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UNIT 1 - INFORMATION THEORY

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
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1.

For M equally likely messages, the average amount of information H is

a)

H = log10M

b)

H = log2M

c)

H = log10M2

d)

H = 2log10M

2.

The channel capacity is

a)

The maximum information transmitted by one symbol over the channel

b)

Information contained in a signal

c)

The amplitude of the modulated signal

d)

All of the above

3.

According to Shannon Hartley theorem,

a)

The channel capacity becomes infinite with infinite bandwidth

b)

The channel capacity does not become infinite with infinite bandwidth

c)

Has a tradeoff between bandwidth and Signal to noise ratio

d)

The channel capacity does not become infinite with infinite bandwidth and has a tradeoff between bandwidth and Signal to noise ratio

4.

The channel capacity according to Shannon's equation is

a)

Maximum error free communication

b)

Defined for optimum system

c)

Information transmitted

d)

All of the above

5.

The technique that may be used to increase average information per bit is

a)

Shannon-Fano algorithm

b)

ASK

c)

FSK

d)

Digital modulation techniques

6.

Code rate r, k information bits and n as total bits, is defined as

a)

r = k/n

b)

k = n/r

c)

r = k * n

d)

n = r * k

7.

Information rate is defined as

a)

Information per unit time

b)

Average number of bits of information per second

c)

rH

d)

All of the above

8.

The mutual information

a)

Is symmetric

b)

Always non negative

c)

Is symmetric & Always non negative

d)

None of the above

9.

Entropy is

a)

Average information per message

b)

Information in a signal

c)

Amplitude of signal

d)

All of the above

10.

The memory less source refers to

a)

No previous information

b)

No message storage

c)

Emitted message is independent of previous message

d)

None of the above

11.

The expected information contained in a message is called

a)

Entropy

b)

Efficiency

c)

Coded signal

d)

None of the above

12.

In discrete memoryless source, the current letter produced by a source is statistically independent of _____

a)

Past output

b)

Future output

c)

Past output & Future output

d)

None of the above

13.

Huffman coding technique is adopted for constructing the source code with ________ redundancy.

a)

Maximum

b)

Constant

c)

Minimum

d)

Unpredictable

14.

Which type of channel does not represent any correlation between input and output symbols?

a)

Noiseless Channel

b)

Lossless Channel

c)

Useless Channel

d)

Deterministic Channel

15.

In digital communication system, smaller the code rate, _________are the redundant bits.

a)

less

b)

more

c)

equal

d)

unpredictable

16.

In channel coding theorem, channel capacity decides the _________permissible rate at which error free transmission is possible.

a)

Maximum

b)

Minimum

c)

Constant

d)

None of the above

17.

According to Shannon's second theorem, it is not feasible to transmit information over the channel with ______error probability, although by using any coding technique.

a)

small

b)

large

c)

stable

d)

unpredictable

18.

Which among the following is/are the essential condition/s for a good error control coding technique?

a)

Faster coding & decoding methods

b)

Better error correcting capability

c)

Maximum transfer of information in bits/sec

d)

All of the above

19.

Shannon and Weaver’s (1949) model of communication has the following components: ______.

a)

precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance

b)

product, price, place, promotion

c)

source, transmitter, channel, receiver, destination

d)

none of these

20.

Select the source coding techniques.

a)

prefix coding

b)

Shannon-fano coding

c)

Huffman coding

d)

All of the mentioned.