Friendship College Girls

1st Term 1st Test 2014

Computer Science
Lower Six (Main)
Name:

Section:

1. The number of bits used to store information in each pixel will determine how many colours can be
represented. How many colours could be represented by the following bits per pixel (bpp)?
a) 1

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b) 4

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c) 8

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d) 16

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2. (a) Explain the following terms:

(i)

Image Resolution
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(ii) Vector graphics

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(iii) Drawing list
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b) Write a drawing list to create the following images

Image 1:
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Image 2:
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c) (a) Express the denary number 95 as

i.

a binary number stored in an 8 bit byte,

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ii.

a hexadecimal number,
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iii.

a number stored in binary coded decimal (BCD).

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(b) Express 10011101 as

i.

a decimal number
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ii.

a hexadecimal number,
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d) (i) Convert -32 and -24 into 2s complement, 8 bit, binary numbers.
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(ii) Add the binary values obtained in (i) together.
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(iii) Covert the result that you obtained in decimal (ii).
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e) (a) Explain what is meant by the character set of a computer.

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(b) Explain why UNICODE is more popular than ASCII character set.
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(c) Give one application of Binary Coded Decimal (BCD)
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