choice questions, conversions, and explanations. The assessment emphasizes the importance of binary in computing and the relationships between different numerical systems.

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LAKEWOOD ASSESSMENT

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION

CANDIDATE NAME

_______________________________________________________________
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Computer Science

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INSTRUCTIONS
1.Write your full names in the space provided above
2. Answer ALL questions in the spaces provided
3. Show all the necessary working
4. Calculators may NOT be used in the paper
1. Computers represent different types of data in binary.
Circle one option to show the reason why computers use binary to represent data.

A Computers only allow 1s and 0s to be entered.

B Computers are made of switches and gates that can only be on or off.

C Binary does not need to be converted into other forms of data to be displayed.

D Both computers and humans can quickly process binary data. [1]

2. One form of data is characters. The American standard code for information
interchange (ASCII) denary number for the character ‘N’ is 78.
(i) Circle one option to identify the ASCII denary number for the character ‘Q’.

A 81

B 80

C 79

D 77 [1]

(ii) Give the binary number for the ASCII denary number for ‘N’.

.......................................................................................................................[1]

3. Hypertext markup language (HTML) colour codes can be represented as


hexadecimal.
(a) Circle one option to show which statement about the hexadecimal number
system is incorrect.

A It uses the values 0 to 9 and A to F.

B It can be used as a shorter representation of binary.

C It is a base 10 system.

D It can be used to represent error codes.


4. Denary numbers can be converted to hexadecimal. Convert the three denary
numbers to hexadecimal.

20 ..................................................................................................................................
.....32 .............................................................................................................................
..........165 ......................................................................................................................
................
[3]

5. The binary number is measured as a byte because it has 8 bits. State how many
bytes there are in a kibibyte (KiB).

...................................................................................................................................[1]

6. Binary is a number system used by computers.

(a) Circle one option to show which statement about the binary number system is
correct.

A It is a base 1 system

B It is a base 2 system

C It is a base 10 system

D It is a base 16 system [1]

(b) Denary numbers are converted to binary numbers to be processed by a


computer. Convert these three denary numbers to 8-bit binary numbers.

50 ............................................................................................................................
.....
102 ..........................................................................................................................
.......221 ...................................................................................................................
..........[3]

7. A computer stores data in binary form. Binary numbers can be represented as


hexadecimal and denary numbers.
(a) Convert the 8-bit binary number 01010101 to denary.

...................................................................................................................................[1]

(b) Convert the binary number 11000000 to hexadecimal.


.............................................................................................................................
[1]

(c) Convert the hexadecimal number 1A to denary.


.............................................................................................................................
[1]

(d) Binary numbers can be stored as bytes. State how many bits are in two bytes.

.............................................................................................................................[1]

8. Explain why hexadecimal is sometimes used to represent binary numbers

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………[2]

9. What is meant by ‘byte’?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………[2]

10. Convert the following denary into binary, then multiply the binary by 2(perform
Logical left Shift)

(a) 45
(b) 50
(c) 75

Working and Answer [12]


11. Using Hexadecimal, express Red as notation of colour in HTML.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………(2)

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