CSP Summative Binary Numbers

What is a bit (in computer science knowledge)?

• Smallest unit of data that a computer uses to process and store information

• a small piece of something

• a set of actions or ideas associated with a specific group or activity

• A bit is a group of bytes

Computers can only understand 0s and 1s

• True

• False

How many bits does a byte hold?

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8

• 10

How would you write the number 2 in binary code?

• 0100

• 0000

• 0001

• 0010

What kind of 'base' system is binary known as?

• Base 12

• Base 8

• Base 2

• Base 10

What would the binary number: 01101, be in decimal?

• 1101

• 4

• 13

• 16

What is the place value of the following series of bits:

00010000

• 16

• 32

• 64

• 8

• 128

What kind of data can a computer represent with binary?

• numbers

• letters

• pictures

• all of the above

What kind of 'base' system is decimal known as?

• 2

• 10

• 12

• 1

A technique to filter out unnecessary information

• Arrays

• Decisions

• Abstraction

• Code