Jelly, 2 bytes1 byte
&Ṡ&
I think I understood the challenge.
Explanation
&Ṡ Main link
& Bitwise AND; returns 0 if k at n is 0 and n otherwise
Ṡ Sign; 0 -> 0 and n -> 1
If output doesn't have to be consistent for truthy/falsy, then simply &
works.Bitwise AND Builtin