5 Questions
Which of the following best describes the purpose of a cyclic redundancy check (CRC)?
To add redundancy to digital data
What is the basis of the algorithm used in cyclic redundancy checks (CRCs)?
Polynomial division
Why are CRCs popular in digital networks and storage devices?
They are easy to implement in binary hardware
What is the purpose of repeating the CRC calculation on retrieval of data?
To detect data corruption
What is the occasional use of the fixed-length check value function in CRCs?
As a hash function
Test your knowledge on cyclic redundancy checks (CRC) with this quiz. Learn about the purpose of CRC, how it detects errors in digital data, and how it is used in digital networks and storage devices.
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