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Information Theory

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Self information should be

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

c)

Positive & Negative

d)

None of the mentioned

2.

The unit of average mutual information is

a)

Bits

b)

Bytes

c)

Bits per symbol

d)

Bytes per symbol

3.

Binary Huffman coding is a

a)

Prefix condition code

b)

Suffix condition code

c)

Prefix & Suffix condition code

d)

None of the mentioned

4.

The method of converting a word to stream of bits is called as

a)

Binary coding

b)

Source coding

c)

Bit coding

d)

Cipher coding

5.

When X and Y are statistically independent, then I (x,y) is

a)

1

b)

0

c)

Ln 2

d)

Cannot be determined

6.

The self information of random variable is

a)

0

b)

1

c)

Infinite

d)

Cannot be determined

7.

Entropy of a random variable is

a)

0

b)

1

c)

Infinite

d)

Cannot be determined

8.


a)

Xn + 1

b)

Xn - 1  

c)

Xn/2

   

d)

X2n/3

9.

For a (6, 4) block code where n = 6, k = 4 and dmin = 3, how many errors can be corrected by this code?

a)

0

b)

1

c)

2

d)

3

10.

In decoding of cyclic code, which of the following is also regarded as 'Syndrome Polynomial'?

a)

Generator Polynomial

b)

Received code word Polynomial

c)

Quotient Polynomial

d)

Remainder Polynomial

11.

26. While representing the convolutional code by (n, k, m), what does 'm' signify or represent in it?

a)

Coded bits

b)

Message bits

c)

Memory size

d)

All of the above

12.

A source produces 4 symbols with probability 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, and 1/8 for this source, a practical coding scheme has an 8 average codeword length of 2 bits/symbols. The efficiency of the code is

a)

1

b)

7/4

c)

7/8

d)

14/4

13.

A source generates three symbols with probabilities 0.25, 0.25, 0.50 at a rate of 3000 symbols per second. Assuming independent generation of symbols, the most efficient source encoder would have average bit rate

a)

6000 bits/sec

b)

4500 bits/sec

c)

3000 bits/sec

d)

1500 bits/sec

14.

For designing of (4, 1) cyclic repetition code, what would be the order of the generator polynomial g(x)?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

15.

The minimum distance of linear block code (dmin) is equal to the minimum number of rows or columns of HT, whose . is equal to zero vector

a)

sum

b)

product

c)

division

d)

difference

16.

For a Gaussian channel of 1 MHz bandwidth with the signal power to spectral noise density ratio of about 104 Hz, what would be the maximum information rate?

a)

12000 bits/sec

b)

14400 bits/sec

c)

28000 bits/sec

d)

32500bits/sec

17.
a)

15.15 KHZ

b)

30.12 KHZ

c)

24.5 KHZ

d)

52.18 KHZ

18.
a)

H = Mlog2 (M)

b)

H = log2 (M)

c)

H = -log2 (M)

d)

H = -Mlog2 (M)

19.
a)

19/2 bits/sec

b)

19/4 bits/sec

c)

38/3 bits/sec

d)

38/5 bits/sec

20.

If the probability of a message is 1/4, then the information in bits is

a)

8

b)

4

c)

2

d)

1

21.

If receiver knows the message being transmitted the amount of information carried is

a)

1

b)

0

c)

infinity

d)

undefined

22.

A fair Dice is thrown, find the amount of information gained if

you are told that 4 will appear

a)

1.58 bits

b)

2.58 bits

c)

3.58 bits

d)

4.58 bits

23.

A biased coin has p(Head)=0.3. Find the amount of information gained if you are told that a tail will appear

a)

0.514 bits

b)

1.514 bits

c)

2.514 bits

d)

3.514 bits

24.

If some transmission scheme contains 4 messages, calculate the information rate if all messages are equally likely Knowing that the r= 1.875 messages/sec.

a)

1.75 bits/sec

b)

2 bits/sec

c)

3.75 bits/sec

d)

4.75 bits/sec

25.

A source, produces dots "." and dashes "_" with p(dot)=0.65. If the time duration of a dot is 200ms and that for a dash is 800ms. Find the average source entropy rate.

a)

1.278 bit/sec

b)

2.278 bit/sec

c)

3.278 bit/sec

d)

4.278 bit/sec

26.

Two unbiased coins are tossed. What is the probability of getting at most one head?

a)

3⁄4

b)

1⁄6

c)

1⁄3

d)

1⁄2

27.

When rolling a fair six-sided die, what is the probability of obtaining an even number?

a)

1/6

b)

1/3

c)

1/2

d)

2/3

28.

the amount of information if binary digit (binit) occur with

equal likelihood in binary PCM

a)

0

b)

1

c)

2

d)

3

29.

The Binary Symmetric Channel has a probability of error of 0.2. What is its channel

capacity?

a)

0.2 bits

b)

0.8 bits

c)

1 bit

d)

0 bits

30.

The capacity of Gaussian channel is

a)

C = 2B(1+S/N) bits/s

b)

C = B2(1+S/N) bits/s

c)

C = B(1+S/N) bits/s

d)

C = B(1+S/N)2 bits/s

31.

 The capacity of a binary symmetric channel, given H(P) is binary entropy function is

a)

1 - H(P)

b)

H(P) - 1

c)

1 - H(P)2

d)

H(P)2 - 1

32.

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

a.
b.
c.
d.

a)

r = k/n

b)

k = n/r

c)

r = k * n

d)

n = r * k

33.

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

34.

The relation between entropy and mutual information is

a)

I(X;Y) = H(X) - H(X/Y)

b)

I(X;Y) = H(X/Y) - H(Y/X)

c)

I(X;Y) = H(X) - H(Y)

d)

I(X;Y) = H(Y) - H(X)

35.

The channel capacity of the following matrix is

a)

0.8812 bits/symbol

b)

0.1485 bits/symbol

c)

0.4582 bits/symbol

d)

0.1187 bits/symbol

36.

For joint probability matrix given below find

H(X,Y)

a)

2.46 bits/symbol

b)

1.46 bits/symbol

c)

0.46 bits/symbol

d)

2.95 bits/symbol

37.

The channel capacity for binary symmetric channel is

a)

C= 1-k

b)

C= 1+k

c)

C= B*log2(1+SNR)

d)

0

38.

Which are uniquely decodable codes?

a)

Fixed length codes

b)

Variable length codes

c)

Fixed & Variable length codes

d)

None of the mentioned

39.

For a (7, 4) block code, 7 is the total number of bits and 4 is the number of

a)

Information bits

b)

Redundant bits

c)

Total bits- information bits

d)

None of the above

40.

The code in convolution coding is generated using

a)

EX-OR logic

b)

AND logic

c)

OR logic

d)

None of the above

41.

If the constraint length of a (n, k, L) convolutional code is defined as the number of encoder output bits influenced by each message bit, then the constraint length is given by

a)

L(n + 1)

b)

n(L + 1)

c)

n(L + k)

d)

L(n + k)

42.

The cyclic codes are designed using

a)

Shift registers with feedback

b)

Shift registers without feedback

c)

Flipflops

d)

None of the mentioned

43.

A cyclic code can be generated using

a)

Generator polynomial

b)

Generator matrix

c)

Generator polynomial & matrix

d)

None of the mentioned

44.

The received code contains an error if the syndrome vector is

a)

Zero

b)

Non zero

c)

Infinity

d)

None of the mentioned

45.

Syndrome is calculated by

a)

HT/r

b)

rHT

c)

rH

d)

None of the mentioned

46.

 For the generation of a cyclic code, the generator polynomial should be the factor of _____

a)

xn + 1

b)

xn – 1

c)

xn /2

d)

x2n/3