Shannon's Theorem and Shannon's bound - MCQs with answers

Shannon's Theorem and Shannon's bound - MCQs with answers

Q1. For a binary symmetric channel, the random bits are given as

a) Logic 1 given by probability P and logic 0 by (1-P)
b) Logic 1 given by probability 1-P and logic 0 by P
c) Logic 1 given by probability P² and logic 0 by 1-P
d) Logic 1 given by probability P and logic 0 by (1-P)²

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Q2. 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

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Q3. For M equally likely messages, M>>1, if the rate of information R > C, the probability of error is

a) Arbitrarily small
b) Close to unity
c) Not predictable
d) Unknown

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Q4. For M equally likely messages, M>>1, if the rate of information R <= C, the probability of error is

a) Arbitrarily small
b) Close to unity
c) Not predictable
d) Unknown

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Q5. The negative statement for Shannon's theorem states that

a) If R > C, the error probability increases towards Unity
b) If R < C, the error probability is very small
c) None of the above
d) Not applicable

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Q6. 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) Both b) and c) are correct

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