Edexcel GCSE Computer Science (1CP2) Exam Questions

• B 7 (1)
• The only correct answer is B. The correct answer is 7 bits.
• A is not correct because 6 bits give only 64 different characters
• C is not correct because 8 bits are used by extended ASCII to give 256 characters
• D is not correct because 16 bits give 65 536 different characters, which is far more than the 128 in ASCII

Award one mark for each of:

• 5 × 1024^3 / 5 × 1024 × 1024 × 1024 / 5 × 2^30, for the number of bytes (1)
• A fully correct expression with × 8 to convert bytes to bits, in any order, e.g. 5 × 1024^3 × 8, 8 × 5 × 2^30 (1)

Accept 5 × 1 073 741 824 × 8.

Accept 5 × 2^33 or 42 949 672 960 as a fully correct expression (2 marks).

Do not accept 5 × 1000^3 × 8, which uses decimal multiples.

Do not accept ÷ 8, which converts bits to bytes.

Award up to two marks for a linked description such as:

• Updates/changes the location/path stored for the file (1) so the file can be found in its new folder/location (1)
• Removes the file's entry/reference from the old folder (1) so the file no longer appears/is listed there (1)
• Adds/creates an entry/reference for the file in the new folder (1) so the file appears/is listed in its new location (1)
• Updates the folder/directory listing/structure (1) to show the file's new location/path (1)

Do not accept descriptions of copying the file or leaving a duplicate in the old folder.

Do not accept deleting and recreating the file, or moving the file's data to a different physical location on the disk; the marks are for updating the folder/directory structure.

Award one mark for each correct nibble in the correct order:

• 0100 (1)
• 0000 (1)

0 marks if the response is not 8-bit binary.