Multiple choice

A speed signal, band limited to 4 kHz and peak voltage varying between + 5 V and - 5 V are sampled at the Nyquist rate. Each sample is quantized and represented by 8 bits. What is the number of quantization levels required to reduce the quantization noise by a factor of 4?

  1. 1024

  2. 512

  3. 256

  4. 64

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B Correct answer
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