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CAMBRIDGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY


NORTH CAMPUS
KUNDANA, BENGALURU-562110

Department of ECE
Program: B.E. M.Tech. Specialization: ECE
Academic year-2023-24 Sub: Digital Communication Quiz Code: 21EC51

Note: Answer all questions compulsorily. Q1 to Q5 carries 2M, Q6 to Q15 carries 1M

1) What is the primary advantage of direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) over other spread spectrum
techniques?

A. Higher data rates B. Improved resistance to interference

C. Lower power consumption D. Simplicity of implementation

2) Which of the following is a characteristic of direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS)?

A. Narrowband signal transmission

B. Frequency hopping

C. Each bit of the original signal is spread across a wide frequency band

D. High power consumption

3) In direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS), how is data spread across a wide frequency band?

A. By modulating the phase of the carrier signal

B. By modulating the frequency of the carrier signal

C. By multiplying the data signal with a spreading code

D. By changing the amplitude of the carrier signal

4) Which of the following is a disadvantage of direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS)?

A. Susceptibility to interference B. Low data rate

C. High power consumption D. Complexity of implementation

5) In direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS), what is the purpose of the spreading code?

A. To increase the transmission power

B. To reduce the data rate

C. To spread the signal across a wider frequency band

D. To decrease the signal-to-noise ratio


6) What is the main advantage of Phase Shift Keying (PSK) modulation?

A. Higher data rates B. Greater resistance to noise

C. Reduced bandwidth requirements D. Simplicity of implementation

7) In Phase Shift Keying (PSK), how many distinct phase shifts can be used to represent different symbols?

A. Two B. Three

C. Four D. Five

8) What is the primary advantage of Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) over Binary Phase Shift Keying
(BPSK)?

A. Higher data rate B. Greater spectral efficiency

C. Improved resistance to noise D. Simplicity of implementation

9) What is the primary goal of source coding in information theory?


A. To reduce redundancy in the data. B. To detect and correct errors.
C. To encrypt the data for security. D. To compress the data with no loss.

10) Which of the following coding schemes is an example of lossless source coding?
A. JPEG B. Huffman coding

C. MPEG D. MP3

11) In Shannon’s source coding theorem, what is the fundamental limit on the best possible compression rate?
A. Channel capacity B. Redundancy rate

C. Entropy D. Codeword length

12) Which coding technique assigns shorter codewords to more frequent symbols?
A. Run-length encoding B. Huffman coding

C. Arithmetic coding D. Block coding

13) What is the purpose of error control coding?


A. To reduce the amount of data sent over a noisy channel.
B. To detect and correct errors in the transmitted data.
C. To encrypt data for secure communication.
D. To reduce the bandwidth required for transmission.

14) In a convolution code, how are errors typically detected?


A. Using parity checks
B. By examining the code rate
C. By tracing the trellis diagram and identifying paths that don’t match
D. By analyzing the Hamming distance between symbols

15) Which of the following is an example of a block code used for error correction?
A. Cyclic Redundancy Check B. Hamming Code

C. Run-length Encoding D. Huffman Coding

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