DATE: 09 .05.2023 REG.

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GRT INSTITUTE OF
ENGINEERING AND
TECHNOLOGY, Tiruttani
Approved by AICTE, New Delhi and Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai
(An ISO 9001:2015 Certified Institution)

MODEL EXAMINATION 2022-2023 EVEN SEMESTER

Final Year / Eighth Semester
DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
BM8073 – BIOMETRIC SYSTEMS (Regulation 2017)

Time: 3.00 Hrs Maximum Marks: 100

Q.
Questions CO PO BL
No
PART – A (10x2 = 20 Marks)
1 List down the benefits of biometric system. CO1 PO1 1
2 Describe active and passive biometrics with examples. CO1 PO1 2
Differentiate traditional techniques of authentication from biometric
3 CO2 PO1 1
authentication.
What are the characteristics to assess the performance of a biometric
4 CO2 PO3 1
system?
Specify some of the classification techniques used in face
5 CO3 PO3 1
recognition.
6 Draw the basic block diagram of face recognition system. CO3 PO1 1
7 Mention the components of voice scan. CO4 PO1 4
8 List out the speech features of voice scan. CO4 PO1 1
9 What are the advantages of multi biometric fusion? CO5 PO3 4
10 Mention the steps involved in decision level fusion. CO5 PO3 2
PART –B (5x13=65 Marks)
(a) Explain the operation of biometric systems and its key biometric
11 CO1 PO3 1&5
processes in detail.
(or)
(b) Enumerate the performance measures of biometric systems. CO1 PO2 5
12 (a) Explain in detail about the fingerprint patterns and features. CO2 PO4 6
(or)
(b)Illustrate the concept of fingerprint matching and classification
CO2 PO4 5
techniques.
(a) Discuss in detail about the kernel based method and 3d models of
13 CO3 PO3 5
face recognition.
(or)

(b) Explain in detail about the face detection method. CO3 PO3 5

14
(a) Illustrate the concept of speaker models in voice scan with CO4 PO3 5
relevant diagrams.
(or)
(b) Describe in detail about the voice biometrics, how it is captured CO3 PO3 5
DATE: 09 .05.2023 REG.NO
GRT INSTITUTE OF
ENGINEERING AND
TECHNOLOGY, Tiruttani
Approved by AICTE, New Delhi and Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai
(An ISO 9001:2015 Certified Institution)

and various algorithms used for it.

PO3
15 (a)(i) Enumerate the issues in designing the multi biometric system. CO5 5
ii) What are the advantages of multi biometric system over PO3
CO5 6
traditional uni-Biometric system?
(or)
(b) Write in detail about various levels of fusion in multi biometric
CO5 PO3 5
system.
PART-C (1*15=15 Marks)
(a) What is the need for strong biometric system? Explain the
16. CO2 PO3 5
techniques to strengthen the biometric features.
(or)
(b). Analyze the gait based biometric system with necessary
CO2 PO3 5
examples.

COURSE OUTCOMES:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
 CO1: Demonstrate the principles of biometric systems.
 CO2: Develop fingerprint recognition technique.
 CO3: Design face recognition and hand geometry system.
 CO4: Design iris recognition system.
 CO5: Develop speech recognition and multimodal biometric systems.

COURSE COORDINATOR FACULTY INCHARGE HOD