Binary and Digital Data Quiz

What is the definition of Binary?

• A way of representing information using only two options.

• A process for reducing the number of bits needed to represent something without losing any information.

• Data that changes discretely through a finite set of possible values.

• Error from attempting to represent a number that is too large.

What does the term 'Bit' stand for?

• Binary Information Technology

• Binary Integer Type

• Binary Digit

• Binary Input Terminal

How many bits are in a byte?

• 4

• 8

• 16

• 32

What is an Overflow Error?

• Error from attempting to represent a number that is too large.

• Error from attempting to represent a number that is too precise.

• A process for reducing the number of bits needed to represent something without losing any information.

• Data that changes discretely through a finite set of possible values.

What is a Round-off Error?

• Error from attempting to represent a number that is too large.

• Error from attempting to represent a number that is too precise.

• A process for reducing the number of bits needed to represent something without losing any information.

• Data that changes discretely through a finite set of possible values.

Which of the following is an example of analog data?

• A digital photograph

• A music recording

• A text document

• A spreadsheet

What is Digital Data?

• Data with values that change continuously over time.

• Data that changes discretely through a finite set of possible values.

• A process for reducing the number of bits needed to represent something without losing any information.

• Error from attempting to represent a number that is too large.

What is Sampling in the context of digital representation?

• A process for reducing the number of bits needed to represent something without losing any information.

• A process for creating a digital representation of analog data by measuring the analog data at regular intervals.

• Error from attempting to represent a number that is too large.

• Data that changes discretely through a finite set of possible values.

What is Lossless Compression?

• A process for reducing the number of bits needed to represent something without losing any information.

• A process for reducing the number of bits needed to represent something in which some information is lost.

• Data that changes discretely through a finite set of possible values.

• Error from attempting to represent a number that is too large.

What is Lossy Compression?

• A process for reducing the number of bits needed to represent something without losing any information.

• A process for reducing the number of bits needed to represent something in which some information is lost.

• Data that changes discretely through a finite set of possible values.

• Error from attempting to represent a number that is too large.