The IIT Madras BS Deep Learning (Deep Learning) Quiz 2 paper sat on 16 Aug 2026, in the May 2026 term: 19 questions for 50 marks in 120 minutes. Every question is below with its answer. Take it as a timed mock test to be marked, or read it through first.
Bias will decrease significantly, while variance remains approximately the same.
Variance will tend to decrease, while bias remains approximately the same.
Both bias and variance will eventually become zero.
Increasing the amount of training data has no effect on either the bias or the variance.
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Variance will tend to decrease, while bias remains approximately the same.
At all iterations
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Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Correct answer: 0.0035 (accepted within ±0.0003)
Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
It would increase from iteration 1 to iteration 3.
It would decrease from iteration 1 to iteration 3.
It would decrease toward zero.
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Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
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Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
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What is the expected number of units retained (active) in a single forward pass during training?
Correct answer: 7
How many distinct ''thinned'' sub-networks are theoretically possible for this layer?
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Correct answer: -1
Correct answer: -0.1
Which of the following is the primary motivation for using Leaky ReLU instead of standard ReLU in this setting?
To make the activation function computationally cheaper than ReLU.
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Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Which filter weights can receive a non-zero gradient during backpropagation? (Select all that apply.)
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Based on the above data, answer the given subquestions.
Suppose
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Correct answer: 2
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Correct answer: 592
Which of the following statements are TRUE about the adaptive optimizers? Select all that apply.
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