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This document provides information about data representation including character sets, ASCII codes, encryption, pseudocode, UNICODE, pixels, image resolution, RGB values, hexadecimal conversion, digital audio recording fundamentals like sample rate and bit depth, and frequency. It asks questions to test understanding of these concepts.

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This document provides information about data representation including character sets, ASCII codes, encryption, pseudocode, UNICODE, pixels, image resolution, RGB values, hexadecimal conversion, digital audio recording fundamentals like sample rate and bit depth, and frequency. It asks questions to test understanding of these concepts.

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Edexcel Computer science – Data representation (Revision)

1) What is a character set?


A defined set of characters identified by the computers hardware and
software.
2) Explain the “ASCII code” and it’s importance.
ASCII stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange
Their simple form help people understand how they work and is
easier to remember and work with
3) If the denary code “70” represents uppercase of letter “ F” and

denary code “102” represents lowercase of letter “f”, write the

ASCII code for the following sentence.

ELEPHANT is a mammal

69 76 69 80 72 65 78 84 105 115 97 105 97 109 109 97 108

4) Define “Encryption” and state the affect from it for data

security.
Encryption is a process of converting plain, readable data into a coded or
unreadable form
only the intended recipient can access the information with a key or password
only they know and protects the information from going into wrong hands
5) Observe the following code and answer the given questions.

a) Explain the what happens in the above pseudocode.

b) What is the built-in function used ? state it’s purpose.


ord() takes the character as a parameter and returns its denary code
c) State another built-in function related when analysing a string.
chr()

d) The Pearson Edexcel Pseudocode does not have thesebuit-in

functions. State the HLL related.

e ) What is “arrayAscii” ?

an array that stores ASCII values


6) Create a function similar to above pseudocode (Q – 5) , that will

return the character from denary code.

7) Describe the importance of “UNICODE”.


UNICODE provides a universal character set that encompasses a vast range of
characters from various writing systems
8) What is a “Pixel “?
1 single point of color in a graphical image

9) Explain what is “resolution” and how it affects the quality of an

image.The number of pixels per inch in a image the larger the amount of pixels the
better the quality of the image will be

10) Express the following image file sizes in bits and bytes

a) A true-colour image of 2240 x 1680 pixels


3763200

b) A 256-colour image of 640 x 480 pixels


78643200

11) Find the RGB values of “# FFEE00”.

12) Find the Hexadecimal value of 255(R) 182(G) 193(B)

2 2 2 2
16)
P

A B

a) state the type of data recorded above.

b) What represents “P”?


amplitude
c) State the difference between A and B images.
A has a higher amplitude than B
d) What are snapshots? Explain their purpose briefly.

e) Write the difference between analogue recording and digital

recording.

f) State 5 benefits of digital recording.

g) What is “Fidelity”?

h) State the 2 factors that affect fidelity.

i) What factors are essential to find the size of a digital audio

sound file ?

j) What is the difference between the “bit depth” and the “sample

rate”?
k) Express the file size of a stereo recording of 4.5 minutes

duration with a sample rate of 44 100 and a bit depth of 24 bits ?

Give your answer in bits and bytes.

l)

X Y
(i) In the above image “X”, the frequency is higher compared to

image “ Y”. What is meant by frequency ?

(ii) state the difference between the sounds represented by image

X and Y.

j) Briefly describe the following

(i) ADR

(ii) DAC

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