DIGITAL SPEECH PROCESSING

QUIZ 1
   
1. Describe the state of the Glottis during the pronunciation of the following phoneme? 
(i) /k/, (ii) /b/, (iii) /a/, (iv) /l/
A. (i) open, (ii) closed (iii) open (iv) closed
B. (i) open, (ii) closed (iii) closed (iv) open
C. (i) open, (ii) closed (iii) closed (iv) closed
D. (i) open, (ii) open (iii) open (iv) closed

2. 2 sec. speech segment is encoded using LPC coefficient and the LPC coefficient are extracted
for each frame (frame length (L) = 5 pitch period) with a frame rate 100 frame/s. Determine
the required order of the LPC analysis. Where the F0 of the speech segment is 250 Hz and
sampling frequency Fs=16 kHz.
A. 15 - 17
B. 32 - 34
C. 25 - 27
D. 20 – 22
3. A uniform tube with a length ? of 15 cm and a cross-sectional area A of 4cm2 is closed at one
end and open at the other (Assume the sound pressure is zero at the open end.) What are the
first TWO natural frequencies of this tube?
A. 590,1770 Hz
B. 2950,1440Hz
C. 500,1500 Hz
D. 750,1450Hz

4. Figures 3.1 and 3.2 are spectrograms of the utterance of two numbers. The numbers are
between 30 and 310. What are the numbers?

A. 290,97
B. 300,27
C. 295,50
 D. 250,70

5. Figure 2.1 shows a spectrogram of a speaker saying the word dime. Three arrows are
shown under the spectrogram, designating three points in time within the word. Estimate
the approximate vocal-tract length for this speaker. (in cm)

 
A. 15.26
B. 17.5
C. 16.9
D. 17