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SUMMER VACATION 2024 HOMEWORK

IG-1 / O Level-1

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1-A digital alarm clock is controlled by a microprocessor.
It uses the 24-hour clock system (i.e. 6 pm is 18:00).
Each digit in a typical display is represented by a 4-digit binary code.

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2 When a key is pressed on the keyboard, the computer stores the ASCII representation of the
character typed into main memory.The ASCII representation for A is 65 (denary), for B is 66 (denary), etc.
There are two letters stored in the following memory locations:

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3 (a) Convert the hexadecimal number B5 into binary:

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4 An alarm clock is controlled by a microprocessor. It uses the 24 hour clock. The hour is represented
by an 8-bit register, A, and the number of minutes is represented by another 8-bit register, B.

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5 Draw a line to connect each question to the correct answer.

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6 Letters from the alphabet are represented in a computer by the following denary (base 10) values:

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7 (a) A manufacturer of airplane engines assigns a denary identification number (ID) to each engine.
One engine has the ID: 0431
(i) Convert this denary number to a 12-bit binary format.

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8 A computer uses an 8-bit register. The 8-bit register contains binary integers

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9 (a) Convert the following hexadecimal number into 12-bit binary:

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10 Nigel wants to send a large text file electronically to Mashuda.
Describe how the size of the text file can be reduced.

11 A register in a computer contains binary digits.

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12(a) Identify three uses for hexadecimal and for each one give an example of hexadecimal that matches the
use.

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13 A new computer comes with primary and secondary storage.
Data storage is measured using binary denominations. Complete each conversion.

14 A wildlife photographer stores their digital images on a computer.


(a) Complete the table by defining each term about images.

(b) One of the images has a resolution of 1000 × 1000 and a color depth of 2 bytes. Calculate the file size of
the image. Give your answer in bytes. Show your working.

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15 A company is involved in robotics. One of its robots is designed to make a specific movement depending on
a binary value. The table gives some of the movements for the robot. Complete the table by writing the missing
binary, denary or hexadecimal value for each movement.

16 Binary is a number system used by computers.

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17 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.

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18 Binary numbers can be converted to hexadecimal.

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19 When keys are pressed on a keyboard, the text is converted to binary to be processed by the computer.

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20 Computers store data as binary. The binary number 10101110 is stored.

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21 a) An image is scanned with an image resolution of 1024 × 512 pixels, and a color depth of 8 bits per pixel.
Calculate an estimate for the file size, giving your answer in mebibytes. Show your working.

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