AP Computer Science Principles - Unit 1: Digital Information

What is a unit of information in computing?

• Bit
• Byte
• Binary
• Sampling

What is the process of converting analog data to digital data called?

• Sampling
• Lossless Compression
• Lossy Compression
• Digital Conversion

What is the term for the difference between the calculated value and the actual value in a calculation?

• Round-off Error
• Overflow Error
• Sampling
• Digital Conversion

What is the term for a compression technique where no data is lost during compression?

• Lossless Compression
• Lossy Compression
• Sampling
• Analog Data

What is the term for a compression technique where some data is lost during compression?

• Lossy Compression
• Lossless Compression
• Sampling
• Digital Data

What is the term for the legal protection of creations of the mind, such as inventions and artistic works?

• Intellectual Property
• Creative Commons
• Sampling
• Digital Data

What is the term for a set of licenses that allow for the distribution and use of creative works with some restrictions?

• Creative Commons
• Intellectual Property
• Sampling
• Digital Data

What is the term for a sequence of eight bits?

• Byte
• Bit
• Binary
• Sampling

What is the term for a system of representing data using only two options, usually 0 and 1?

• Binary
• Byte
• Bit
• Sampling

What is the term for an error that occurs when a number is too large to be stored in the space allotted for it?

• Overflow Error
• Round-off Error
• Sampling
• Digital Conversion