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Biomedical Signal Processing

Assignment- Week 1
TYPE OF QUESTIONS: MCQ/MSQ
Number of questions: 10 Total mark: 10 X 1 = 10
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QUESTION 1:
1. Match the different EEG waves to their correct frequency (given in Hz)
Alpha waves, Beta waves, Theta waves, Delta waves
A) 4-8Hz, 13-22, 8-13Hz, 0.5-4Hz
B) 13-22, 4-8Hz, 0.5-4Hz, 8-13Hz
C) 8-13Hz, 13-22 Hz, 4-8Hz, 0.5-4Hz
D) 8-13Hz, 4-8Hz , 13-22 Hz, 0.5-4Hz

Correct Answer: c
Detailed Solution: Refer slide number 43 of Electroencephalogram
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QUESTION 2:
Arrange these action potential events in their proper sequence: (1) The neuron is stimulated at the
dendrites (2) K+ gates open (3) The neuron is in a polarized “resting” state (4) Na+ gates open (5)
The cell is fully depolarized (6) The cell is fully repolarized

a. 1, 2, 4, 3, 5, 6
b. 3, 1, 4, 5, 2, 6
c. 4, 6, 2, 1, 5, 3
d. 1, 4, 2, 6, 5, 3

Correct Answer: b
Detailed Solution: Refer slide number 22 of Action Potential

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QUESTION 3:
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What is the amplitude of T-wave amplitude?

a) 0.1 to 0.5mV
b) 0.2 to 0.25mV
c) 0.05 to 0.08mV
d) 0.60 to 0.75mV

Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution: Refer slide number 30 of Electrocardiogram

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QUESTION 4:
Which of the following nerves carries the impulses from brain to the muscles

a. Motor
b. Interneuron
c. Sensory
d. All of the above

Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution: Refer section 1.2.4 (Pg. # 14) of the book ‘Biomedical Signal Analysis’, by R.M.
Rangayyan

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QUESTION 5:

What is approximate time taken by the heart-beat?

a. 0.83 sec
b. 0.65 sec
c. 0.81 min
d. 1 min
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Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution:
The cardiac rhythm expressed more conveniently in terms of beats per minute. A cardiac rhythm
expressed as 72 bpm, the corresponding interval is 0.833 s
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QUESTION 6:
The process of inhaling Oxygen and exhaling Carbon dioxide is called

a. Absorption
b. Respiration
c. Assimilation
d. Digestion

Correct Answer: b
Detailed Solution:
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QUESTION 7:
After an action potential, the membrane becomes more negative than -70 mV. This period is called:

a. Depolarization
b. Repolarization
c. Hyperdepolarization
d. Hyperpolarization

Correct Answer: d
Detailed Solution: Refer slide number 22 of Action Potential

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QUESTION 8:

The human heart consists of _______ chambers

a. 3
b. 6
c. 4
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d. 2

Correct Answer: c
Detailed Solution: Refer ‘https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/how-heart-works’

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QUESTION 9:
Alveoli are located in ________

a. Lung
b. Stomach
c. Kidney
d. Liver

Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution: Refer ‘https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-ap/chapter/respiratory-zone/’
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QUESTION 10:

Which of the following is\are an example(s) of involuntary muscles

a. Smooth muscle
b. Cardiac muscle
c. Skeletal muscle
d. None of these

Correct Answer: a, b
Detailed Solution: Involuntary (smooth) muscles: which work without our knowledge

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