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GCSE Computer Science - Unit Sizes

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Put the following unit sizes into order from smallest to largest.

a)

bit

b)

nibble

c)

byte

d)

kilobyte

e)

megabyte

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
2.

Everything in a computer is stored is binary.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Bit is short for ​ (a)   ​ (b)   and is the ​ (c)   unit size used in computing.

A single ​ (d)   can either store a ​ (e)   or a 1.

Choose from the below words
Binary
Digit
smallest
largest
most uncommon
0
bit
byte
4.

1 byte is the same as _ bits.

(a)  

5.

Put these unit sizes into order from smallest to largest.

a)

byte

b)

kilobyte

c)

megabyte

d)

terabyte

e)

petabyte

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6.

Match these with their equivalents.

a)

16 bits

1.

2 bytes

b)

1,000 bytes

2.

1 kilobyte

c)

1,000,000 kilobytes

3.

1 gigabyte

d)

2 nibbles

4.

1 byte

e)

8,000,000 bits

5.

1 megabyte

7.

A musician has a 1 TB hard disk drive. The music they record takes up 10 MB per minute.

Assuming nothing else is stored on the hard drive, they could store ​ (a)   minutes of music.

Choose from the below words
100,000
1,000
10,000,000
80,000
800,000
8.

Computers are made of billions of ​ (a)   , which have two states (​ (b)   and on).

These can represent the ​ (c)   values used in ​ (d)   (0 and ​ (e)   )

Choose from the below words
transistors
off
two
binary
1
0
false
wires
multiple
denary
9.

A normal DVD holds 4.7 GB. A university pupil has recorded 10 hours of video footage for a project. The footage takes up 20 MB per minute.

The pupil will need a minimum of _ DVDs to store the footage they have made.

(a)  

10.

Match the following with their equivalent.

a)

8 nibbles

1.

32 bits

b)

8,000 bits

2.

1 kilobyte

c)

500 kilobytes

3.

0.5 megabytes

d)

1,000,000 bytes

4.

1 megabyte

e)

8 billion bits

5.

1 gigabyte