Advanced Qualification · A-005 Transmitters, modulation and processing · A-005-008-011
How many information bits are included in the ISO-8859 extension to the ASCII code?
- A 5
- B 8
- C 7
- D 6
Correct answer: B — 8. From the official ISED question bank, verified word for word.
Why
ISO-8859 extends the older ASCII standard by using a full byte, which contains 8 bits, to represent characters. The full explanation — and one for every question — is in Pro.
Practise this section
Transmitters, modulation and processing: AM, FM, SSB, keying, speech processing, and the numbers behind occupied bandwidth.