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200-301 Question #1549: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation
The correct answer is C: UTF-8. RFC 4627, the standard defining JSON, specifies UTF-8 as the required default character encoding for JSON text.
Submitted by asante_acc· Mar 5, 2026Automation and Programmability
Question
What is the RFC 4627 default encoding for JSON text?
Options
- AUCS-2
- BGB18030
- CUTF-8
- DHex
Explanation
RFC 4627, the standard defining JSON, specifies UTF-8 as the required default character encoding for JSON text.
Common mistakes.
- A. UCS-2 is a 16-bit fixed-width Unicode encoding, but it is not the default encoding for JSON as specified in RFC 4627.
- B. GB18030 is a Chinese national standard character encoding and is not the default or specified encoding for JSON in RFC 4627.
- D. Hexadecimal (Hex) is a numerical base for representing data, not a character encoding scheme itself.
Concept tested. JSON character encoding (RFC 4627)
Reference. https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4627
Topics
#JSON encoding#RFC 4627#Character encoding
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