2.3.1 - Data Storage Units

What is the smallest unit of data in a computer system?

• Byte

• Bit

• Kilobyte

• Nibble

How many bits are there in a byte?

• 8

• 16

• 4

• 32

What does a kilobyte approximately equal to in bytes?

• 1024 bytes

• 2048 bytes

• 512 bytes

• 1000 bytes

What is the correct term for 1024 kilobytes?

• Terabyte

• Megabyte

• Gigabyte

• Mebibyte

Which prefix is used to denote binary multiples?

• Mega

• Kilo

• Gibi

• Deci

How many bytes are in a mebibyte?

• 1000

• 1000000

• 1024

• 1048576

To convert from gibibytes to kibibytes, you multiply by:

• 8

• 1000

• 1024

• 1000000

What is the size of a Microsoft Word document that is 1470 kibibytes in mebibytes?

• 1.47 mebibytes

• 1470 bytes

• 1470 mebibytes

• 1.47 gigabytes

In an exam, how should you express 1000 kilobytes?

• As 1 terabyte

• As 1 gigabyte

• As 1 mebibyte

• As 1 megabyte

What operation is needed to convert from bits to mebibytes?

• Divide by 1024

• Multiply by 8

• Divide by 8

• Multiply by 1024