Q4

MCQ1 mark, −0.33

The format of the single-precision floating point representation of a real number as per the $\text{IEEE 754}$ standard is as follows:

\begin{array}{|c|c|c|} \hline \text{sign} & \text{exponent} & \text{mantissa} \\ \hline \end{array}

Which one of the following choices is correct with respect to the smallest normalized positive number represented using the standard?

(A)

exponent $=00000000$ and mantissa $=0000000000000000000000000$

(B)

exponent $=00000000$ and mantissa $=0000000000000000000000001$

(C)

exponent $=00000001$ and mantissa $=0000000000000000000000000$

(D)

exponent $=00000001$ and mantissa $=0000000000000000000000001$

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