Study Guide for Quiz 1

The first quiz will consist of problems based on material from the lectures, reviews, and homework. The material covers topics in lecture from Week 1 up to Week 2. The quiz will be on-line, open-book, and open-notes.

Topics covered and specific items to review:

Week 1:

General properties of bioinstruments. Operational modes, and performance characteristics.

Know and apply formulas for sensitivity, accuracy, precision, and resolution.

Transfer function, input impedance, and output impedance of a dynamical system.

Derive these circuit parameters, as a function of radial frequency, for a given circuit.

First-order and second-order dynamical systems. No need to remember formulas for second-order systems.

Linear circuit analysis. KCL and KVL, nodal or mesh analysis.

Thevenin and Norton equivalents.

Week 2:

Displacement, strain, stress, and temperature sensors.

Resistive, inductive, and capacitive sensors. Includes strain gauge, and bridge circuits.

Piezoelectric sensors, thermocouples, and thermistors.

Potentiometers, switches, and relays.

If you are asked to 'sketch' the value of a voltage or current, this would mean make a graph with axis scales, typically as a function of time (unless directed otherwise). If the questions just says to "find" a voltage or current or other quantity, that would mean to derive an equation or numerical value for the variable in question.