Topic 3 - Data Representation

Question 1

What are the 3 number bases ?

Answer 1

Decimal - Base 10
Binary - Base 2
Hexadecimal - Base 16

Question 2

What is a bit ?

Answer 2

A single unit of data

Question 3

What is a byte ?

Answer 3

A group of 8 bits

Question 4

What is 1 kB in bytes ?

Answer 4

1,000 bytes

Question 5

What is 1 MB in kilobytes ?

Answer 5

1,000 Kilobytes

Question 6

What is 1 GB in Megabytes

Answer 6

1,000 Megabytes

Question 7

What is 1 TB in Gigabytes ?

Answer 7

1,000 Gigabytes

Question 8

Run Length Encoding

Answer 8

Lossless data, runs of data are stored using frequency/data pairs.