COMPUTER SCIENCE - 2210

Chapter No. 1: Binary Systems and Hexadecimal

Assignment

Q1. A stopwatch uses six digits to display hours, minutes and seconds.
0 1 : 5 4 : 2 3
It uses a nibble of binary data for each digit displayed on the stopwatch. What time is the stopwatch
stopped at when the binary nibbles show the following values? [3 Marks]
0000 0010 : 0011 1000 : 0101 1001
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Q2. What is meant by the term “byte”? [2 Marks]
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Q3. The following instruction, written in machine code, is stored in computer memory:
110000011110 [3 Marks]
Convert the code into hexadecimal notation.
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Q4. Explain why hexadecimal notation is sometimes used to represent binary numbers. [2 Marks]
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Q5. Explain how ASCII is used to represent text so it can be processed by a computer. [2 Marks]
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Q6. Convert the denary number 165 into: [3 Marks]
a. Binary:
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b. Hexadecimal
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Q7. [10 Marks]
a. Convert the following binary number into denary: 01110110
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b. Convert the following hexadecimal number into denary: 5F
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c. Convert the following binary number into hexadecimal: 101011000100
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d. Convert the following hexadecimal number into binary: 3ED
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Q8. a. How many megabytes (MB) of storage would be needed to store 800 photographs each of
which are 16 MB in size? [3 Marks]
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b. Write your answer from part (a) in gigabytes (GB). [2 Marks]

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Q9. The ASCII code for ‘A’ is 65 and for ‘a’ is 97. [4 Marks]
a. Write these denary values in 8-bit binary:

i. 65
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b. Predict the denary ASCII code for ‘V’ and ‘v’ [2 Marks]
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c. Write the two denary values in part (b) in 8-bit binary format: [4 Marks]
i. ‘V’
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ii. ‘v’
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d. Using your answers to part (a) and part (b), suggest an easy way to finding the ASCII binary
code for a lower-case letter (e.g. ‘m’) if the ASCII code for the upper-case letter (e.g. ‘M’) is
known. [2 Marks]

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Q10. a. Describe how hexadecimal notation is used in the following: [6 Marks]

i. MAC addresses
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ii. Memory Dumps

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iii. HTML
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b. Using the ASCII table (Figure 1.7) on page 12 in the Cambridge IGCSE Computer Science
textbook, write down what web address / URL is being represented below:

%77%77%77%2E%48%26%53%73%74%75%64%79$20%62%6F%6F%6B%73%2E%636F%2E%
75%6B [3 Marks]
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Q11. a. Explain the two parts that make up a typical MAC address. [2 Marks]
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b. A MAC address can be termed either UAA or LAA.
Give two reasons why MAC addresses need to be changed when using LAA.

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Q12a. The HTML Value #FF 00 00 represents the colour red,

Value # 00 FF 00 represents the colour green, and
Value # 00 00 FF represents the colour blue.
i. If the color orange requires value ’FF’ for the red hue and value ‘80’ for the green hue,
what is the HTML representation for orange? [1 Mark]

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ii. If the color tan requires value ‘B1’ for the red hue, value ‘89’ for the green hue and value
‘04’ for the blue hue, what is the HTML representation for tan? [1 Mark]

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a. Describe how HTML is used when developing web pages. [3 Marks]

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 b. An internet service provider offers the following specifications:
➢ Download speed: 80 megabits per second data transfer rate
➢ Upload speed: 16 megabits per second data transfer rate]

i. John wishes to download a movie which is 650 megabytes (650 MB) in size. Calculate
how long it would take (in seconds) to download the movie. [2 Marks]

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ii. John also wishes to upload 30 photographs onto a social media website. Each photograph
is 15 megabytes (15 MB).
Calculate how long it would take to upload the 30 photographs (in seconds) [2 Marks]

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Q13. A computer system uses binary codes for letter of the alphabet as follows:
A = 10, B= 11, C= 12, ……..X = 33, Y = 34, Z = 35.
a. Write the denary value for ‘X’ in binary using an 8-bit register: [2 Marks]

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b. To convert the binary code for ‘X’ to the binary code for ‘x’, all the bits in the 8-bit register in
part (a) are moved (shifted) two places to the right.

i. Write down the contents of the 8-bit register after the bits have been moved to the right. [2 Marks]

ii. Convert the binary value in part (bi) into denary. [1 Mark]
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 c. Predict the denary values for the following two letters using the method described in part (b).
i. r
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ii. m

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Q14.
a. Convert the denary number 44801 into hexadecimal. [2 Marks]
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b. Convert the hexadecimal number in part (a) into a 16-bit binary number. [2 Marks]
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Q15. An 8-bit register is used to control a paint spray gun. Each position in the register refers to a
specific function:

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Paint Paint Spray gun Spray gun Red paint Green Blue paint Yellow
levels are levels are switched switched chosen paint chosen paint
OK LOW ON OFF chosen chosen

A 1 value in the register indicates that a specific function is ON: a 0 value indicates it is OFF.
For example:
1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
Indicates:
➢ All paint levels are OK
➢ Spray gun is switched ON
➢ Red and blue paints have been selected
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 a. What does the following register indicate: [3 Marks]
0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
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b. What would be the contents of the 8-bit register if the following conditions existed: [3 Marks]
➢ All paint levels are OK
➢ The spray gun is switched OFF
➢ Red and green paint had been selected? [3 Marks]

c i. What conditions would be represented by: 00000000? [1 Mark]

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ii. Describe what would happen if the register contained: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ? [1 Marks]

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Q15. Write down a series of steps that could be used to convert a denary number into a hexadecimal
number. Your steps should allow somebody to follow them clearly to give the correct converted
value. [7 Marks]
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Q16. Six questions are shown on the left and eight numerical values are shown on the right.
By drawing arrows, connect each question to its correct numerical value.
(Two of the numerical values are not used). [6 Marks]

What is the denary value of the hexadecimal 10

digit ‘E’ ?

What is the denary value of the binary numbers 12

00011100?

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If the download speed for broadband is 64

megabits per second, how long would it take to 16
download a 96 megabyte file (in seconds) ?

If 2x = 1 terabyte (TB), what is the value of x ? 22

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What is the hexadecimal value of the denary 28
numbers 5 0 ?

How many bits are there in two bytes of data? 32

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Q17. By drawing arrows, connect each term on the left to its correct description on the right.
[5 Marks]
Hypertext mark-up The contents of the computer memory are
language (HTML) output to a screen or printer; this enables a
software developer to locate errors

This is used to develop web pages; it is

Hexadecimal number used in the processing, definition and
system presentation of text (e.g. the specification
of a text color)

Value, written in hexadecimal, which is

Memory dump used to uniquely identify a device on the
network; it is often written in the form:
NN – NN – NN – DD – DD - DD

Media access control Number system which uses the values 0 to

(MAC) address 9 and letters A to F to represent digits

Web address Also identified as a URL such as:

www.books.com

Q18. A computer uses a binary system known as Binary Coded Decimal (BCD). In this system, each
denary digit (0 to 9) is represented by a 4-bit binary value:
8 4 2 1

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a. Give the 4-bit binary codes for the digits 9 and 6. [2 Marks]
8 4 2 1
9

8 4 2 1
6
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 b. Which denary numbers are represented by the following 4-bit binary codes: [4 Marks]

8 4 2 1 8 4 2 1

8 4 2 1 8 4 2 1 8 4 2 1
0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

c. What is the largest denary number that can be represented by two bytes using this BCD
system? [1 Mark]

d. Using normal binary notation, what is the largest denary number that could be represented by
two bytes? [2 Marks]

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e. Suggest a use for the BCD system. [1 Mark]

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Q19.

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 a. Trace through the flowchart for the following two values:
i. 220 [4 Marks]
Number X D Output

ii. 73 [4 Marks]

Number X D Output

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