Biomedical Signal Processing – MCQs September 2, 2025 by u930973931_answers 50 Score: 0 Attempted: 0/50 Subscribe 1. Which type of signal is the ECG considered? (A) Mechanical signal (B) Electrical signal (C) Acoustic signal (D) Optical signal 2. Which transformation is most widely used for frequency domain analysis of biomedical signals? (A) Fourier Transform (B) Laplace Transform (C) Z-Transform (D) Hilbert Transform 3. Which type of filter is most suitable for removing baseline wander in ECG signals? (A) Low-pass filter (B) High-pass filter (C) Band-pass filter (D) Notch filter 4. The 50/60 Hz power line interference in biomedical signals is removed using: (A) High-pass filter (B) Band-pass filter (C) Notch filter (D) Low-pass filter 5. Which method is used for time-frequency analysis of non-stationary biomedical signals? (A) Fourier Transform (B) Short-Time Fourier Transform (C) Laplace Transform (D) Z-Transform 6. The EEG signal primarily represents: (A) Heart activity (B) Brain activity (C) Muscle activity (D) Lung activity 7. EMG signals measure: (A) Cardiac activity (B) Respiratory activity (C) Skeletal muscle activity (D) Brain activity 8. Which domain representation gives amplitude and phase information? (A) Time domain (B) Frequency domain (C) Spatial domain (D) Statistical domain 9. Which technique is used for compression of ECG signals? (A) DCT (B) Huffman coding (C) Wavelet Transform (D) All of the above 10. What is the normal frequency range of an ECG signal? (A) 0.05 – 100 Hz (B) 0.1 – 500 Hz (C) 1 – 1000 Hz (D) 10 – 2000 Hz 11. Biomedical signals are generally considered: (A) Stationary (B) Non-stationary (C) Deterministic (D) Linear 12. The QRS complex in an ECG corresponds to: (A) Atrial depolarization (B) Ventricular depolarization (C) Ventricular repolarization (D) Atrial repolarization 13. Which mathematical tool is best for analyzing transient biomedical signals? (A) Fourier Transform (B) Wavelet Transform (C) Hilbert Transform (D) Z-Transform 14. What is the primary purpose of signal normalization? (A) Remove noise (B) Standardize amplitude range (C) Change frequency (D) Compress data 15. The Nyquist sampling theorem states that the sampling frequency must be at least: (A) Equal to signal frequency (B) Half the signal frequency (C) Twice the signal frequency (D) Four times the signal frequency 16. Which signal is typically analyzed to study sleep disorders? (A) ECG (B) EEG (C) EMG (D) PCG 17. Artifact in biomedical signals refers to: (A) Original biological activity (B) Undesired interference (C) Signal enhancement (D) Data compression 18. Which method is suitable for feature extraction from ECG signals? (A) Wavelet Transform (B) Fourier Transform (C) PCA (D) All of the above 19. What is the main purpose of filtering in biomedical signal processing? (A) Compression (B) Noise removal (C) Normalization (D) Digitization 20. Which type of filter is used to eliminate high-frequency noise from ECG? (A) High-pass filter (B) Low-pass filter (C) Band-pass filter (D) Notch filter 21. What is the typical sampling frequency used for ECG acquisition? (A) 100 Hz (B) 250 – 500 Hz (C) 1000 Hz (D) 5000 Hz 22. Which transform provides both time and frequency localization? (A) Fourier Transform (B) Hilbert Transform (C) Wavelet Transform (D) Z-Transform 23. Heart rate variability analysis is usually performed on: (A) EEG (B) EMG (C) ECG (D) PCG 24. Which of the following is a linear filter? (A) Median filter (B) Moving average filter (C) Adaptive filter (D) Nonlinear filter 25. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) is mainly used for: (A) Noise addition (B) Feature reduction (C) Signal amplification (D) Sampling 26. An event-related potential (ERP) is extracted from which signal? (A) EEG (B) ECG (C) EMG (D) PCG 27. Which technique is best for detecting muscle fatigue in EMG signals? (A) Frequency domain analysis (B) Time domain analysis (C) Wavelet analysis (D) All of the above 28. Which parameter of ECG is useful for arrhythmia detection? (A) P-wave amplitude (B) QRS interval (C) R-R interval (D) T-wave slope 29. Which type of biomedical signal is phonocardiogram (PCG)? (A) Electrical (B) Acoustic (C) Optical (D) Mechanical 30. Biomedical signals are usually digitized using: (A) ADC (B) DAC (C) Amplifier (D) Oscilloscope 31. Which adaptive filter algorithm is widely used in biomedical signal processing? (A) LMS (B) FFT (C) PCA (D) ICA 32. Which parameter is important in EMG signal classification? (A) Frequency content (B) Amplitude (C) Duration (D) All of the above 33. The power spectral density (PSD) of EEG is commonly estimated using: (A) Fourier analysis (B) Autoregressive modeling (C) Welch’s method (D) All of the above 34. Signal segmentation is mainly done to: (A) Break long signals into smaller parts (B) Remove noise (C) Amplify features (D) Normalize data 35. Independent Component Analysis (ICA) is useful for: (A) Noise removal in EEG (B) ECG compression (C) EMG amplification (D) Heart rate detection 36. Which is a nonlinear signal processing method? (A) PCA (B) ICA (C) Median filtering (D) All of the above 37. Which feature is extracted from EEG for seizure detection? (A) Delta wave activity (B) Alpha wave activity (C) Spike patterns (D) All of the above 38. The unit of EEG signal amplitude is: (A) Volt (B) Microvolt (C) Millivolt (D) Nanovolt 39. Which transform is preferred for ECG denoising? (A) Fourier Transform (B) Wavelet Transform (C) Laplace Transform (D) Hilbert Transform 40. Biomedical signals stored for long-term monitoring require: (A) Compression (B) Amplification (C) Noise addition (D) Normalization 41. The latency of an ERP component is measured in: (A) Seconds (B) Milliseconds (C) Microseconds (D) Nanoseconds 42. Which is the main limitation of Fourier Transform in biomedical signals? (A) Requires high computation (B) No time information (C) High cost (D) Complex equipment 43. Which type of filter adapts to varying signal conditions? (A) FIR filter (B) IIR filter (C) Adaptive filter (D) Low-pass filter 44. EEG rhythms in the range of 8–13 Hz are called: (A) Delta waves (B) Theta waves (C) Alpha waves (D) Beta waves 45. Which biomedical signal is used for respiratory rate estimation? (A) ECG (B) EMG (C) EEG (D) Impedance pneumography 46. What is the main advantage of wavelet transform in biomedical signals? (A) Low cost (B) Time-frequency localization (C) Hardware simplicity (D) Linear analysis 47. Which type of biomedical signals require artifact removal from eye blinks? (A) EMG (B) EEG (C) ECG (D) PCG 48. The R-peak detection in ECG is generally performed using: (A) Fourier Transform (B) Wavelet Transform (C) Pan-Tompkins algorithm (D) Hilbert Transform 49. Which of the following is NOT a biomedical signal? (A) EEG (B) ECG (C) EMG (D) SQL 50. Biomedical signal processing plays a key role in: (A) Diagnosis (B) Monitoring (C) Treatment planning (D) All of the above