MORE EXAM STYLE QUESTIONS:

UNIT-3.1
BINARY
1. The images are to be displayed with a background of hex colour code BB4A0F. Convert the
background hex code into a binary number.
Answer:
011 1011 0100 1010 0000 1111 (1 mark for 24-bit response, 1
mark for all correct)
2. Explain why hexadecimal notation is preferred to binary notation when specifying screen
colours.
Answer:
Shorthand form that is easier for humans to read (1) and is likely
to reduce errors when specifying colours / reduces potential for
mixing up the 0s and 1s
3. Describe the result of carrying out an arithmetic shift right, one place, to an 8-bit binary integer.
Answer:
The value of the number is halved / the number is divided by 2.
(1) The sign bit is retained.

4. A landscape photographer wishes to publish a series of preview images online. He is concerned

about file sizes. (a) The 24-bit RGB images are to be displayed on screen at a resolution of 400 x
250 pixels. Construct an expression to calculate the size of one of the image files (KB). You do
not need to carry out the calculation.
Answer:

(400 x 250 x 24) / (8 x 24)

5. Higher resolution versions of the images are available for download as JPEG files. Explain the
effects of using the JPEG compression format for the images.
Answer:
Any two of the following:

File sizes / download times will be reduced.

Some loss of image data / image quality will occur.
JPEGs allow image quality to be fine-tuned / the level of compression to
be adjusted.
More Questions: (solutions are given at the end)
Q1.
Computers manipulate binary patterns. Patterns can represent signed or unsigned integers.

(i) Convert the denary number 57 to 8-bit binary.

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(ii) Convert the binary number 0010 1101 to hexadecimal.

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(iii) Describe the process of converting a binary number to two's complement.

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(iv) Explain what has happened as a result of adding these two 8-bit binary numbers.

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(Total for question = 8 marks)

Q2.
Binary, denary and hexadecimal patterns represent numbers.

(i) Convert the binary pattern 0100 0010 to denary.

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(ii) Convert the binary pattern 0101 1011 to hexadecimal.

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 (Total for question = 3 marks)

Q3.
Data storage is measured in bits and bytes.

(i) State the number of unique values that can be represented with 6 bits.

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(ii) A file format uses a 100 × 600 table of 32-bit integers.

The file uses 1 kibibyte of additional data.

Construct an expression to show the number of bytes of storage needed to store the file.
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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q4.
In arithmetic, subtraction can be done by adding a negative number.

Calculate 18 − 8, using 8-bit binary and two's complement.

Convert the result back to denary.

Show all your working.

(4)

(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q5.
A 5-colour bitmap image uses 6-bit colour depth.

The image is 96 pixels wide and 128 pixels high.

(i) Complete the expression to show the minimum file size for the image in KiB.

You do not have to do the calculation.

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(ii) The file size can be optimised by changing the colour depth.

Give the minimum number of bits that can store 5 colours.

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Q6.
Complete the table to show the result of the 8-bit binary addition.

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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q7.
Binary strings can be used to represent numbers, text, and images.

Describe the result of carrying out an arithmetic shift right, one place, to an 8-bit binary integer.

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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q8.
A computer operates as a binary digital device.

8-bit two's complement is used to represent the denary numbers -8 and -1.

Complete the table to show the binary addition on these two negative numbers.

(2)

(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q9.
A computer stores images online.

An image uses 8-bit colour and is 64 pixels wide.

It uses 1MB of storage.

Construct an expression to calculate the height of the image in pixels.

1 KB = 1024 bytes

You do not have to do the calculation.

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(Total for question = 2 marks)

Q10.
A baby monitor uses a microphone to record sound.

Construct an expression to show how many seconds it will take to transmit 20 MB of data using a
network transmission speed of 2 Mbps

1 KB = 1024 bytes.

You do not have to do the calculation.

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(Total for question = 4 marks)

Q11.
A computer game designer is creating a new game.

Colours in the game are represented in hexadecimal.

Convert the binary numbers in this table to hexadecimal.

(3)

(Total for question = 3 marks)

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