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Section 1.3 (Data Storage and File Compression)

The document contains past paper questions about data storage and file compression. The questions cover topics like lossy and lossless compression of sound and image files, how compression reduces file size, and benefits of compressing files like reducing storage space.

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Section 1.3 (Data Storage and File Compression)

The document contains past paper questions about data storage and file compression. The questions cover topics like lossy and lossless compression of sound and image files, how compression reduces file size, and benefits of compressing files like reducing storage space.

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Section 1.3 (Data Storage and File Compression)


May/June 2023 (0478/11)

2. A student has a sound file that is too large to be stored on their external secondary storage device.
The student compresses the sound file to make the file size smaller.
The compression method used reduces the sample rate and the sample resolution of the sound
file.
(b) Identify which type of compression has been used to compress the sound file.
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May/June 2023 (0478/12)


3(b) Text that is input into a computer can be stored in a text file.
A text file can be compressed using lossless compression.
(i) State what effect this has on the file size.
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(ii) Describe how lossless compression compresses the text file.
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(iii) Give two reasons why the text file may have been compressed.
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Oct/Nov 2023 (0478/11)
5 A musician is recording herself playing the music for a song on the piano.

(c) The musician compresses the sound file using lossless compression instead of lossy compression.
Explain why the musician would choose to use lossless compression instead of lossy
compression.
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Oct/Nov 2023 (0478/12)


5 A band is recording their new song. They need to consider the sample rate and sample resolution
of their recording.
(d) The band wants to compress the sound file, but they do not want any data to be permanently
removed.
Identify the compression method that should be used.
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Oct/Nov 2023 (0478/13)


1 A mobile telephone has built-in input and output devices.
(c) The data storage in the mobile telephone can be measured using different units of measurement.
(i) State how many bits are equal to a byte.
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(ii) State how many kibibytes (KiB) equal a mebibyte (MiB).
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7 A photographer takes an image with a digital camera. The photographer sets the resolution and
colour depth for the image.
(d) The photographer compresses the image using a method that permanently reduces the colour
depth and resolution of the image.
Identify which compression method the photographer uses.
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(e) One benefit for compressing the image is to reduce the storage space it uses.
Give two other benefits of compressing the image.
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