Section 1: Software design and development, and Computer systems
A leaderboard shows teams and their scores.
| Position | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harry Putter | 81 |
| 2 | Par Tee | 79 |
| 3 | Sandy | 77 |
(a) A computer system stores the scores as binary numbers. Convert the denary number 79 to an 8‑bit binary number.
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(b) A computer system stores the team names using extended ASCII code.
Calculate the number of bits required to store the team name:
Par Tee
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