UNIT – 4

IMAGE COMPRESSION
ONE MARKS:
1. What is the primary goal of image compression?
Answer: To reduce the amount of data required to store or transmit an image.
2. Which of the following is a benefit of image compression?
Answer: Reduced storage space.
3. What is the difference between lossless and lossy compression?
Answer: Lossless compression retains all image data, while lossy compression
discards some data.
4. What is the purpose of the compression model?
Answer: To predict the probability distribution of the image data.
5. Which model is based on the probability distribution of the image pixels?
Answer: Statistical model.
6. What is the unit of measurement for information?
Answer: Bits.
7. Which concept measures the amount of information in a message?
Answer: Entropy.
8. What is the purpose of error-free compression?
Answer: To compress data without losing any information.
9. Which technique is used for error-free compression?
Answer: Huffman coding.
10. What is the purpose of lossy compression?
Answer: To compress data by discarding some information.
11. Which technique is used for lossy compression?
Answer: Quantization.
12. What is the most widely used image compression standard?
Answer: JPEG.
13. Which standard uses wavelet transform for compression?
Answer: JPEG 2000.
14. What is the primary goal of image compression?
Answer: To reduce the amount of data required to store or transmit an image.
15. Which of the following is a benefit of image compression?
Answer: Reduced storage space.
16. What is the difference between lossless and lossy compression?
Answer: Lossless compression retains all image data, while lossy compression
discards some data.
17. What is the purpose of the compression model?
Answer: To predict the probability distribution of the image data.
18. What is the unit of measurement for information?
Answer: Bits.
19. Which concept measures the amount of information in a message?
Answer: Entropy.
20. What is the purpose of error-free compression?
Answer: To compress data without losing any information.
21. Which technique is used for error-free compression?
Answer: Huffman coding.
22. What is the purpose of lossy compression?
Answer: To compress data by discarding some information.
23. Which technique is used for lossy compression?
Answer: Quantization.
24. What is the most widely used image compression standard?
Answer: JPEG.
25. Which standard uses wavelet transform for compression?
Answer: JPEG 2000.
26. What is the compression ratio?
Answer: The ratio of the original data size to the compressed data size.
27. Which of the following is a compression technique?
Answer: Run-length encoding (RLE).
28. What is the purpose of image transformation in compression?
Answer: To convert the image into a more compressible form.
29. Which of the following is a type of image compression?
Answer: Video compression.
30. What is the purpose of the predictive model?
Answer: To predict the value of a pixel based on previous pixels.
31. Which model is based on the spatial redundancies in an image?
Answer: Spatial model.
32. What is the purpose of the adaptive model?
Answer: To adjust the compression parameters based on the image content.
33. Which model is based on the frequency redundancies in an image?
Answer: Frequency model.
34. What is the formula to calculate entropy?
Answer: H = - ∑ p(x) log2 p(x).
35. Which concept measures the amount of information in a message?
Answer: Mutual information.
36. What is the unit of measurement for entropy?
Answer: Bits.
37. Which concept measures the difference between two probability distributions?
Answer: Kullback-Leibler divergence.
38. What is the purpose of Huffman coding?
Answer: To assign shorter codes to frequent symbols.
39. Which technique is used for error-free compression?
Answer: Arithmetic coding.
40. What is the purpose of LZ77 compression?
Answer: To find repeated patterns in the data.
41. Which technique is used for error-free image compression?
Answer: Lossless JPEG.
42. What is the purpose of quantization in image compression?
Answer: To reduce the precision of the pixel values.
43. Which technique is used for lossy compression?
Answer: Transform coding.
44. What is the purpose of the discrete cosine transform (DCT) in image
compression?
Answer: To convert the image into the frequency domain.
45. Which technique is used for lossy image compression?
Answer: JPEG.
46. What is the purpose of the JPEG standard?
Answer: To compress continuous-tone images.
47. Which standard uses wavelet transform for compression?
Answer: JPEG 2000.
48. What is the purpose of the PNG standard?
Answer: To compress images with transparent backgrounds.
49. Which standard uses fractal compression?
Answer: Fractal image compression.
50. What is the purpose of the GIF standard?
Answer: To compress images with a limited color palette.
51. Which standard uses vector quantization for compression?
Answer: VQ compression.
52. What is the purpose of the TIFF standard?
Answer: To compress images with lossless compression.
53. Which standard uses predictive coding for compression?
Answer: DPCM (Differential Pulse Code Modulation).
54. What is the purpose of run-length encoding (RLE)?
Answer: To compress sequences of identical pixels.
55. Which technique is used for error-free compression of text data?
Answer: Huffman coding.
56. What is the purpose of arithmetic coding?
Answer: To compress data by representing a probability distribution.
57. Which technique is used for error-free compression of images?
Answer: Lossless JPEG.
58. What is the purpose of chroma subsampling in image compression?
Answer: To reduce the color resolution of the image.
59. Which technique is used for lossy compression of audio data?
Answer: Psychoacoustic modeling.
60. What is the purpose of the discrete wavelet transform (DWT) in image
compression?
Answer: To convert the image into the frequency domain.
61. Which technique is used for lossy compression of video data?
Answer: MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group).
62. What is the purpose of motion estimation in video compression?
Answer: To predict the motion of pixels between frames.
63. Which technique is used for lossy compression of images with transparency?
Answer: PNG (Portable Network Graphics).
64. What is the purpose of scalar quantization in image compression?
Answer: To reduce the precision of the pixel values.
65. Which technique is used for lossy compression of audio data with
psychoacoustic modeling?
Answer: MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer 3).
66. What is the purpose of image compression in digital cameras?
Answer: To reduce the storage space required for images.
67. Which application uses image compression for fast image transfer?
Answer: Fax machines.
68. What is the purpose of image compression in medical imaging?
Answer: To reduce the storage space required for medical images.
69. Which application uses image compression for efficient image storage?
Answer: Image databases.
70. What is the purpose of image compression in video conferencing?
Answer: To reduce the bandwidth required for video transmission.
71. Which application uses image compression for efficient image transmission?
Answer: Telemedicine.
72. What is the purpose of image compression in digital cinema?
Answer: To reduce the storage space required for movie files.
73. Which application uses image compression for fast image upload?
Answer: Social media.
74. What is the purpose of image filtering in digital image processing?
Answer: To enhance or restore the image.
75. Which technique is used for image enhancement?
Answer: Contrast stretching.
76. What is the purpose of image transformation in digital image processing?
Answer: To change the spatial relationships between pixels.
77. Which technique is used for image restoration?
Answer: Inverse filtering.
78. What is the purpose of image segmentation in digital image processing?
Answer: To divide the image into regions of similar pixels.
79. Which technique is used for image representation?
Answer: Chain codes.
80. What is the purpose of image recognition in digital image processing?
Answer: To identify objects in the image.
81. Which technique is used for image analysis?
Answer: Morphological operations.
82. What is the purpose of image reconstruction in digital image processing?
Answer: To recreate the original image from compressed or degraded data
83. What is the purpose of the WebP standard?
Answer: To compress images with lossy and lossless compression.
84. Which standard uses wavelet compression?
Answer: JPEG 2000.
85. What is the purpose of the BMP standard?
Answer: To store uncompressed images.
86. Which standard uses fractal compression?
Answer: Fractal Image Compression.
87. What is the purpose of the WebP standard?
Answer: To compress images with lossy and lossless compression.
88. Which standard uses wavelet compression?
Answer: JPEG 2000.
89. What is the purpose of the BMP standard?
Answer: To store uncompressed images.
90. Which standard uses fractal compression?
Answer: Fractal Image Compression.
91. What is the purpose of the GIF standard?
Answer: To compress images with a limited color palette.
92. Which standard uses vector quantization for compression?
Answer: VQ compression.
93. What is the purpose of the TIFF standard?
Answer: To compress images with lossless compression.
94. Which standard uses predictive coding for compression?
Answer: DPCM (Differential Pulse Code Modulation).
95. What is the purpose of the PNG standard?
Answer: To compress images with transparent backgrounds.
96. Which standard uses transform coding for compression?
Answer: JPEG
97. What is the purpose of the HD Photo standard?
Answer: To compress images with lossless and lossy compression.
98. Which standard uses wavelet compression for image compression?
Answer: JPEG 2000.
99. What is the purpose of the JBIG standard?
Answer: To compress bi-level images.
100. Which standard uses arithmetic coding for compression?
Answer: JPEG.
101. What is the purpose of the JBIG2 standard?
Answer: To compress bi-level images with lossless compression.
102. Which standard uses predictive coding for image compression?
Answer: DPCM (Differential Pulse Code Modulation).
103. What is the purpose of the JPEG-LS standard?
Answer: To compress images with lossless compression.
104. Which standard uses transform coding for image compression?
Answer: JPEG.
105. What is the purpose of the MPEG standard?
Answer: To compress video data.
106. Which standard uses fractal compression for image compression?
Answer: Fractal Image Compression.
107. What is the purpose of the PNG standard?
Answer: To compress images with transparent backgrounds.
108. Which standard uses vector quantization for compression?
Answer: VQ compression.
109. What is the purpose of the SVG standard?
Answer: To compress vector graphics.
110. Which standard uses predictive coding for video compression?
Answer: MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group).
111. What is the purpose of the WebP standard?
Answer: To compress images with lossy and lossless compression.
112. What is the purpose of the HEIF standard?
Answer: To compress images with lossy and lossless compression.
113. Which standard uses wavelet compression for image compression?
Answer: JPEG 2000.
114. What is the purpose of the AVIF standard?
Answer: To compress images with lossy compression.
115. Which standard uses predictive coding for video compression?
Answer: MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group).
116. What is the purpose of the GIF standard?
Answer: To compress images with a limited color palette.
117. Which standard uses vector quantization for compression?
Answer: VQ compression.
118. What is the purpose of the TIFF standard?
Answer: To compress images with lossless compression.
119. Which standard uses transform coding for image compression?
Answer: JPEG.
120. What is the purpose of the BMP standard?
Answer: To store uncompressed images.
121. Which standard uses fractal compression for image compression?
Answer: Fractal Image Compression.
122. What is the purpose of the PNG standard?
Answer: To compress images with transparent backgrounds.
123. Which standard uses predictive coding for image compression?
Answer: DPCM (Differential Pulse Code Modulation).
124. What is the purpose of the JPEG-LS standard?
Answer: To compress images with lossless compression.
125. Which standard uses wavelet compression for image compression?
Answer: JPEG 2000.