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8.72 Analog and Digital Signals Worksheet

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Analog and Digital Signals - Which option best support with evidence that digitally encoded information is more reliable for storage and transmission than analog, especially in noisy conditions? (NGSS MS‑PS4‑3; SEP: Obtaining/Evaluating/Communicating Information; TEKS §112.28 Grade 8; FL NGSSS; VA SOL; MA STE)

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery

Which statement is the best evidence-based conclusion?

ADigitally encoded information can remain exact across many noisy hops because regeneration, checking, and retransmission prevent noise from accumulating into the final data, unlike analog transmission.

BAnalog is more reliable because it changes gradually.

CDigital is unreliable because it depends on resending.

DBoth are equally unreliable because 20 hops is too many.

Solution & Explanation:The experiment directly compares final outcomes after many hops. Digital mechanisms stop error accumulation, producing an exact file, while analog distortions compound—strong evidence of greater digital reliability.

Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery

Which option best supports the claim that digital encoding can be more reliable even when using compression?,A. Error-correcting codes and verification allow perfect recovery of the digitally encoded message despite noise

Awhile the analog waveform has no way to separate distortion from the original once noise is added.

BCompression proves the digital system removed information

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Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery

Which evidence best supports that the digital text channel is more reliable for the defined meaning?

AMeasuring loudness of the microphone output.

BMeasuring how smooth the waveform looks on a screen.

CMeasuring how modern the devices are.

DCounting exact character mismatches after transmission shows the text channel has fewer (or zero) errors after correction, while the voice channel cannot guarantee exact recovery of the spoken waveform.

Solution & Explanation:Because meaning is defined as exact characters, the right evidence is character-level correctness after error control. Waveform smoothness or device age does not measure that reliability criterion.

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