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| Every computer game, program, picture, or sound is stored in the computer as a series of decimal digits. |
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| Negative powers are used to represent the fractional portion of numbers. |
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| The hexadecimal numbering system has seventeen unique digits. |
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| The hexidecimal numbering system uses letters to represent digits beyond nine. |
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| The term radix is synonymous with positional value. |
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| For any quantity, there's a number in any base to represent it. |
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| A counting table can be used to convert numbers from one base to another. |
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| Adding numbers in other bases follows nearly the same steps as in decimal numbers. |
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| The difference between adding numbers in base 10 and any other base lies in the carry process. |
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| You cannot multiply or divide by any base. |
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| Half of a byte is sometimes referred to as a nibble. |
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| Computer scientists sometimes use hexadecimal as a shorthand method for representing binary values. |
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| Whole numbers are sometimes but not always stored in a fixed number of bits. |
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| Whole numbers, or integer numbers, can be represented internally in a computer as hexadecimal numbers. |
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| Signed and unsigned numbers in a computer are designed to always take up a different number of bits. |
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| Negative fractional numbers cannot be internally represented in a computer. |
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| The Unicode character standard is compatible with the extended ASCII standard. |
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| The Unicode method of character representation is fast becoming obsolete. |
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| The number of pixels in each row and column defines a display device's resolution. |
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| A common resolution on a PC monitor is 1024 x 768, which means the monitor is displaying 1024 rows with 768 dots, or pixels, in each row. |
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| As the resolution numbers get larger for a monitor, the size of each pixel gets larger. |
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| Sounds are stored in the computer in a manner very similar to images. |
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| The number of words used for each sound sample determines how many unique amplitude levels can be represented. |
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| Raw audio samples are often stored in uncompressed file formats, such as WAV files. |
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| It is not possible to learn to program or to manage a database without understanding binary and hexadecimal number systems. |
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| Displays containing the contents of a computer's memory or the hard disk are often referred to as ___ memory dumps. |
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| The number 10-4 evaluates to ___. |
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| A ___ is identified by the number of digits a numbering system has, including the digit 0. |
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| The concept of ___ value exists in all numbering bases. |
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| According to positional value, the binary number 10012 represents ___ things. |
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| ___ values are used to calculate how many of something a number represents. |
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| A ___ value is calculated by raising the base to the power indicated by the position. |
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| The letters ___ are used in hexadecimal to represent numberic values above 9. |
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| To use the Windows calculator to convert between hex, binary, and decimal make sure the calculator is in the ___ view. |
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| A group of 8 bits considered as one unit is known as a ___. |
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| Each 1 and 0 (on and off) in a computer is referred to as a ___. |
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| Larger groups of bits (more than 8) are referred to as ___. |
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| When separating these binary digits into groups of four, you must begin grouping on the ___. |
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| When converting from hex to binary, each hexadecimal digit corresponds to a(n) ___-bit binary pattern. |
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| ___ complement is a method of representing negative numbers in a computer system. |
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| To find the ___ of a given bit, flip it to the opposite state. |
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| In scientific notation, the method of displaying numbers uses a(n) ___ and an exponent. |
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| The eight bit extended ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) character set can be used to represent ___ characters. |
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| A ___ is the smallest unit that can be displayed on a computer monitor. |
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| Each pixel is stored in the computer as a(n) ___ pattern containing information about its color and brightness. |
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| Unicode character representation uses a(n) ___-bit standard. |
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| JPG and GIF are examples of ___ image formats. |
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| A sound consists of a waveform with amplitude (volume) and ___ (pitch). |
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| The computer samples sounds at fixed intervals and each sample is assigned a binary value according to its ___. |
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