Mr Dewhirst's Binary Quiz

Which of the following are types of coding schemes?

• Morse Code

• ASCII

• Braille

• Bacon's Cypher

When using Morse Code, which symbols do we use?

• Dots and Dashes

• a's and b's

• 0's and 1's

• Shaded and Non-Shaded dots

When using ASCII, which symbols do we use?

• Dots and Dashes

• a's and b's

• 0's and 1's

• Shaded and Non-Shaded dots

In computing, the coding scheme used is?

• ASCII

• English

• Morse Code

• None

Every piece of information on a computer can be represented as...

• A sequence of 0's and 1's

• A sequence of numbers and letters

• An algorithm

• An image, text or video

In the real world 0's and 1's can be seen as an on/off switch.

The 1 is seen as ...

• On

• Off

Why have people created so many different coding schemes?

• Because they got bored

• Different schemes have different uses

• For fun

Which of these sequences of symbols is most likely to represent the text 'cat' in a computing device?

• -.-. .- -

• 1100001 1100011 1110100

• 3 1 20

• c a t

What is 'bit' short for?

• Binary Digit

• byte

• Little bits of data

What is the length of the sequence '101' ?

• 3-bits

• 9-bits

• 24-bits

• 1-bit