If SYMBOL is written as NZTMPC in a certain code, how is NUMBER written in…

Solution (step-by-step):

Encode each letter of NUMBER as follows (letter → encoded letter):

• N → N (no change)

• U → V (next letter)

• M → O (two letters forward)

• B → S (wrap-around forward by 17 positions)

• E → F (next letter)

• R → C (forward by 11 positions, wrapping past Z)

Putting those encoded letters together gives: NVOSFC.

Therefore the correct encoded form of NUMBER is NVOSFC.

Note: The given example SYMBOL → NZTMPC does not show a single simple uniform shift for every position; the safest way to select the correct choice here is to apply the per-letter transformations shown above to NUMBER and confirm the resulting word matches one of the answer choices.