Explore topic-wise MCQs in Digital Communications.

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