A signed integer has been stored in a byte using 2’scomplement format.
We wish to store the same integer in 16-bit word.
We should copy the original byte to the less significant byte of the word and fill the more significant byte with
A. 0
B. 1
C. Equal to the MSB of the original byte
D. Complement of the MSB of the original byte
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Answer: C
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