| 1. |
How many numbers/states
are used in the binary number system? |
(1) |
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| 2. |
In your own
words, give 3 reasons why computers use the binary system instead
of our decimal numbers i.e. 1,2,3,4 etc. |
(3) |
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| 3. |
What is the
smallest piece of information a computer can store? |
(1) |
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| 4. |
How many bits
are in 7 bytes? |
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| 5. |
96 bits equals
how many bytes? |
(1) |
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| 6. |
How many bytes
are in 5 kilobytes? |
(1) |
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| 7. |
How many kilobytes
are in 17 megabytes? |
(1) |
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| 8. |
How many megabytes
in 40 gigabytes? |
(1) |
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| 8. |
How many gigabytes
are 27648 megabytes? |
(1) |
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| 9. |
If a floppy
disk can hold 1.4 Mb, a CD holds 650 Mb and a DVD can hold 14
GB, answer the following questions. |
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(a) How many
floppy disks can hold the same amount of data as a CD? |
(1) |
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(b) How many
CDs can hold the same amount of data as a DVD? |
(1) |
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Total |
(13) |
