Which of the following would allow a digital signal processing filter to create a sharper filter response?

To create a sharper, steeper frequency response (a faster rolloff) in a digital signal processing (DSP) filter, the system must use more taps. Taps represent the individual delay and multiplication stages within the filter's algorithm. Adding more taps allows the filter to process a longer history of the signal at once. This increased time-domain resolution directly translates to finer control over the frequency domain, enabling the filter's shape to have highly distinct passband and stopband edges. While higher data rates or double-precision math might improve other aspects of the system's fidelity or dynamic range, it is specifically the number of taps that dictates the sharpness of the filter's shape. Lowering the "Q" would actually widen the bandwidth and soften the response.