Explore topic-wise MCQs in Biomedical Instrumentation.

This section includes 21 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Biomedical Instrumentation knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

Which threshold of hearing is measured by a pure-tone audiometer?

A. air-conduction thresholds of hearing
B. bone-conduction thresholds of hearing
C. speech reception thresholds for diagnostic purposes
D. air-conduction and bone-conduction thresholds of hearing
Answer» E.
2.

__________ is specialized equipment, which is used for the identification of hearing the loss in individuals.

A. gaugemeter
B. tachometer
C. manometer
D. audiometer
Answer» E.
3.

What is the unit of dB?

A. watts per sq cm
B. dyne per sq cm
C. unit less
D. watts per cm
Answer» D. watts per cm
4.

Decibel expresses the logarithm of the ratio between two sound _________

A. intensities
B. powers
C. pressures
D. intensities, powers and pressures
Answer» E.
5.

Sound intensity is proportional to the _________ of sound pressure.

A. cube
B. square
C. inverse square
D. inverse square root
Answer» C. inverse square
6.

Unit of sound intensity ________

A. joules per sq. cm
B. watt per sq. cm
C. joules per cm
D. watt per cm
Answer» C. joules per cm
7.

SOUND_INTENSITY_IS_PROPORTIONAL_TO_THE___________OF_SOUND_PRESSURE?$

A. cube
B. square
C. inverse square
D. inverse square root
Answer» C. inverse square
8.

What is the unit of dB?$

A. watts per sq cm
B. dyne per sq cm
C. unit less
D. watts pr cm
Answer» D. watts pr cm
9.

Decibel_expresses_the_logarithm_of_the_ratio_between_two_sound__________$

A. intensities
B. powers
C. pressures
D. intensities, powers and pressures.
Answer» E.
10.

Speech audiometers are normally used to determine ______________

A. speech reception thresholds for diagnostic purposes
B. air-conduction and bone-conduction thresholds of hearing
C. bone-conduction thresholds of hearing
D. air-conduction thresholds of hearing
Answer» B. air-conduction and bone-conduction thresholds of hearing
11.

Which threshold of hearing is measured by a pure-tone audiometer ?

A. air-conduction thresholds of hearing
B. bone-conduction thresholds of hearing
C. speech reception thresholds for diagnostic purposes
D. air-conduction and bone-conduction thresholds of hearing
Answer» E.
12.

__________ is a specialized equipment, which is used for the identification of hearing loss in individuals.

A. gaugemeter
B. tachometer
C. manometer
D. audiometer
Answer» E.
13.

If I1 and I2 are two intensities in watts per square centimetre, then the number of decibels with which they are related can be expressed as _________

A. N = 10 log I1/I2
B. N = 10 log I2/I1
C. N = -10 log I1/I2
D. N = log I1/I2
Answer» B. N = 10 log I2/I1
14.

Unit of sound intensity _______?

A. joules per sq. cm
B. watt per sq. cm
C. joules per cm
D. watt per cm
Answer» C. joules per cm
15.

The hearing threshold is an invariable fixed intensity above which sound is always heard and below which sound is never heard.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
16.

Air conduction, by definition, is the transmission of sound through the external and middle ear to the internal ear.

A. True
B. False
Answer» B. False
17.

Name the bone that rests upon the lower end of the cochlea and passes the vibrations directly into the fluid within.

A. malleus
B. stapes
C. incus
D. hammer
Answer» C. incus
18.

The human ear responses to vibrations ranging from ___________

A. 20KHz – 20MHz
B. 2KHz – 20MHz
C. 20Hz – 20KHz
D. 2Hz – 2KHz
Answer» D. 2Hz ‚Äö√Ñ√∂‚àö√ë‚àö¬® 2KHz
19.

The major function of the middle ear is ____________

A. to transfer movements of the air in the outer ear to the cochlea
B. to transfer movements of the air in the outer ear to the auditory nerves
C. to transfer movements of the air in the outer ear to the tympanic membrane
D. to transfer movements of the air in the outer ear to the fluid-filled chambers of the inner ear
Answer» E.
20.

The middle ear is exposed to atmospheric pressure only through the _______

A. eustachian tube
B. tympanic membrane
C. pinna
D. auditory nerve
Answer» B. tympanic membrane
21.

The tympanic membrane separates the ear canal from the _____________

A. upper ear cavity
B. lower ear cavity
C. middle ear cavity
D. inner ear cavity
Answer» D. inner ear cavity