Pearson 1CP2 - 2.2 - Character Sets and ASCII

The defined list of characters recognides by a computer and its software is called its...

• alphabet resource

• code collection
• symbol assortment
• character set

All parties agreeing to use a particular character set is referred to as an industry...

• standard
• variation
• protocol
• agreement

One well established industry standard for representing characters is...

• ASCII
• COBOL

• OCTAL

• Binary

How many bits does standard binary use in order to allocate unique binary patterns to all the

lower-case and upper-case English characters and punctuation marks?

• 12
• 8

• 10
• 7

What range of ASCII numbers codes for upper-case characters?

• 1 to 26
• 100 to 125
• 50 to 75
• 65 to 90

What range of ASCII numbers codes for lower-case characters?

• 33-47
• 48-57
• 65-90
• 97-122

What range of ASCII numbers codes for numeric characters?

• 33-47
• 97-122
• 65-90
• 48-57

If the ASCII number of upper-case A is 65, what is the ASCII number for upper-case F?

• 70
• 80
• 75
• 60

If the ASCII number for upper-case P is 80, what is the ASCII number for upper-case W?

• 65
• 87
• 72
• 90

If the ASCII number for upper-case N is 78, what is the ASCII number for upper-case K?

• 65
• 75
• 72
• 80