A code should be selected such that it should

A code should be selected such that it should
A. Not have catastrophic error propagation
B. Have minimum free distance
C. All of the mentioned
D. None of the mentioned

Correct choice is A. Not have catastrophic error propagation

Generally code’s are selected based on the free distance property. The criteria for selecting code is that it should not have catastrophic error propagation and it should have maximum free distance.