Channel Capacity Channel Coding - Electronic Engineering (MCQ) questions & answers

1)   On which factor/s do/does the channel capacity depend/s in the communication system?

a. Bandwidth
b. Signal to Noise Ratio
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both a and b

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2)   Assuming that the channel is noiseless, if TV channels are 8 kHz wide with the bits/sample = 3Hz and signalling rate = 16 x 106 samples/second, then what would be the value of data rate?

a. 16 Mbps
b. 24 Mbps
c. 48 Mbps
d. 64 Mbps
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 48 Mbps

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3)   If a noiseless channel bandlimited to 5 kHz is sampled every 1msec, what will be the value of sampling frequency?

a. 250 samples/sec
b. 500 samples/sec
c. 800 samples/sec
d. 1000 samples/sec
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 1000 samples/sec

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4)   In sphere packing, where is the received code vector with added noise located?

a. Inside the sphere
b. Outside the sphere
c. On the boundary (circumference) of sphere
d. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Inside the sphere

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5)   Which approach plays a cardinal role in supporting the results obtained regarding the information capacity theorem?

a. Line Packing
b. Volume Packing
c. Sphere Packing
d. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Sphere Packing

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6)   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
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: small

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7)   If the channel is bandlimited to 6 kHz & signal to noise ratio is 16, what would be the capacity of channel?

a. 15.15 kbps
b. 24.74 kbps
c. 30.12 kbps
d. 52.18 kbps
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: 24.74 kbps

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8)   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
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Maximum

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

a. less
b. more
c. equal
d. unpredictable
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: more

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10)   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
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Useless Channel

Explanation:
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