RCC Institute of Information Technology

Department of Applied Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering

Objective Questions
Paper Name: BIOMEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION
Paper Code: EI 604A

Semester: 6th Semester AEIE

Which of the following is a property of Bioelectrode

A. good conductors
B. bad conductors
C. semiconductors
D. none of them
ANSWER: A.
The concentration of sodium ion inside the cell is
A. high
B. less
C. equal
D. not related
ANSWER: A.
The concentration of sodium ion outside the cell is
A. infinity
B. zero
C. unity
D. dependent upon the circuit parameters
ANSWER: C.
FDM is the acronym of
A. Frequency division mixing
B. Frequency divisional mixing
C. Frequency division multiplexing
D. Frequency divisional multiplexing
ANSWER: C.
The rotor of a synchro transmitter
A. Uses a salient pole type of construction
B. Uses a cylindrical pole type of construction
C. May use either salient pole or cylindrical pole of construction
D. Neither salient pole nor cylindrical pole of construction.
ANSWER: C.
Indicate which of the following systems is digital
A. PPM
B. PCM
C. PWM
D. Pulse-frequency modulation
ANSWER: B.
The _______Protocol has flow control, but not error control
A. Stop-and-Wait
B. Simplest
C. Go-Back-N ARQ
D. Selective-Repeat ARQ
ANSWER: A.
Data can be ________.
A. analog
B. digital
C. all of the above
D. none of the above
ANSWER: C.
_______ data are continuous and take continuous values.
A. analog
B. digital
C. all of the above
D. none of the above
ANSWER: A.
_______ data have discrete states and take discrete values.
A. analog
B. digital
C. all of the above
D. none of the above
ANSWER: B.

In TV broadcasting the modulating scheme

A. AM
B. DSB-SC
C. SSB-SC
D. VSB
ANSWER: D.
HDLC stands for
A. high-duplex line communication
B. high level data link control
C. half-duplex digital link combination
D. host double-level circuit
ANSWER: B.
_______ encoding has a transition at the beginning of each 0 bit.
A. RZ
B. Manchester
C. Differential Manchester
D. All the above
ANSWER: D.
_______ encoding has a transition at the beginning of each 0 bit.
A. RZ
B. Manchester
C. Differential Manchester
D. All the above
ANSWER: C.
The Nyquist theorem specifies the minimum sampling rate to be_______.
A. equal to the lowest frequency of a signal
B. equal to the highest frequency of a signal
C. twice the bandwidth of a signal
D. twice the highest frequency of a signal
ANSWER: C.
Which of the following encoding methods does not provide for synchronization?
A. NRZ-L
B. RZ
C. NRZ-I
D. Manchester
ANSWER: A.
Which encoding method uses alternating positive and negative values for 1s?
A. AMI
B. RZ
C. NRZ-I
D. Manchester
ANSWER: A.

________ is the process of converting digital data to a digital signal.

A. Block coding
B. Line coding
C. Scrambling
D. None of the above
ANSWER: B.
The first step in PCM is ________.
A. Quantization
B. Modulation
C. Sampling
D. None of the above
ANSWER: C.

The signal rate is sometimes called the ____ rate.

a) Baud
b) Bit
c) Signal
d) None of the above
ANSWER: A.

The data rate is sometimes called the ___ rate.

A. Baud
B. Bit
C. Signal
D. None of the above
ANSWER: B.

In a _____ scheme, all the signal levels are on one side of the time axis, either
above or below.
A. Polar
B. Bipolar
C. Unipolar
D. None of the above
ANSWER: C.

PCM is the acronym for

A. Pulse code modulation
B. Phase code modulation
C. Pulse coded model
D. Phase coded model
ANSWER: A.
ARQ stands for
A. Automatic repeat request
B. Acknowledge repeat request
C. Automatic retransmission request
D. Automatic repeat quantization
ANSWER: A.
PAM is the acronym for
E. Pulse amplitude modulation
F. Phase amplitude modulation
G. Pulse axis model
H. Phase axis model
ANSWER: A.
Pick the odd man out
A. Transponder
B. Earth station
C. GSM
D. Equatorial orbit
ANSWER: C.
Uplink frequency is __________ downlink frequency in satellite telemetry.

A. greater than
B. smaller than
C. Equal to
D. independent of.
ANSWER: A.
The figure of merit for a satellite transmitter is
A. G/T ratio
B. C/N ratio
C. EIRP
D. none
ANSWER: A.

The order of optical frequency is

A. MHz
B. GHz
C. KHz
D. Tera Hz
ANSWER: D.
For step index fiber the NA across the core
A. is variable
B. is constant
C. may be both
D. none
ANSWER: B.
Population inversion is a property found in
A. LED
B. photodiode
C. FET
D. LASER.
ANSWER: D.
In a ________ protocol, the data section of a frame is a sequence of characters.
A. bit-oriented
B. character-oriented
C. either (a) or (b)
D. none of the above
ANSWER: B.
TDM is the acronym of
A. Time division mixing
B. Time divisional mixing
C. Time division multiplexing
D. Time divisional multiplexing
ANSWER: C.
In _____, the level of the voltage determines the value of the bit.
A. NRZ-I
B. NRZ-L
C. All of the above
D. None of the above
ANSWER: B.
The idea of RZ and the idea of NRZ-L are combined into the ________ scheme.
A. Manchester
B. Differential Manchester
C. All of the above
D. None of the above
ANSWER: A.
The idea of RZ and the idea of NRZ-I are combined into the ________ scheme.
A. Manchester
B. Differential Manchester
C. All of the above
D. None of the above
ANSWER: B.
In _______encoding, we use three levels: positive, zero, and negative.
A. Unipolar
B. Bipolar
C. Polar
D. None of the above
ANSWER: B.
______ substitutes eight consecutive zeros with 000VB0VB.
A. B4B8
B. HDB3
C. B8ZS
D. None of the above
ANSWER: C.
______ substitutes four consecutive zeros with 000V or B00V
A. B4B8
B. HDB3
C. B8ZS
D. None of the above
ANSWER: B.
In fiber optics, the signal is _______ waves.
A. light
B. radio
C. infrared
D. None of the above
ANSWER: A.
In an optical fiber, the inner core is _______ the cladding.
A. denser than
B. less dense than
C. the same density as
D. None of the above
ANSWER: A.
The inner core of an optical fiber is _______ in composition.
A. glass or plastic
B. copper
C. bimetallic
D. None of the above
ANSWER: A.
______ cables carry data signals in the form of light.
A. Coaxial
B. Fiber-optic
C. Twisted-pair
D. None of the above
ANSWER: B.
In a fiber-optic cable, the signal is propagated along the inner core by _______.
A. Reflection
B. Modulation
C. refraction
D. None of the above
ANSWER: A.
Radio waves are _________.
A. Omnidirectional
B. Unidirectional
C. Bidirectional
D. None of the above
ANSWER: A.
Microwaves are _________.
A. Omnidirectional
B. Unidirectional
C. Bidirectional
D. None of the above
ANSWER: B.
 _______ are used for cellular phone, satellite, and wireless LAN communications.
A. Radio waves
B. Microwaves
C. Infrared waves
D. None of the above
ANSWER: B.
________ are used for short-range communications such as those between a PC and a
peripheral device.
A. Radio waves
B. Microwaves
C. Infrared waves
D. None of the above
ANSWER: C.
Most popular modems available are based on the ________standards.
A. V-series
B. VX-series
C. X-series
D. None of the above
ANSWER: A.
The traditional cable TV system used ________cable end to end.
A. twisted-pair
B. coaxial
C. fiber-optic
D. None of the above
ANSWER: B.
In block coding, if k =2 and n =3, we have _______ invalid codewords.
A. 8
B. 4
C. 2
D. None of the above
ANSWER: B.
The Hamming distance between equal codewords is _________.
A. 1
B. n
C. 0
D. None of the above
ANSWER: C.
The Hamming distance between 100 and 001 is ________.
A. 2
B. 3
C. 5
D. None of the above
ANSWER: A.
In block coding, if n = 5, the maximum Hamming distance between two codewords is
________.
A. 2
B. 3
C. 5
D. None of the above
ANSWER: C.