Multiple choice

How many parity bits are required to devise a single bit error correcting hamming code for a 16-bit data string?

  1. 2

  2. 3

  3. 4

  4. 5

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D Correct answer
Explanation

If we take 5 parity bits, then 21 bits are to be sent and 5 bits are sufficient to represent all the single bit errors.