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Biomedical Signal Processing

Assignment- Week 3
TYPE OF QUESTIONS: MCQ/MSQ
Number of questions: 10 Total mark: 10 X 1 = 10
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QUESTION 1:

The Weiner filter is not applicable when

a. The signal is a stationary random process
b. The signal is a non-stationary random process
c. The noise is correlated (with signal), zero mean stationary random process
d. The noise is uncorrelated (with signal), zero mean stationary random process
Correct Answer: b, c
Detailed Solution: Refer to slide number 132 (Selecting Appropriate Filter) video lecture 17
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QUESTION 2:

Which of the following is not an optimal FIR filter?

a. Weiner filter
b. Least Mean Square filter
c. Recursive Least Square filter
d. Both b and c
Correct Answer: d
Detailed Solution: Refer to slide number 132 (Selecting Appropriate Filter) video lecture 15
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QUESTION 3:

The error (e(n)) in the Weiner filter depends on

a. Only present values of input
b. Only past values of input
c. Only future values of input
d. Both present and past values of input
Correct Answer: d
Detailed Solution: Refer to optimal filtering in video lecture 11

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QUESTION 4:

In Weiner filter,
a. The output is maximum mean squared error estimate of the desired response
b. The output is maximum squared error estimate of the desired response
c. The output is minimum mean squared error estimate of the desired response
d. None of the above
Correct Answer: c
Detailed solution: Refer section 3.5 (OPTIMAL FILTERING: THE WIENER FILTER) of R M
Rangayyan “Biomedical Signal Analysis: A case Based Approach”, IEEE Press, John Wiley &
Sons. Inc., 2002.

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QUESTION 5:

The range of value for forgetting factor  in Least Mean Square Adaptive Filtering is
a. −1 ≤  ≤ 0
b. 0 <  ≤ 1
c. −1 <  < 1
d. 1 ≤  < 2

Correct Answer: b
Detail solution: Refer slide no. 116 (Adaptive Filtering) in video lecture 15
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QUESTION 6:

Which of the following filter can be used to remove a non-stationary interference from a cyclo-
stationary signal?
a. Temporal MA
b. Wiener filter
c. Ensemble averaging
d. Adaptive filter
Correct Answer: d
Detailed solution: Refer to lecture on Selecting Appropriate Filter (slide no. 133) in video lecture
17

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QUESTION 7:

Which of the following filter cannot be used to remove a non-stationary interference from a
stationary signal?
a. Temporal MA
b. Wiener filter
c. Ensemble averaging
d. All of these
Correct Answer: d
Detailed solution: Refer to lecture on Selecting Appropriate Filter in video lecture 17
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QUESTION 8:

Which of the following filters do not have frequency domain interpretation?

a. Synchronized averaging
b. Least Mean Squares adaptive filtering
c. Wiener filter
d. Moving average filter

Correct Answer: a
Detailed Solution: Refer section 3.7 (SELECTING AN APPROPRIATE FILTER) of R M
Rangayyan “Biomedical Signal Analysis: A case Based Approach”, IEEE Press, John Wiley &
Sons. Inc., 2002.
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QUESTION 9:

Adaptive filter can be used to remove power line interference with varying power frequency.
Which of the following statements are true for adaptive filtering?
a. Signal of interest and noise are uncorrelated
b. Reference signal and signal of interest are correlated
c. Reference signal and noise are correlated
d. Reference signal and noise are uncorrelated

Correct Answer: a, c
Detailed Solution: Refer slide no. 106 (Adaptive Filtering) video lecture 14

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QUESTION 10:

Which of the following equation defines Wiener filter in frequency domain? (Sd and Sm represent
the PSDs of desired signal and noise respectively)
1
a.
𝑆𝑑 (𝜔)+𝑆𝑚 (𝜔)
1
b. 𝑆 (𝜔)
1− 𝑆𝑚(𝜔)
𝑑
1
c. 𝑆 (𝜔)
1+ 𝑚
𝑆𝑑 (𝜔)
1
d.
𝑆𝑑 (𝜔)−𝑆𝑚 (𝜔)

Correct Answer: c
Detailed Solution: Refer slide no. 104 (Optimal Filtering) in video lecture 13

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