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📝 Cyclic Code Analysis

📖 From Data Communication & Networks • 10. Error Detection and Correction • 34 questions available

Practice MCQs for Cyclic Code Analysis. Test your knowledge with carefully crafted questions across easy, medium, and hard difficulty levels.

🔄 Last updated: 2026-07-31

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Q1. What is the primary purpose of adding redundancy bits in a cyclic code?

🔹 A. To increase data transmission speed
🔹 B. To detect and possibly correct errors
🔹 C. To compress the data
🔹 D. To encrypt the data

💡 Difficulty: easy | ✅ Correct: B

Q2. In a cyclic code, which polynomial property guarantees that any cyclic shift of a codeword remains a codeword?

🔹 A. Being primitive
🔹 B. Being irreducible
🔹 C. Being a factor of \(x^n-1\)
🔹 D. Being monic

💡 Difficulty: medium | ✅ Correct: C

Q3. Which of the following best describes a burst error in the context of cyclic codes?

🔹 A. An error affecting exactly one bit
🔹 B. An error affecting a consecutive sequence of bits
🔹 C. An error affecting non‑contiguous bits
🔹 D. An error that cannot be detected by any cyclic code

💡 Difficulty: hard | ✅ Correct: B

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🔗 Related Topics

📝 Types of Errors in Data Link Layer📝 Redundancy error detecting and correcting📝 Error Detection versus Correction in Data Link Layer📝 Redundancy hrough Coding📝 Block Coding in Data Link Layer
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