Information Theory Source Coding - Electronic Engineering (MCQ) questions & answers

1)   Information rate basically gives an idea about the generated information per _____ by source.

a. Second
b. Minute
c. Hour
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Second

Explanation:
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2)   Which among the following is used to construct the binary code that satisfies the prefix condition?

a. Information Rate
b. Noiseless Channel
c. Channel Coding Theorem
d. Kraft Inequality
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Kraft Inequality

Explanation:
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3)   Which coding technique/s exhibit/s the usability of fixed length codes?

a. Lempel Ziv
b. Huffman
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Lempel Ziv

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4)   Which lossy method for audio compression is responsible for encoding the difference between two consecutive samples?

a. Silence Compression
b. Linear Predictive Coding (LPC)
c. Adaptive Differential Pulse Code modulation (ADPCM)
d. Code Excited Linear Predictor (CELP)
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Adaptive Differential Pulse Code modulation (ADPCM)

Explanation:
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5)   Which among the following compression techniques is/are intended for still images?

a. JPEG
b. H.263
c. MPEG
d. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: JPEG

Explanation:
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6)   In dictionary techniques for data compaction, which approach of building dictionary is used for the prior knowledge of probability of the frequently occurring patterns?

a. Static Dictionary
b. Adaptive Dictionary
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Static Dictionary

Explanation:
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7)   Which bitmap file format/s support/s the Run Length Encoding (RLE)?

a. TIFF
b. BMP
c. PCX
d. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of the above

Explanation:
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8)   Huffman coding technique is adopted for constructing the source code with ________ redundancy.

a. Maximum
b. Constant
c. Minimum
d. Unpredictable
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Minimum

Explanation:
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9)   Which coding terminology deals with the inverse operation of assigned words of second language corresponding to the words in the first language?

a. Enciphering
b. Deciphering
c. Codeword
d. Codebook
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Deciphering

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

a. Past output
b. Future output
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Both a and b

Explanation:
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