Chapter 2 review questions
11) Which of the following is the smallest unit of measure? (1 point) Petabyte Megabyte Gigabyte Terabyte
b
Which of the following CANNOT be represented by a single byte? (1 point) A letter of the alphabet such as Y A word such as Tom A special character such as @ A number such as 45
b
14) Which of the following is NOT an example of data? (1 point) A word A report A sound A picture
c
A bit consists of a_____: series of 0s and 1s such as 101 number such a 2 or 9 0 or a 1 single letter such as R and B
c
7) A megabyte holds approximately ________ bytes of data. (1 point) 1,000,000,000,000,000 1,000,000,000,000 1,000,000,000 1,000,000
d
8) Eight binary digits is equal to ________. (1 point) 100 bytes 1 bit 1 word 1 byte
d
How many bits does it take to spell the word yes? (1 point) 3 8 30 24
d
12) Which of the following is the largest unit of measure? (1 point) Kilobyte Petabyte Terabyte Megabyte
b
One byte is equal to: 8 bits of data 1 word 8 characters 100 bits of data
a
6) A kilobyte contains approximately one ________ bytes of data. (1 point) thousand hundred billion million
a
9) Which of the following statements is FALSE? (1 point) Bit is short for binary digit. A single bit can represent a single letter. Everything a computer does is broken down into a series of 0s and 1s. When referring to computers, every number, letter, or special character consists of a unique combination of 8 bits.
b
A kilobyte holds ________ bytes of data. (1 point) 256 1,048,576 16 1,024
1,024
4) Bit is short for ________. (1 point) binary digit kilobyte byte megabyte
a
5) Computers work only with ________. (1 point) binary numbers decimal numbers hexadecimal numbers letters and symbols
a
