ASCII + Binary Representations

A character set is...

• What language can be used in a computer system.
• The fonts that a computer has installed.
• The possible characters that can be represented by a computer system.

ASCII stands for... 

• American Standard Code for Information Interchange
• American Scientific Code for Information Interchanging
• Absolute Standard Codes for Instruction Interchange

How many bits are used in (standard) ASCII?

• 16
• 1
• 7
• 8

The (standard) ASCII code is capable of representing non-European languages.

• True
• False

Upper and lower case letters have a different ASCII code.

• True
• False

What is the maximum number of values that can be represented in 7 bits?

• 127
• 256
• 65,536
• 128

What is the maximum number of values that can be represented in 8 bits?

• 255
• 256
• 65,536
• 128

How many bits are used in Unicode?

• 8
• 16
• 2
• 32

Convert 00110011 into denary.

• 51
• 52
• 150
• 25

Convert 1011 0011 into hexadecimal

• 3D
• D3
• B3
• 3B