a. How many alternatives can you represent with a 4-bit field? 24a.) A 5-bit field can represent

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a. How many alternatives can you represent with a 4-bit field? 

24a.) A 5-bit field can represent ______ alternatives or different combinations.

a. 8

b. 16

c. 32

d. 64


b. For each bit you add to an alternatives field, how many additional alternatives can you represent?

24b.) If you add one bit to an alternatives field, you can have ______.

a. One more alternative

b. Two more alternatives

c. Twice as many alternatives

d. None of the above


c. How many alternatives can you represent with a 10-bit field? (With 8 bits, you can represent 256 alternatives.)

24c.) How many alternatives can you represent with a 10-bit field?

a. 256

b. 512

c. 1,024

d. None of the above


d. If you need to represent 129 alternatives in a field, how many bits long must the field be? 

24d.) To represent 65 alternatives, your alternatives field would have to be at least ______ bits long.

a. 5

b. 6

c. 7

d. 8


e. If you need to represent 18 alternatives in a field, how many bits long must the field be?

24e.) The five senses can be represented with a ______-bit field.

a. 2

b. 3

c. 4

d. 5


f. Come up with three examples of things that should be encoded with 3 bits.

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