1.2.4 L2 MCQs Assess

How many bits are used to represent a character in ASCII?

• 16

• 1

• 4

• 8

How many Bytes per character are used in Unicode?

• 8

• 16

• 1

• 2

ASCII code is represented by using 16 bits per character.

• True

• False

The ASCII character set is capable of representing non-Western languages.

• True

• False

Upper and lower case letters (e.g. A and a) have a different ASCII code.

• True

• False

What is the maximum number of characters that can be represented using 8-bits?

• 255

• 256

• 65,536

• 127

What is the maximum number of characters that can be represented using 7-bits?

• 255

• 256

• 127

• 128

A character set is… (4-6)

• All of the languages used in a computer system

• All of the fonts that a computer has installed

• All of the possible characters that can be represented by a computer system

ASCII can represent more characters than Unicode.

• True

• False

ASCII Stands for (4-6)

• American Standard Code for Information Interchange

• American Scientific Code for Information Interchanging

• Absolute Standard Codes for Instruction Interchange