
Understanding Computer Character Sets
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Computers
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8th Grade
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Hard
Peter Hyland
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does each sequence of zeros and ones represent in a computer system?
A binary operation
A memory address
A numeric value
A specific character
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What does the term 'character set' refer to in computing?
A network protocol
A type of computer hardware
A collection of readable characters
A programming syntax
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the primary limitation of the original ASCII character set?
Limited number of characters
Complex encoding system
High storage requirement
Incompatibility with modern systems
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How many characters could Extended ASCII represent?
128 characters
1024 characters
512 characters
256 characters
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was a significant issue with ASCII that Extended ASCII aimed to address?
Storage efficiency
Character variety
Speed of processing
Compatibility with hardware
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which character set is primarily used in modern web technologies?
EBCDIC
Extended ASCII
Unicode
ASCII
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the maximum number of bytes a Unicode character can occupy?
8 bytes
1 byte
4 bytes
2 bytes
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