Data Storage & Compression (Edexcel GCSE Computer Science): Exam Questions

Exam code: 1CP2

13 mins3 questions
1a1 mark

The number of bits determines the number of patterns that can be represented.

The address bus of a computer is 8‑bits wide.

State the number of unique addresses that can be accessed.

1b2 marks

Construct an expression to convert 40 681 930 227 712 bytes to tebibytes.

2a2 marks

Describe one effect of using lossy compression to reduce the size of a file.

2b3 marks

Data storage is measured in bits and bytes.

A file format uses a 100 cross times600 table of 32‑bit integers.

The file uses 1 kibibyte of additional data.

Construct an expression to show the number of bytes of storage needed to store the file.

3a1 mark

After applying compression to a file, the original contents cannot be reconstructed fully.

State the type of compression used on the file.

3b4 marks

A 10-colour bitmap image uses 15-bit colour depth. The image is 1028 pixels wide and 640 pixels high.

Complete the expression to show the minimum file size for the image in MiB.

You do not have to do the calculation.

Maths equation template featuring three empty boxes on top, with multiplication signs between them, and '1024' in the first box on the bottom row.