Ch.2 True of False

False. A byte is made up of 8 binary digits (bits)

A byte is made up of six binary digits.

False. They're important because 0 and 1 can be equated to a storage location to having low or high voltage.

Binary numbers are important in computing because a binary number can be converted into every other base.

False. They can be read off in both number systems.

Binary numbers can be read off in hexadecimal but not in octal.

True. Every fourth binary digit in a sequence equals one hexadecimal digit.

Starting from left to right, every grouping of four binary digits can be read as one hexadecimal digit.

True. Each byte has 8 bits. It would take 2 bytes to store 2 hexadecimal digits.

Two hexadecimal digits cannot be stored in one byte.