Question

Which of the following are called as finite word length effects?

(a) Parameters of the system must be represented with finite precision

(b) Computations are truncated to fit in the limited precision constraints

(c) Whether the computations are performed in fixed point or floating point arithmetic

(d) All of the mentioned

This question was addressed to me in exam.

My doubt is from Structures for Realization of Discrete Time Systems in chapter Discrete Time Systems Implementation of Digital Signal Processing

Answer 1

Right answer is (d) All of the mentioned

Easiest explanation: All the three of the considerations given above are called as finite word length effects.