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Biomedical Signal Processing

Assignment- Week 4
TYPE OF QUESTIONS: MCQ/MSQ
Number of questions: 10 Total mark: 10 X 1 = 10
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QUESTION 1:

Which of the following corresponds to transfer of blood from atria to fill ventricles?
a. P wave
b. QRS wave
c. T wave
d. PQ segment

Correct Answer: d
Detailed Solution: Refer to slides 137 – 141 Week-4 L-18.
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QUESTION 2:

Which of the following corresponds to depolarization of atria?

a. P wave
b. QRS wave
c. T wave
d. PQ segment

Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution: Refer slides 137 – 141 Week-4 L-18.
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QUESTION 3:

Which of the following is the correct sequence of operations for QRS detection of ECG wave using
derivative based method (initially proposed by Balda et al, and later improved by Ahlstrom, Tompkins
and Friesen)?
a. ECG → Moving average filter → Weighted combination of first and second
derivative → Thresholding → QRS peak detection.
b. ECG → Gaussian low pass filter → weighted combination of first and second
derivative → Thresholding → QRS peak detection.
c. ECG → Weighted combination of first and second derivative → Moving average filter →
Thresholding → QRS peak detection.
d. ECG → Moving average filter → Weighted combination of first and second
derivative → Gaussian low pass filter → Thresholding → QRS peak detection.

Correct Answer: c
Detailed Solution: Refer to slide 144 of QRS wave detection Week-4 L-19.
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QUESTION 4:

Which of the following is the correct transfer function of low-pass filter used in Pan-Tompkins algorithm
for QRS peak detection?
1 1−𝑧 −6
a. 𝐻(𝑧) = ( )
32 1−𝑧 −1
2
1 1−𝑧 −6
b. 𝐻(𝑧) = ( )
32 1−𝑧 −1
1 1+𝑧 −6
c. 𝐻(𝑧) = ( )
32 1+𝑧 −1
2
1 1+𝑧 −6
d. 𝐻(𝑧) = ( )
32 1+𝑧 −1

Correct Answer: b
Detailed Solution: Refer to slide 153 of QRS wave detection L-20.
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QUESTION 5:

Which of the following statement is true for Pan-Tompkins algorithm?

a. Differentiator suppresses the QRS wave
b. Differentiator enhances the QRS wave
c. Differentiator enhances the P and T wave
d. Squaring operation reduces the amplitude of entire output of differentiator

Correct Answer: b
Detailed Solution: Refer to slide 156 of QRS wave detection Week-4 L-20.
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QUESTION 6:

Which of the following statement is true for Dicrotic Notch detection?

a. Searching for highest peak obtained using derivative filter
b. Searching for second peak obtained using derivative and moving average filter
c. Searching for highest peak obtained using derivative and moving average filter
d. Searching for second peak obtained using moving average filter

Correct answer: b
Detailed solution: Refer to slide 164 of Dicrotic notch detection Week-4 L-20.
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QUESTION 7:

Dicrotic notch detection algorithm by Lehner and Rangayyan consists of

a. Integrator followed by squaring operation
b. Integrator followed by thresholding
c. Second derivative operator followed by moving-average filter
d. Second derivative operator followed by squaring operation

Correct Answer: c
Detailed Solution: Refer to slide 164 of Dicrotic notch detection Week-4 L-20.
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QUESTION 8:

Which of the following frequency denotes Awake at relaxation?

a. 22 – 30Hz
b. 8 – 13Hz
c. 4 – 8Hz
d. 13 – 22Hz
Correct Answer: b
Detailed Solution:
Awake at relaxation is denoted by Alpha wave which lies in range of 8-13Hz.
Refer to slide 165 Week 4: Electroencephalogram L-21.
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QUESTION 9:

Which of the following frequency denotes Awake at activity?

a. 22 – 30Hz
b. 8 – 13Hz
c. 4 – 8Hz
d. 13 – 22Hz

Correct answer: d
Detailed solution:
Awake at activity is denoted by Beta wave which lies in range of 13-22Hz.
Refer to slide 165 Week 4: Electroencephalogram L-21.
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QUESTION 10:

An event detection system consists of derivative filter followed by moving average filter. The derivative
filter is given by, y(n)=x(n)-x(n-1) and moving average filter is given by, z(n)=y(n)/2+y(n-1)/2. Here, x(n)
and y(n) are the input and output signals for the derivative filter and z(n) is the output of moving
average filter.
If x(n) = {3, 1, 2, 4, 4, 2, 9, 7, 5} then z(n) is equal to:
(Note: Assume signal value outside the interval as zero. The first sample in both input and output is at
n=0.)
a. {-2, -2, 7, -2, 0, 2, 1, -2, 3}
b. {-2, 2.5, 2.5, -1, 1, 1.5, -0.5, 0.5, 1.5}
c. {1.5, 0.5, -0.5, 1.5, 1, -1, 2.5, 2.5, -2}
d. {3, -2, 1, 2, 0, -2, 7, -2, -2}
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Correct answer: c
Detailed solution:
Given x(n) = {3, 1, 2, 4, 4, 2, 9, 7, 5}
y(0) = x(0) – x(-1) = 3 – 0 = 3
y(1) = x(1) – x(0) = 1 – 3 = -2
y(2) = x(2) – x(1) = 2 – 1 = 1
Similarly, find y(3) to y(7). Final y= {3, -2, 1, 2, 0, -2, 7, -2, -2}.
z(0) = (y(0) + y(-1)) / 2 = (3 + 0) / 2 = 3 / 2 = 1.5
z(1) = (y(1) + y(0)) / 2 = (-2 + 3) / 2 = 1 / 2 = 0.5
z(2) = (y(2) + y(1)) / 2 = (1 – 2) / 2 = -1 / 2 = -0.5
Similarly, find z(3) to z(7). Final z= {1.5, 0.5, -0.5, 1.5, 1, -1, 2.5, 2.5, -2}.
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