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This section includes 86 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Digital Communications knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
51. |
Entropy of a random variable is |
A. | 0 |
B. | 1 |
C. | Infinite |
D. | Cannot be determined |
Answer» D. Cannot be determined | |
52. |
Some various types of distortion are |
A. | Jitter |
B. | Noise |
C. | Aperture error |
D. | All of the mentioned |
Answer» E. | |
53. |
Interpolation is a method of |
A. | Interrelating |
B. | Estimating |
C. | Integrating |
D. | Combining |
Answer» C. Integrating | |
54. |
The number of errors that can be corrected without erasure information is |
A. | Dmin+1 |
B. | Dmin - 1 |
C. | (Dmin+1)/2 |
D. | (Dmin - 1)/2 |
Answer» E. | |
55. |
A concatenated code has |
A. | Low error rate |
B. | High complexity |
C. | Low error rate & High complexity |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» B. High complexity | |
56. |
The self information of random variable is |
A. | 0 |
B. | 1 |
C. | Infinite |
D. | Cannot be determined |
Answer» D. Cannot be determined | |
57. |
A concatenated code uses |
A. | One level of coding |
B. | Two levels of coding |
C. | Three levels of coding |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» C. Three levels of coding | |
58. |
Which gets less affected by noise? |
A. | Error correction |
B. | Error detection |
C. | Error correction & detection |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» C. Error correction & detection | |
59. |
The minimum distance for Reed Solomon code is given by |
A. | n+k+1 |
B. | n-k+1 |
C. | 1-n-k |
D. | 1+n-k |
Answer» C. 1-n-k | |
60. |
Which factor is desirable? |
A. | Minimum correlation |
B. | Maximum correlation |
C. | Maximum distance |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» C. Maximum distance | |
61. |
Interpolation means |
A. | Adding new data points |
B. | Only aligning old data points |
C. | Only removing old data points |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» B. Only aligning old data points | |
62. |
Code strength is characterized by its |
A. | Minimum distance |
B. | Maximum distance |
C. | Code weight |
D. | Code size |
Answer» B. Maximum distance | |
63. |
Digital signals are easy for |
A. | Storage |
B. | Handling |
C. | Time dilation |
D. | All of the mentioned |
Answer» E. | |
64. |
Which parameter is used in soft decision algorithm? |
A. | Euclidean distance |
B. | Euclidean distance squared |
C. | Euclidean distance & distance squared |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» D. None of the mentioned | |
65. |
In non orthogonal signalling as k increases there is |
A. | Degraded error performance |
B. | Improved bandwidth efficiency |
C. | Increase in required Eb/N0 |
D. | All of the mentioned |
Answer» E. | |
66. |
The method used for representing convolution encoder are |
A. | Connection pictorial |
B. | State diagram |
C. | Tree diagram |
D. | All of the mentioned |
Answer» E. | |
67. |
Greater the redundancy greater will be the error correcting capability. |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» B. False | |
68. |
The k-bit message forms ____ distinct messages which is referred to as k-tuples. |
A. | 2k |
B. | K2 |
C. | 2k |
D. | 21/k |
Answer» D. 21/k | |
69. |
Decoders are connected in series. |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» B. False | |
70. |
Which are forward error correcting codes? |
A. | Block codes |
B. | Convolutional codes |
C. | Block & Convolutional codes |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» D. None of the mentioned | |
71. |
If the quantization level of a demodulator output is ________ then it is called as soft decision decoding. |
A. | Equal to 2 |
B. | More than 2 |
C. | Less than 2 |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» C. Less than 2 | |
72. |
The performance of non binary concatenated code depends on |
A. | Bit errors |
B. | Symbols errors |
C. | Bit & Symbols errors |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» C. Bit & Symbols errors | |
73. |
Which is more complex? |
A. | Encoding |
B. | Decoding |
C. | Encoding & Decoding |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» C. Encoding & Decoding | |
74. |
The distance between two code-words is equal to the _____ of the third code-word which is the sum of the first two code-words. |
A. | Size |
B. | Weight |
C. | Minimum distance |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» C. Minimum distance | |
75. |
In maximum likelihood decoding technique, the likelihood function compares the |
A. | Joint probabilities |
B. | Individual probabilities |
C. | Conditional probabilities |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» D. None of the mentioned | |
76. |
Which distance is related to the error correcting capability of the code? |
A. | Maximum distance |
B. | Minimum distance |
C. | Maximum & Minimum distance |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» C. Maximum & Minimum distance | |
77. |
A code is a mapping from |
A. | Binary sequence to dicrete set of symbols |
B. | Discrete set of symbols to binary sequence |
C. | All of the mentioned |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» C. All of the mentioned | |
78. |
In soft decision approach what does -127 mean? |
A. | Certainly one |
B. | Certainly zero |
C. | Very likely zero |
D. | Very likely one |
Answer» C. Very likely zero | |
79. |
In trellis diagram, the number of nodes ______ at successive branching. |
A. | Increases by 1 |
B. | Doubles |
C. | Triples |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» C. Triples | |
80. |
For a binary code, the maximum number of possible sequence made up of L branch words is |
A. | L2 |
B. | 2L |
C. | 2L |
D. | L/2 |
Answer» C. 2L | |
81. |
Linear codes are used for |
A. | Forward error correction |
B. | Backward error correction |
C. | Forward error detection |
D. | Backward error detection |
Answer» B. Backward error correction | |
82. |
The error correcting capability of a code scheme increases as the |
A. | Number of channel symbols per information bit increases |
B. | Bandwidth increases |
C. | Information per bit increases |
D. | All of the mentioned |
Answer» E. | |
83. |
Which operates on continuous stream of data? |
A. | Block codes |
B. | Convolutional codes |
C. | Block & Convolutional codes |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» C. Block & Convolutional codes | |
84. |
Which codes perform better? |
A. | Orthogonal |
B. | Biorthogonal |
C. | Orthogonal & Biorthogonal |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» C. Orthogonal & Biorthogonal | |
85. |
Which needs re-sending of signal? |
A. | Error correction |
B. | Error detection |
C. | Error correction & detection |
D. | None of the mentioned |
Answer» C. Error correction & detection | |
86. |
The minimum distance Dmin can also be given as |
A. | Dmin >= α + β + 1 |
B. | Dmin <= α + β + 1 |
C. | Dmin >= α + β - 1 |
D. | Dmin <= α + β + 1 |
Answer» B. Dmin <= α + β + 1 | |