What Does Pulse-Code Modulation (PCM) Describe

question 33

Multiple Choice

What does pulse-code modulation (PCM) describe?

• A) The behavior of a continuous analog signal
• B) The behavior of a digital signal, which jumps between two extremes
• C) The behavior of a compressed signal
• D) The loss of data as a signal degrades
• E) The loss of data due to compression

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