Practice The Core Idea: Downsampling (6.2.3.1) - Introduction to Deep Learning (Weeks 12)
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The Core Idea: Downsampling

Practice - The Core Idea: Downsampling

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is downsampling?

💡 Hint: Think about image size reduction.

Question 2 Easy

Which type of pooling preserves prominent features?

💡 Hint: Consider which operation looks for maximum values.

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Question 1

What is the primary purpose of downsampling in CNNs?

Increase computational load
Reduce dimensionality
Capture more details

💡 Hint: Think about why we want to simplify models to manage performance efficiently.

Question 2

Max pooling selects the:

True
False

💡 Hint: Recall which method keeps the strongest signal.

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Challenge 1 Hard

You are designing a CNN for classifying thousands of images. How would you determine whether to use max pooling or average pooling in your architecture?

💡 Hint: Think about the features you're trying to highlight in your dataset.

Challenge 2 Hard

Explain how you would assess the effectiveness of downsampling in preventing overfitting in your implemented CNN.

💡 Hint: Consider monitoring how well your model performs on unseen data.

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