Types of data

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Quick Questions

Shade in the A or B circle for each question.

1. Which of these is a type of data a digital system can handle?

A Only text and nothing else

B Sound, such as a recorded voice

2. Which data type is a photo of your pet?

A Image

B Audio

3. Which data type is a song you stream online?

A Audio

B Text

4. Which is an example of text and numbers data?

A A spreadsheet with names and scores

B A recorded video of a soccer match

5. Which data type combines moving pictures with sound?

A Text

B Video

Match the Pairs

Draw a line connecting each item on the left to its match on the right.

Left column		Right column
1data_type = "text"		AA number such as 11 is numeric data, so the type should be "number", not "text"
2data_type = "audio"		Bclip.mp4 = "video"
3A photo is image data, which a digital system stores as a grid of tiny coloured dots called pixels		Cphoto.jpg = "image"
4A clip with moving pictures and sound is video data, which combines images and audio		DAn mp3 file is a song, so it is audio data, not image data. It should be song.mp3 = "audio"
5song.mp3 = "image"		EAudio data is sound, such as music or a voice recording, stored by a digital system
6age = "text" (age is 11)		FText data is made of letters, symbols and words, such as a message or a name

Definitions

data type

Fill in the Blanks

Complete each line of code by filling in the missing parts.

photo.jpg is _____ data

song.mp3 is _____ data

clip.mp4 is _____ data

name = "Mia" is ____ data

"5" is text but 5 is ______ data

Spot the Error

Shade in the letter of the line that contains an error.

Question 1

A name = Sam

B age = 11

C print(name, age)

Question 2

A text = "Hello"

B number = 42

C print(text + number)

Question 3

A photo = "cat.mp3"

B kind = "image"

C print(photo, "is", kind)

Question 4

A song = "pop.mp3"

B kind = "video"

C print(song, "is", kind)

Question 5

A clip = "dance.mp4"

B kind = "video"

C fps = 30

D print(Frames:, fps)

Answer Key

Types of data

Section A: Quick Questions

B — Sound, such as a recorded voice

A — Image

A — Audio

A — A spreadsheet with names and scores

B — Video

Section B: Match the Pairs

data_type = "text" → Text data is made of letters, symbols and words, such as a message or a name

data_type = "audio" → Audio data is sound, such as music or a voice recording, stored by a digital system

A photo is image data, which a digital system stores as a grid of tiny coloured dots called pixels → photo.jpg = "image"

A clip with moving pictures and sound is video data, which combines images and audio → clip.mp4 = "video"

song.mp3 = "image" → An mp3 file is a song, so it is audio data, not image data. It should be song.mp3 = "audio"

age = "text" (age is 11) → A number such as 11 is numeric data, so the type should be "number", not "text"

Section C: Definitions

data type — The kind of information a digital system handles, such as text, numbers, images, sound or video. Each type is stored and used in its own way.

Section D: Fill in the Blanks

photo.jpg is image data

song.mp3 is audio data

clip.mp4 is video data

name = "Mia" is text data

"5" is text but 5 is number data

Section E: Spot the Error

A — Text data must be written inside quotes. Without them, Python treats Sam as a variable name instead of text. It should be name = "Sam".

C — Text and numbers are different data types and cannot be joined with +. Use a comma to print both: print(text, number).

A — An image file should have an image extension such as .jpg. The .mp3 extension is for audio data. It should be photo = "cat.jpg".

B — An .mp3 file holds sound, so its data type is audio, not video. It should be kind = "audio".

D — The word Frames: is text, so it must be inside quotes. Without quotes Python reads it as code and gives an error. It should be print("Frames:", fps).