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Week-1 In the following questions, ONLY ONE answer is correct. Choose the most
appropriate one. (1X16=16 Marks)
Week-2
1) In a classical communication, the sender transmits one of the following four codes : 1 point
C:= {(000000), (101100), (010111), (111011)}. The probability of a single bit flip is
Week 3
p=0.15. If the receiver received (111111), what is most likely to have been the code
sent?
Week 4
(000000)
Week 5
(101100)

Week 6 (010111)
(111011)
Quantum Error
Correction-I No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Quantum Error
Correction-II Three Accepted Answers:
Qubit Code (111011)
Quantum Error 2) Given two vectors u and v representing two code words the Hamming distance 1 point
Correction-III
between them is defined as the number of positions in which the two vectors differ.
Shor's 9 Qubit
Code-I The minimum distance between the code words in the code C: = {(00000),
(01110)(10011), (11111)} is
Quantum Error
Correction-IV 1
Shor's 9 Qubit
Code-II
2
3
Quiz : Week 6 -
Assignment 6 5

Week 6 - No, the answer is incorrect.

Assignment 6 Score: 0
Solutions
Accepted Answers:
Week 7 2

3) Assuming that the probability of bit flip is uniform across all bits, the maximum 1 point
Week-8 number of bit flips that the code C in the previous question can detect is

1
2
3
4

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
1

4) Assuming that the probability of bit flip is uniform across all bits, the number of bit 1 point
flips that the code C in question 2 can correct is

0
1

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2
3

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
0

5) Suppose in a classical error code, five bits are employed to encode a single bit. What 1 point
is the success probability when the bit is sent through a noisy channel one by one
with a probability that a bit is flipped with a probability p=0.1, assuming a majority
vote principle is used?

0.95
0.97
0.98
0.99

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
0.99

6) 1 1 point
In a quantum error correcting code, a qubit (|0⟩ + |1⟩) is encoded as
√2
‾

1
⊗3
(|0⟩ + |1⟩)
√8
‾

1
(|000⟩ + |111⟩)
√2
‾

1
⊗3
(|000⟩ + |111⟩)
√8
‾

None of the above

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
1
(|000⟩ + |111⟩)
√2
‾

7) If p is the probability of a bit flip in a classical 3 bit repetition code, under what circumstances, the code 1 point
is less reliable than transmission in an uncoded manner?

p>0.01
p>0.125
p>0.25
p>0.5

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
p>0.5

8) In an error correcting model, an n-qubit code word is used for transmission. Assuming 1 point
that only single bit flips are to be taken into account, what is the minimum word length n for which
detection and recovery is possible?

2
3
5
9

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:

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9) An arbitrary quantum state a|0⟩+b|1⟩ becomes, due to an error during transmission, the 1 point
state a|1⟩-b|0⟩. The switch can be modeled by application of the following operator on the original
state

𝜎𝑥

𝑖𝜎 𝑦

𝜎𝑧

𝑖𝜎 𝑥 𝜎 𝑦

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
𝑖𝜎 𝑦

10) 1 1 point
Suppose a 𝜎 error affects the first qubit of an entangled state
𝑥 (|00⟩ + |11⟩) . The
√2
‾

error can be detecting by measurement of the following operator

𝜎𝑥 ⊗ 𝜎𝑥

𝜎𝑥 ⊗ 𝜎𝑧

𝜎𝑧 ⊗ 𝜎𝑧

𝜎𝑧 ⊗ 𝜎𝑥

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
𝜎𝑧 ⊗ 𝜎𝑧

11) 1 1 point
Suppose a 𝜎 error affects the first qubit of an entangled state
𝑧 (|00⟩ + |11⟩) The error
√2
‾

can be detecting by measurement of the following operator

𝜎𝑥 ⊗ 𝜎𝑥

𝜎𝑥 ⊗ 𝜎𝑧

𝜎𝑧 ⊗ 𝜎𝑧

𝜎𝑧 ⊗ 𝜎𝑥

No, the answer is incorrect.

Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
𝜎𝑥 ⊗ 𝜎𝑥

12)In
a 3 qubit error code, the ancilla are measured to be in state |10⟩, consequent to which 1 point
𝜎𝑥is applied to the second qubit. In addition to recovering the original state |ψ⟩=a|000⟩+b|111⟩,
which of the following outcomes is also possible?

a|001⟩+b|110⟩
a|100⟩+b|011⟩
a|100⟩+b|111⟩
a|101⟩+b|010⟩
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:

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a|101⟩+b|010⟩
13) In 3 qubit error code, if the ancilla states are measured to be |11⟩, one can conclude that 1 point

A bit flip error has occurred in the first qubit

A bit flip error either in the third qubit or in both second and third qubits
A bit flip error either in the third qubit or in both first and second and qubits
A bit flip error has occurred in the third qubit only
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
A bit flip error has occurred in the first qubit
14)In the 3 qubit code, |0⟩ was encoded as |+++⟩ and |1⟩ was coded as |---⟩. Consider the 1 point
following modification to the error detection circuit.

The ancilla are measured in computational basis. If the result of measurement is |01⟩, it is indicative
of a
phase flip in qubit 1
bit flip in qubit 3
phase flip in qubit 3
bit flip in qubit 1
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
phase flip in qubit 3
15) 1 1 point
In 3 qubit code the state |+⟩ is encoded as |+̃ ⟩ = (|000⟩ + |111⟩) . If an error
√2
‾

E=Z⊗I⊗I occurs, then the syndrome extraction using ancilla states results in detection of
A phase error in qubit 1
A phase error in qubit 2 and 3
A bit flip error in qubit 1
No error is detected
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
No error is detected
16)In the circuit shown below ρe=0.25|0⟩⟨0|-0.75|1⟩⟨1| 1 point

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The process depicted is

A bit flip and a phase flip with probability 0.25

A bit flip and a phase flip with probability 0.75
A phase flip with probability 0.75
A phase flip with probability 0.25
No, the answer is incorrect.
Score: 0
Accepted Answers:
A bit flip and a phase flip with probability 0.75

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