Correct Answer:
A. 1 MB
Computer memory and storage are measured using units based on powers of 2, reflecting the binary nature of digital systems. The correct answer is 1 MB.
In the binary system used by computers, a kilobyte (KB) is precisely 210 bytes, which equals 1024 bytes. Similarly, a megabyte (MB) is precisely 210 kilobytes. Therefore, 1024 KB is exactly equivalent to 1 MB. This relationship is a fundamental concept in understanding digital data storage and file sizes, distinguishing it from the decimal (base-10) system where 'kilo' typically means 1000.
- 10 MB is incorrect; 1024 KB is only one-tenth of 10 MB.
- 100 MB is incorrect; this is a much larger unit, 100 times 1 MB.
- 1000 MB is incorrect; 1000 MB is approximately 1 Gigabyte (GB), not 1 MB.