3. Statistical Models

Hmms — Quiz

Test your understanding of hmms with 5 practice questions.

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Practice Questions

Question 1

Which of the following best describes the 'scaling factor' used in the Forward-Backward algorithm for HMMs?

Question 2

In the context of HMMs, what is the primary difference between the Viterbi algorithm and the Forward algorithm?

Question 3

Consider an HMM for part-of-speech tagging. If the hidden states are 'Noun' and 'Verb', and the observations are words. Which of the following would be an example of an 'emission probability'?

Question 4

What is the primary purpose of the 'initial state probabilities' in a Hidden Markov Model (HMM)?

Question 5

Which of the following scenarios would most likely expose a significant limitation of a standard Hidden Markov Model (HMM)?