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An introduction to coding theory

Assignment-1

Q 1: Channel coding involves


(a) Adding parity bits
(b) Modulating analog signal using digital information

(c) Removing redundancy from the information sequence


(d) None of the above
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Q 2: If we encode the following information sequence using R = 3 repetition code, what will be the coded sequence?
Information sequence: 1101

(a) 001001000001
(b) 110111011101
(c) 111111000111

(d) None of the above


Q 3: Given below is a generator matrix for (4,3) linear block code:
 
1 0 1 0
G= 1 1 1 1 
1 1 0 0

List the set of codewords.


(a) C = {0000,1100,1111,0011,1010,0111,0101,1001}
(b) C = {0000,1100,1111,0011,1010,0110,0101,1001}

(c) C = {0000,1100,1111,0011,1010,0110,1101,1001}
(d) C = {0000,1100,1111,0011,1010,0110,0101,1011}
Q 4: An information bit is encoded using R = 13 repetition code. Three errors occur during the transmission of
coded bits through binary erasure channel. Which of the following statement is correct?
(a) One error can be corrected and two errors can be detected simultaneously

(b) Three errors can be detected


(c) Two errors can be corrected and one error can be detected simultaneously
(d) Three errors are undetected

Q 5: What should be the rank of the parity check matrix for (7,4) linear block code?
(a) 11
(b) 7
(c) 4

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(d) 3
Q 6: Given below a parity check matrix of a linear block code:
 
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 
 
H=  0 0 0 0 0 0 1 

 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 
0 1 1 0 0 1 1

This corresponds to a
(a) (7,3) linear block code
(b) (7,4) linear block code

(c) (7,5) linear block code


(d) None of the above
Q 7: In a (7,4) linear block code, if received codeword is r = (1100101) and generator matrix is
 
1 1 0 1 0 0 0
 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 
G=  0 1

1 0 0 1 0 
1 1 0 0 0 0 1

Then, the syndrome will be

(a) (1 0 1)
(b) (1 1 1)
(c) (0 1 1)

(d) (1 1 0)
Q 8: What is the Hamming distance between the codewords “10110110” and “11001100”?
(a) 1
(b) 3

(c) 5
(d) 7
Q 9: In a communication system, compression is achieved by
(a) Channel coding

(b) Modulation
(c) Source coding
(d) Encryption

Q 10: An information source emits 1 and 0 with probability 0.6 and 0.4 respectively, and the bit is transmitted
through a binary symmetric channel (BSC) shown below. What is the probability of received sequence “01”?

2
0.9
0 0

0.1 0.1

1 1
0.9

(a) 0.24
(b) 0.42
(c) 0.58

(d) 0.36

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