1.2 Storage Units

The smallest data unit.

• Byte

• Nibble

• Bit

• MB

Answer explanation

A bit is the smallest unit and can store either 1 or 0.

2 of these make up a Byte.

• Bits

• Nibbles

• KB

• MB

Answer explanation

There are 4 Bits in a Nibble and 8 Bits in a Byte. You can fit two Nibbles in a Byte (2 *4).

4 Bits

• Nibble

• Byte

• MB

• Bit

Answer explanation

There are 4 Bits in a Nibble.

4 Nibbles

• Byte

• 2 Bytes

• 12 Bits

• MB

To turn KB into MB you must ___ by 1 000.

• Divide

• Multiply

Answer explanation

e.g. 5 000 KB would be 5 MB.

1 MB is ___ Bytes

• 1000

• 1 000 000

• 0.001

• 1

Answer explanation

There are 1 000 KB in a MB and 1 000 KB in a Byte. So 1 000 * 1 000 is 1 000 000 Bytes.

A sentence stored as a text document would most likely be measured in___.

• TB

• MB

• GB

• Bytes

Answer explanation

Text does not take up much storage space. So a small unit should be picked. Bytes was the smallest unit.

A bit can store how many different values?

• 1000

• 1

• 2

• 0

Answer explanation

A bit can store 1 or 0, which is two values.

1 000 bytes is the same as 1 ___

• GB

• MB

• KB

• TB

Answer explanation

1 000 Bytes in a KB. So the answer is 1 KB.

A hard drive in your computer will probably have a storage capacity measured in ___

• GB or MB

• KB or MB

• TB or KB

• GB or TB

Answer explanation

Storage on a computer is massive in comparison to single files. That is because a computer has to store many files.

A large data unit should have been selected, either GB or TB.