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2. Convert the denary number 165 into:

a Hexadecimal [1].....................................95...................................................................................................

b. Binary [1]....................................10100101.................................................................................................

3. Convert the following binary number 01 1 1 0 1 1 0 into

a. denary: [1]..........................118.............................................................................................................
b.hexadecimal[1]......................76..........................................................................................................................................

4. Convert the following hexadecimal number 5F into

a denary: [1].................................................................................................................................................
b. binary:
[1]..............................................01011111..............................................................................................

5. a How many mebibytes (MiB) of storage would be needed to store 800 photographs each of
which are 16 MiB in size? [3]
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b Write your answer from part a in gibibytes (GiB). [1]

6. The ASCII code for 'A' is 65 and for 'a' is 97.

a) write the denary value of “Q”. [1]

b) write the binary value of “q” in a 8bit register. [1]

c) to undergo a logic shift two places to the left. [1]

Write down the contents of the 8-bit register after the bits, representing “q”', have been moved
two places to the left.

7. State three uses of the hexadecimal system. [3]

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8. Convert the following two denary numbers into 8-bit binary numbers which use the two’s
complement format.

i +47. [2]

ii −59. [2]

9. Convert the following two binary numbers, written in two’s complement format, into denary.

i 11001110 [2]
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ii 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 [2]
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 10. A camera detector has an array of 4096 by 2048 pixels and uses a colour depth of 16.

a. Calculate the size of an image taken by this camera; give your answer in MiB. [4]
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 11. Explain the difference between lossy and lossless file compression. [4]

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 12. Explain the following terms used in the electronic storage of sound: [4]

i sampling resolution:

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ii sampling rate:

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13. Discuss the benefits and drawbacks of increasing the sampling rate and sampling
resolution when representing sound in an electronic (binary) format. [4]

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14. Explain what is meant by run-length encoding (RLE). [4]

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15. Give three reasons why it is often necessary to reduce the size of a file. [3]

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16. In terms of representing bitmap images, explain the followin

a colour depth: ..................................................................................................................................................

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b image resolution: ...........................................................................................................................................

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17. Explain the difference between ASCII code and Unicode. [4]

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