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1.3 Information Coding Scheme

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1.3 Information Coding Scheme
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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

20 sec • 2 pts

What are the three (3) coding systems that can be used to process alphanumeric text in a computer?

EBCDIC

Unicode

Byte

ASCII

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 2 pts

Advantage of Unicode:

Can represent 65,536 characters, capable of representing almost all the world's current languages, classical and historical languages and symbols.

Can represent 65,535 characters, capable of representing almost all the world's current languages, classical and historical languages and symbols.

Only sufficient for English and Western European language but is not large enough for Asian and other languages that use different alphabet.

Answer explanation

EBCDIC uses 8 bits to represent a character.

3.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

ASCII can represent up to (a)   characters.

4.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

Media Image

Which category of computer that are NOT using ASCII coding scheme?

IBM mainframe

Minicomputers

Servers

High-end servers

Answer explanation

Servers and minicomputers are the usage of ASCII.

5.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

Calculate total number of bits for the phrase using EBCDIC information coding scheme:

"APA KHABAR SEMUA"

(answer with unit)

(a)  

6.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 2 pts

Calculate total number of bytes for the phrase using Unicode information coding scheme:

SEMOGA BERJAYA

(answer with unit)

(a)  

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