Q4

MCQ1 mark, −0.33

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

\begin{array}{|l|l|l|}\hline \textbf{Sign} & \textbf{Exponent} & \textbf{Mantissa} \\\hline \text{(1 bit)} & \text{(8 bits)} & \text{(23 bits)} \\\hline \end{array}

Choose the largest floating-point number among the following options.

(A)

$\begin{array}{|l|l|l|}\hline \textbf{Sign} & \textbf{Exponent} & \textbf{Mantissa} \\\hline \text{0} & \text{01111111} & \text{11111111111111111111111} \\\hline \end{array}$

(B)

$\begin{array}{|l|l|l|}\hline \textbf{Sign} & \textbf{Exponent} & \textbf{Mantissa} \\\hline \text{0} & \text{11111110} & \text{11111111111111111111111} \\\hline \end{array}$

(C)

$\begin{array}{|l|l|l|}\hline \textbf{Sign} & \textbf{Exponent} & \textbf{Mantissa} \\\hline \text{0} & \text{11111111} & \text{11111111111111111111111} \\\hline \end{array}$

(D)

$\begin{array}{|l|l|l|}\hline \textbf{Sign} & \textbf{Exponent} & \textbf{Mantissa} \\\hline \text{0} & \text{01111111} & \text{00000000000000000000000} \\\hline \end{array}$

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