iGCSE Data Types

Learning Objectives
By the end of this lesson you will be able to:
Identify different data types
Select appropriate data types for a given set of data

1. Which of the following can be stored as LOGICAL/BOOLEAN

data and WHY?
Field Name

Example
Data
19/07/196
5

Boolean
or not?

Date of birth

NOT

Door status

Open

BOOLEAN

Number of
staples

34

NOT

Has 4 legs

Yes

BOOLEAN

Reason
Because it can be more
than one answer
It can only be two
answers of Yes Or No
Because it has more than
one answer
It can only have one
answer

2. Select a data type and explain why youve chosen it for each
field in the table below.
Field Name

Example
Data

Data Type

Title

Mr/Mrs

Boolean

Phone Number

0121 222
9999

Alphanume
ric

Gender

Boolean

You are either female or

male

Date of Birth

01/01/190
0

Date

A date can only be in one

form

Country

Germany

Logical

There is more than one

country in the world

Reason
Because once you are
married there are two
titles
You are holding the
telephone number

3. Explain the advantages of storing a yes/no question as

BOOLEAN instead of ALPHANUMERIC.

Its simpler and quicker than using numbers

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4. Explain why there is a need to have more than one format

available for storing the date.
So that you can include numbers and letters in different types
of data to make it secure

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