Digital information: bits, sampling and storage
Grade 11 Science Worksheet
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Sound is sampled 44100 times a second at 16 bits per sample on 2 channels, for 60 s. How big is the file in MB (1 MB = 10⁶ bytes), to 0.01, Ari?
Sound is sampled 44100 times a second at 16 bits per sample on 2 channels, for 180 s. How big is the file in MB (1 MB = 10⁶ bytes), to 0.01, Esme?
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SI and binary prefixes for bytes (NIST)
Prefix Symbol Bytes kilobyte kB 1000 kibibyte KiB 1024 megabyte MB 1000000 mebibyte MiB 1048576 gigabyte GB 1000000000 gibibyte GiB 1073741824 Using the table, how many bytes are in 1 MiB, Jun?
- 1048576
- 1024
- 1000000
Using the table, why does a 500 GB drive show about 466 on some computers, Luz?
- Files shrink on the drive
- Some of its bytes leaked away over time
- They count in GiB
A sound's highest pitch is 5,000 Hz. What sampling rate is needed to record it faithfully, Milo?
- About 2,500 a second
- About 5,000 a second, the same
- More than 10,000 a second
CD audio samples 44,100 times a second (Library of Congress). About what is the highest pitch it can hold, Noah?
- About 88,200 Hz
- About 22,050 Hz
- About 44,100 Hz
A recording uses more bits per sample. What improves, Pia?
- It can hold higher pitches
- Loudness is stored in finer steps
- It plays back faster than before
Why do people keep a backup of important files in a second place, Ren?
- One drive may fail
- Files expire after a year
- Backups make files smaller
What helps protect stored files from theft, Tala?
- Giving the files new names
- Saving two copies on one drive
- A strong password and encryption
Why can a file be compressed to take less space, Zee?
- Each of the bits gets physically smaller
- Compression deletes the whole file
- Patterns can be stored more briefly