B.TechSemester 62021-22Data CompressionKCS064

Data Compression (KCS064) - AKTU Question Paper 2021-22

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This is the official AKTU Data Compression Previous Year Question Paper for B.Tech Semester 6, academic session 2021-22. Published by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU/UPTU), Lucknow. Free PDF download — no login required.

Course:B.Tech
Semester:Semester 6
Session:2021-22
University:AKTU / UPTU

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Data Compression (KCS064) — extracted question text

Section AAttempt all q u e s t i o n s i n b r i e f . 2*10 = 20
  • a
    Differentiate between Fidelity and quality. 1
  • b
    How to calculate kth order Markov model of compression 1
  • c
    What are the limitations of Huffman Coding? Explain. 2
  • d
    Explain the difference between Huffman and adaptive Huffman coding technique
  • f
    Define the term PPM. 3
  • g
    What are the various d istortion criteria? 4
  • h
    What do you understand by Quantiza tion? Describe its types. 4 (i) Write advantages of Tree stru ctured vector quantization. 5 (j) Differentiate between sca lar and vector quantization 5
Section BAttempt any three o f t h e f o l l o w i n g : 10*3 = 30
  • a
    Prove that the average codeword length I of an optimal code f o r a source S is greater than or equal to entropy H(s)
  • b
    For an alphabet A={a1,a2,a 3,a4,a5} with probabilities P(a1) =0.15, P(a2) =0.04, P(a3)= 0.26,P(a4)=0.05 and P(a5)=0.50 (i) Calculat e the entropy of this source (ii) Find a Huffman Code for this source . (iii) Find the average length of the code
  • c
    Explain various types of dict ionary-based coding techniques in detail
  • d
    Describe Adaptive Quantization in detail and how it is diff erent from uniform Quantization technique
  • e
    What is Vector Quantization? Explain procedure for vector Quantization
Section CAttempt any one p a r t o f t h e f o l l o w i n g : 10*1 = 10
  • a
    What is data compression and why we need it? Describe vario us models of data compression
  • b
    What do you mean by Uniquely Decodable code? Determine whet her
    the following codes are uniquely decodable or not: (i) {0,01,11 ,111}
    (ii) {0,01,110,111} (iii) {1,10,110,111} (iv) {0,01,10}
  • a
    Draw the Huffman tree for the following symbols whose frequ ency occurrence in a message text is started along with their symbol below: A:15, B:6, C:7, D:12, E:25, F:4, G:6, H:10, I: 15 Decode the message
  • b
    Design 3-bit Tunstall code for a memory less source with th e following alphabet: S= {A,B,C} with their P(A)=0.6, P(B)= 0.3 , P(C)= 0.1
  • a
    A sequence is encoded using LZW algorithm and the initial d ictionary shown in the table. Index Entry The output of LZW encoder is the following sequence: Decode this sequence. Discuss relative advantages of LZ77, LZ78 and LZW Compression schemes
  • b
    What is Facsimile Encoding? Explain Run-Length Coding techn ique used earlier for Facsimile. Describe BWT with the help of an example
  • a
    Describe the steps involved in Basic Algorithm for Predicti on with Partial Match (PPM)
  • b
    What do you mean by Quantiza tion? Describe Uniform quantiza tion with its types in detail
  • a
    Explain the steps of Lindo-Buzo-Gray algorithm. 5
  • b
    Write short notes on any two : (I) Structure vector quantiz ation (II) Pyramid vector quantization (III) Advantages of Vector quantization

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