2022 Data representation (characters)

How many characters can 8 bit ASCII represent?

• 8
• 128
• 256
• 65,536

How many characters can 16 bit Unicode represent?

• 8
• 128
• 256
• 65,536

How much storage space does each character of Unicode need?

• 1 bit
• 7 bits
• 8 bits (1 byte)
• 16 bits (2 bytes)

How much storage space does each character of ASCII need?

• 1 bit
• 7 bits
• 8 bits (1 byte)
• 16 bits (2 bytes)

What is meant by a character set?

• The different letters of the alphabet the computer system can represent.
• The different characters which can be represented by the computer system.

Which best describes how a character set works?

• Each character in the character set is given its' own unique binary code.
• Each letter in the alphabet is given its' own unique binary code.

Letter "A" has the same binary code as letter "a" in a character set.

• TRUE
• FALSE

Which character set would most likely be used for the main characters used for the English language?

• ASCII
• Unicode

Which character set would most likely be used for the main characters for Western European languages (such as German and French) in order to include different accents?

• ASCII
• Unicode

Which character set would most likely be used for languages such as Russian, Greek and Chinese?

• ASCII
• Unicode