Question

It is guaranteed that a ____ has at least 8 bits and a ____ has at least 16 bits.

(a) int, float

(b) char, int

(c) bool, char

(d) char, short

I got this question by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.

Query is from Sizes topic in division Types, Pointers, Arrays & Structures in C++ of C++

Answer 1

Right choice is (d) char, short

Explanation: char types in C++ require atleast 8 bits and short requires atleast 16 bits, whereas for bool only 1 bit suffices and both int and float requires atleast 32 bits.