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Computing Homework Test

The document covers binary representations of data in computers including the number of bits in a byte and nibble, converting between binary and decimal, and calculating storage capacities in megabytes, gigabytes and petabytes. It also includes multiple choice and short answer questions testing understanding of these concepts.

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Computing Homework Test

The document covers binary representations of data in computers including the number of bits in a byte and nibble, converting between binary and decimal, and calculating storage capacities in megabytes, gigabytes and petabytes. It also includes multiple choice and short answer questions testing understanding of these concepts.

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1. Give one reason why data is represented in binary in a computer.

[1]
It’s a simple form of just the current running throw it or not and then doing that
thousands of times to figure things out which probably uses less memory overall

2. State the number of bits in one byte. [1]

8 bits in 1 byte

3. State the number of bits in one nibble. [1]

4 bits in 1 nibble

4. How many bytes are there in a megabyte? [1]

1,000,000 bytes in a megabyte

5. A photographer takes up to 2000 photographs per week. Each photograph


requires 5MB of storage on the camera’s memory card.

Select the camera memory card with the smallest capacity that can store 2000
photographs. Put a tick in the box next to your answer.

Capacity in GB

A4

B8

C 16  I think this one

D 32

[1]

6. For each of the binary values below, write down the decimal equivalent.
You should include your working. [4]

128.64.32.16.8.4.2.1

(a) 0001011 11

(b) 01110110 118

(c) 0010111 23

(d) 11111111 255


7. Calculate the binary equivalent of each of the following numbers: You
should include your working. [4]

(a) 34 00100010

(b) 128 10000000

(c) 149 10010101

(d) 201 11001001

8. Calculate the answer to each of the following:

(a) The smallest number, in denary, that can be stored in an 8-bit binary
number. [1]

0 is the smallest number in an 8-bit binary number

(b) The largest number, in denary, that can be stored in an 8-bit binary
number. [1]

255 is the largest number in an 8-bit binary number

(c)The number of megabytes in one gigabyte. [1]

There are 1000 megabytes in 1 gigabyte

(d) The number of gigabytes in one petabyte. [1]

There are 1,000,000 gigabytes in 1 petabyte

(e) The number of nibbles in one byte. [1]

There are 2 nibbles in one byte

(f) The number of bits in 2 MB. [2]

There are 16000000 bits in 2 megabytes

[Total 20 marks]

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