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?
not

Reason
More than two
values(date)
It is a simple answer that
could have been two
values

Date of birth

Door status

Open

Boolean

Number of
staples

34

not

It has more than two

answers (Integer)

Has 4 legs

Yes

Boolean

Two possible values

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

Gender

Boolean

Only two values

Date of Birth

01/01/190
0

Date

It is a date

Country

Germany

Alphanume
ric

A collection of words.

Integer

Reason
There were only two
values
They are all whole
numbers and there are
more than two values

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

BOOLEAN instead of ALPHANUMERIC.
Answering the questions is easier in Boolean.
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4. Explain why there is a need to have more than one format

available for storing the date.

iGCSE Data Types

For countrys people live in you cant have that in a yes/no format.
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