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ILS Computing Y8 - Topic Test - Data On The Web - Set 3

The document is a Year 8 Term 2 Computing test focused on data storage and organization. It includes questions on units of storage, file types, data transfer units, and compression techniques. The test assesses students' understanding of data representation and file management.

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ILS Computing Y8 - Topic Test - Data On The Web - Set 3

The document is a Year 8 Term 2 Computing test focused on data storage and organization. It includes questions on units of storage, file types, data transfer units, and compression techniques. The test assesses students' understanding of data representation and file management.

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Year 8 Term 2 Computing test

Topic 2: Data on the web

Name:

Class: Date:

1 Mr Agarwal is putting together some notes for a


­student revision guide on data storage.

a) 
Complete the table below.

Unit of storage Equivalent units of storage

1 kibibyte (KiB) B

1024 kibibytes B

1024 mebibytes
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b) The International Electrotechnical 3.3.4


­Commission units of storage are base-2 units.

What units are used for data transfer? Tick


one box.

A base-10

B base-2

C base-32

D base-8
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2 Mira is organising her files into folders.

She has found four types of file: photo, document,


video, music.

a) 
List the four types of file in order of typical file
size. Put the smallest first.

b) 
One word-processed document is 8,000,000
bits in size.

How many bytes is this? Tick one box.

A 640,000

B 1,000,000

C 8000

D 102,400
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c) Some of the video files that Mira has found are


billions of bits in size.

What would be the most appropriate unit of


storage?

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3 When you are creating graphics for a smartphone
game, it is important to keep file sizes small. A
­programmer is using RLE to do this.

a) What does RLE stand for? Tick one box.

A Real Level Enhancement

B Robust Letter Encoder

C Run Length Encoding

D Risk Limitation Encoder


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b) Convert these Black (B) and White (W) image
sequences using RLE.

(i) WWWWBBWBWWWBBB

(ii) BBBBBWWWBWWWWBBB

4 Sometimes programmers need to keep a file in its


­original state and not lose any information by using
compression.
Describe two situations when you should not use lossy
files.

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Total for test: 12 marks
My score: marks

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