Understanding Data Units in Computing

What is a bit in the context of computer data?

• A unit of measurement for temperature

• The smallest unit of data in a computer

• A type of computer hardware

• A programming language

How many bits are there in a byte?

• 4

• 8

• 16

• 32

Which of the following is larger?

• 1 bit

• 1 byte

If you have 1024 bytes, how many kilobytes do you have?

• 0.5 kilobytes

• 1 kilobyte

• 2 kilobytes

• 10 kilobytes

What is the primary difference between bits and bytes?

• Bits are used for measuring temperature, bytes for distance

• Bits are smaller units of data than bytes

• Bits are used in the UK, bytes in the US

• Bits are used for weight, bytes for volume

Convert 2048 kilobytes to megabytes.

• 1 megabyte

• 2 megabytes

• 4 megabytes

• 8 megabytes

How many bytes are there in 1 kilobyte?

• 100 bytes

• 512 bytes

• 1024 bytes

• 2048 bytes

Which of the following is the correct order of data units from smallest to largest?

• Byte, Bit, Kilobyte, Megabyte

• Bit, Byte, Kilobyte, Megabyte

• Kilobyte, Bit, Byte, Megabyte

• Megabyte, Kilobyte, Byte, Bit

If you have 1 megabyte, how many kilobytes do you have?

• 100 kilobytes

• 512 kilobytes

• 1024 kilobytes

• 2048 kilobytes

Convert 3 megabytes to bytes.

• 3072 bytes

• 307200 bytes

• 3145728 bytes

• 300 bytes