Introduction to Computing MCQs with Answers
Practice important Introduction to Computing MCQs with answers and explanations.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q281: How many bits does Unicode use to represent characters?
- A: 8 bits
- B: 16 bits
- C: 21 bits
- D: 32 bits
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C
Q282: Which code system is known for using 24 to 32 bits, allowing for a large number of unique symbols?
- A: ASCII
- B: ISO-8859
- C: Unicode
- D: UTF-8
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D
Q283: Which organization is responsible for creating extensions to ASCII for Western language symbols?
- A: IEEE
- B: ANSI
- C: ISO
- D: Unicode Consortium
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C
Q284: What is a major limitation of ASCII extensions?
- A: They can only represent English characters
- B: They are incompatible with Unicode
- C: They cannot handle multiple languages in a single document
- D: They require more memory
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C
Q285: How many unique symbols can be represented using UTF-8 encoding?
- A: 128
- B: 256
- C: 16777216
- D: 1024
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C
Q286: What does the acronym ASCII stand for?
- A: American Standard Code for International Interchange
- B: American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- C: American System for Character Identification
- D: American System for Code Interpretation
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B
Q287: Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Unicode?
- A: Supports 21-bit patterns
- B: Compliance with ASCII
- C: Supports multiple languages
- D: Limited to 128 characters
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D
Q288: What does a text file consist of when encoded with ASCII or Unicode?
- A: Binary data
- B: Image data
- C: Long symbols
- D: Mixed code and text
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C
Q289: Which of the following is an example of a text representation code used in early computing?
- A: EBCDIC
- B: ASCII
- C: Unicode
- D: UTF-8
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B
Q290: Which of the following codes was specifically designed to support international languages?
- A: ASCII
- B: ISO-8859
- C: Unicode
- D: ANSI
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C