Question

Imagine a database keeping track of participants in a study about how well a new treatment lengthens lifespan for otherwise terminally ill patients. What is an example of a record that would make sense to store in binary format?

(1 point)

whether the patient is still alive


what stage in the treatment cycle the patient is on


what name the patient prefers to be called


when the patient started the new treatment

Answer 1

whether the patient is still alive

This is naturally a binary (alive/dead) value and can be stored as a single bit/flag (e.g., 1 = alive, 0 = dead).