BIOL 5600 Lab Exam 1 Practice Test
Questions with All Correct Solutions
(2025) Updated.
Recording channel components (3) - Answer 1. Sensing device
2. Processor (has coupler and amplifier)
3. Recorder/producer
one type of sensing device - Answer transducer
Sensing Device - Answer A device that picks up information from the experimental set up.
Transducer - Answer A device which transforms data or transduces a non-electrical signal into
an electrical signal that the computer can understand.
(type of sensing device)
-Convert one form of energy to another (mechanical → electrical)
Electrode - Answer A device used to detect electrical events.
EKG, EEG, "pin", "sleeve"
One type of transducer - Answer myograph
Myograph - Answer A transducer that measure force of muscle contraction.
Processor (components) - Answer 1. Coupler: modify electrical signal so that it can be
recognized by the remaining components of the recording channel.
2. Amplifier boosts signal proportionall so that we can measure it.
Processor - Answer Device which takes the electrical signal from the transducer.
, Electronic machines used to produce a permanent record of a physiological event? - Answer
Recording Oscillographs
One type of recorder. The computerized version of a recording oscillograph? - Answer BIOPAC
(computer oscillographs)
Reproducer - Answer Device for making a permanent recording of a physiological event.
computer screen and printer
The Reproducer of the BIOPAC system is? - Answer The computer and the software.
Stimulators - Answer Devices for administering a controlled electrical signal to an excitable
tissue in order to elicit a response.
3 components of stimulators - Answer 1. Intensity
2. Duration
3. Frequency
Intensity - Answer The strength of a stimulus measured in
volts.
Frequency - Answer The number of impulses administered
per second.
Duration - Answer The length of time each impulse lasts,
measured in milliseconds.
Gras is a _____ - Answer stimulator
Threshold Stimulus - Answer Lowest stimulus that will elicit a physiological response.
Processor used in lab - Answer MP35
Questions with All Correct Solutions
(2025) Updated.
Recording channel components (3) - Answer 1. Sensing device
2. Processor (has coupler and amplifier)
3. Recorder/producer
one type of sensing device - Answer transducer
Sensing Device - Answer A device that picks up information from the experimental set up.
Transducer - Answer A device which transforms data or transduces a non-electrical signal into
an electrical signal that the computer can understand.
(type of sensing device)
-Convert one form of energy to another (mechanical → electrical)
Electrode - Answer A device used to detect electrical events.
EKG, EEG, "pin", "sleeve"
One type of transducer - Answer myograph
Myograph - Answer A transducer that measure force of muscle contraction.
Processor (components) - Answer 1. Coupler: modify electrical signal so that it can be
recognized by the remaining components of the recording channel.
2. Amplifier boosts signal proportionall so that we can measure it.
Processor - Answer Device which takes the electrical signal from the transducer.
, Electronic machines used to produce a permanent record of a physiological event? - Answer
Recording Oscillographs
One type of recorder. The computerized version of a recording oscillograph? - Answer BIOPAC
(computer oscillographs)
Reproducer - Answer Device for making a permanent recording of a physiological event.
computer screen and printer
The Reproducer of the BIOPAC system is? - Answer The computer and the software.
Stimulators - Answer Devices for administering a controlled electrical signal to an excitable
tissue in order to elicit a response.
3 components of stimulators - Answer 1. Intensity
2. Duration
3. Frequency
Intensity - Answer The strength of a stimulus measured in
volts.
Frequency - Answer The number of impulses administered
per second.
Duration - Answer The length of time each impulse lasts,
measured in milliseconds.
Gras is a _____ - Answer stimulator
Threshold Stimulus - Answer Lowest stimulus that will elicit a physiological response.
Processor used in lab - Answer MP35
