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FINAL EXAMINATION
BACHELOR OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE

Physics for Bio-Medical Science

Exam Weightage : 50%

Exam Duration : 90 minutes

Mode of Program : Full Time

Name of Lecturer : Nguyen Van Huy

INSTRUCTIONS:

a) Please check that this set of examination questions consists of FOUR (4) pages including
this page.

b) This is an OPEN book examination. Candidates are allowed to bring in one A4 page of note
of their own drafting.

c) Digital devices, except a calculator are NOT allowed in the exam hall. Candidates are NOT
allowed to use their mobile phone during the examination duration.

d) Write ALL your answers in the answer sheet and return the question paper by attaching it to
the front of your answer sheet. Question papers are NOT to be retained by student.

e) The total score of the exam is 20.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (10 MARKS)

Question 1:
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I List-II
A. Temperature 1. Hertz (Hz)
B.Energy 2. Kelvin (K)
C. Intensity of sound 3. Joule (J)
D. Frequency 4. Decibel

Codes:
A B C D
(a) 2 3 4 1
(b) 1 2 3 4
(c) 2 3 1 4
(d) 2 1 3 4

Question 2:
A fan produces a feeling of comfort during hot weather because
(a) fan supplies cool air
(b) our body radiates more heat in air
(c) conductivity of air increases
(d) convective air current drives our perspiration to evaporate

Question 3:
An endoscope is used by physician to view internal organs. It is based on the principle of
(a) refraction of light
(b) reflection of light
(c) total internal reflection of light
(d) dispersion of light

Question 4:
Consider the following statements:
1. Two persons on the surface of the moon cannot talk to each other
2. Sound waves cannot travel through vacuum
3. Speed of sound is greater in solid than liquid or gas medium

(a) Only 1 is correct

(b) 1 and 2 are correct
(c) 1 and 3 are correct
(d) 1,2 and 3 are correct

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Question 5:
According to Coulomb’s Law, the electrostatic force between two charges is
(a) inversely proportional to the product of the charges
(b) inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the charges
(c) directly proportional to the square of the distance between the charges
(d) none of these

Question 6:
Match Column I
A.Radioactivity
B. Photoelectric effect
C. Nuclear fusion
D. Nuclear fission
to Column II
1.Emission of electrons from metals
2.Atomic bomb
3.Spontaneous emission of radiations
4. Hydrogen bomb

(a)A-1 ; B-3 ; C-2 ; D-4

(b)A-2 ; B-1 ; C-3 ; D-4
(c)A-4 ; B-3 ; C-2 ; D-1
(d)A-3 ; B-1 ; C-4 ; D-2

Question 7:
In order a person can take a breath (inhale), the air pressure in the lungs has to be:
a) lower than the blood pressure
b) lower than in the chest cavity
c) the same as the atmospheric pressure
d) higher than the atmospheric pressure

Question 8:
Electrocardiography is a medical method which makes it possible to scan and graphically
record:
a) electrical activity of an individual myocardial cell
b) electrical activity of the heart
c) electrical activity of a nerve fibre
d) mediated biosignal

Question 9:
Osmosis is an action in which:
a) the solvent passes through a semi-permeable membrane into a solution with higher
concentration
b) the solvent passes through a semi-permeable membrane into a solution with lower
concentration
c) particles of the dissolved matter pass through a semi-permeable membrane into the solution
d) a total separation between the solution and the solvent takes place

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Question 10:
What is the activity of a radionuclide?
a) it is a statistical activity which describes the half-life of decay
b) it is a statistical activity which describes the temperature , pressure, volume
c) it is the absolute number of radioactive decays within one year
d) it is expressed as a relative number of decays in a given emitter in 1 second

WRITTEN QUESTIONS (10 MARKS)

Question 11:
a) Water flows through pipe with diameter 20 cm with velocity 1 ms -1. What is its velocity on the
end with narrower diameter of 2 cm? (2 marks)
b) Water flows in a horizontal pipe with velocity 2 ms-1 and the pressure is 300 kPa. What is its
velocity on the end with narrower diameter, where the pressure is 200 kPa? (2 marks)

Question 12:
a. Calculate the refraction angle of a light beam when passing from air to water impinging to the
water at an angle 30° to the normal, if refraction index of water is n = 1,3333 and refraction
index of air is n = 1,0003. And illustrate with a diagram (2 marks)
b. Calculate critical angle for internal reflection of air and benzene (C 6H6), if refraction index of
benzene is n = 1,5013 and refraction index of air is n = 1,0003. (1 mark)

Question 13:
An electron travelling parallel to the ground and due north enters a region of space in which
there is uniform magnetic field of 0.5 μT pointing straight up. The electron is travelling at a
speed of 1000 kms-1 .
(a) What is the magnitude of the magnetic force on the electron (in N)? (1 mark)
(b) In which direction is the magnetic force on the electron as it enters the region in which there
is a magnetic field? (Illustrate with a diagram) (2 marks)

-THE END-

Reviewed and Approved by Head of BioMedical Science Date:

Department
Signed by Lecturer

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