Any positive real number $x$ can be expanded as $x = a _ { n } \cdot 2 ^ { n } + a _ { n - 1 } \cdot 2 ^ { n - 1 } + \cdots + a _ { 1 } \cdot 2 ^ { 1 } + a _ { 0 } \cdot 2 ^ { 0 } + a _ { - 1 } \cdot 2 ^ { - 1 } + a _ { - 2 } \cdot 2 ^ { - 2 } + \cdots$, for some $n \geq 0$, where each $a _ { i } \in \{ 0,1 \}$. In the above-described expansion of 21.1875, the smallest positive integer $k$ such that $a _ { - k } \neq 0$ is:\\
(A) 3\\
(B) 2\\
(C) 1\\
(D) 4