Question

__________ bytes are required to encode 2000 bits of data.

(a) 1

(b) 2

(c) 3

(d) 8

I had been asked this question during a job interview.

Origin of the question is Functions topic in division Basic Structures: Sets, Functions, Sequences, Sums and Matrices of Discrete Mathematics

Answer 1

Right choice is (b) 2

To explain: Two bytes are required to encode 2000 (actually with 2 bytes you can encode up to and including 65,535.