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Unit 3 - Units & Data Representation Flashcards

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1
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How many bits form a byte?

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8 bits form a byte.

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How many bytes form a kilobyte?

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1000 bytes form 1 kilobyte.

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How many combinations can 4 bits (nibble) produce?

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4 bits (a nibble) can produce 16 different combinations.

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How many combinations can 8 bits (1 byte) produce?

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8 bits (1 byte) can produce 256 different combinations.

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How many base numbers are there in denary?

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Denary has a base 10 number system.

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How many base numbers are there in hexadecimal?

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Hexadecimal is a base 16 number system (0-9 and then A-F).

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How many base numbers are there in binary?

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Binary has a base 2 number system (0 and 1).

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How do you calculate the largest number that can be held in a certain amount of bits?

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To find the largest number of bits, you do 2^n, where n is the number of bits available.

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Which numbers are stored in one bit?

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0 and 1 are numbers that are stored in one bit.

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10
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How many bits are there in a nibble?

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There are 4 bits in a nibble.

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How many bits are there in a byte?

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There are 8 bits in a byte.

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12
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What are the units after a kilobyte?

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The units after a kilobyte are megabyte (MB), gigabyte (GB), terabyte (TB), and petabyte (PB).

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13
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What is zero as an 8 bit binary number?

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0000 0000 is zero represented as an 8 bit binary number.

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What is 255 in binary?

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1111 1111 is 255 represented in binary.

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What is 39 as an 8 bit number?

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0010 0111 is 39 represented as an 8 bit binary number. (32+4+2+1)

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How can you tell if a binary number is odd or even?

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Even numbers will not have a 1 at the end, whereas odd numbers will.

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17
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Convert “F” from hexadecimal to denary.

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F in hexadecimal is 15 in denary.

18
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Convert 10 from denary to hexadecimal.

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10 in denary is A in hexadecimal.

19
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What is 27 (hex) in denary?

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27 (hex) in denary is 39. (2x16+7)

20
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What is 3B in binary? (workings needed)

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3B is equal to 001 1011 (split the hex characters into nibbles)

21
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What is C (hex) in denary?

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C in hexadecimal is 12 in denary.

22
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What is 2B (hex) in denary?

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2B (hexadecimal) is 43 in denary. (16x2 + 1x11 = 32+11 =43)

23
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What is 1010 0011 in hexadecimal?

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1010 0011 (binary) is A3 in hexadecimal.

24
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Perform a left shift on the binary number 0110 1011 (107).

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0110 1011 (107) when shifted left is 1101 0110 (214.) A left shift DOUBLES a number.

25
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Perform a right shift on the binary number 1011 0110 (182).

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1011 0110 (182) when shifted right is 0101 1011 (91) A right shift HALVES a number.

26
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What does ASCII stand for?

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ASCII stands for the American Standard Code for Information Interchange.

27
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How many bits are in extended ASCII?

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There are 8 bits in extended ASCII.

28
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How many characters does extended ASCII allow?

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Extended ASCII allows for 256 characters.

29
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How many bytes are in Unicode?

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16 bit Unicode has 2 bytes and 32 bit has 4 bytes.

30
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How many bytes are needed to store “Hello everyone.”

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15 bytes are needed to store “Hello everyone.” Full stops and spaces COUNT as characters.

31
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Name a bitmap image file format.

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Some bitmap image file formats include BMP JPG, GIF, PNG and TIFF.

32
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What are Bitmap images made up of?

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Bitmap images are made up of pixels (picture elements).

33
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How do you calculate bit depth?

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To calculate bit depth, you do 2^n, where n = the bits per pixels.

34
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How many RGB values are there?

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There are 256 RGB values (0-255).

35
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Sample rate is measured in what unit?

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Sample rate is measured in Hertz (Hz).

36
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The number of bits available to store each sample is known as what?

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The number of bits available to store each sample is known as bit rate.

37
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What is the formula for calculating the size of an uncompressed music file?

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Sample rate x bit depth x duration

38
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Why is compression needed?

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Compression reduces the size of files - making them easier to transmit and store.

39
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What is lossy compression?

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Lossy compression is a method of compression that is permanent and loses some of the original data.

40
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What is lossless compression?

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Lossless compression is a method of compression that does not lose data permanently, and it finds patterns in the original text and encodes each pattern in a dictionary.

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