Time Allowed: 2 hours
Final Exam Total Marks: 50
CCE Students
Medical Engineering Term: spring semester
31-5-2025
(Model A)
(40 marks equally distributed)
First Question: Choose the correct answer:
1. Which of the following factors increases BP?
a. higher viscosity b. vasoconstriction
c. increased heart rate d. all of the above
2. What do you mean by systolic BP?
a. Force exerted on the walls b. force exerted on the walls
during ventricular contraction during ventricular relaxation
c. force exerted on the walls d. Force exerted on the walls
during atrial contraction during atrial relaxation
3. Blood pressure measurement can be classified in …….. major ways.
a. 2 b. 5
c. 7 d. 3
4. Mean arterial pressure is calculated as
a. (SBP + 2DBP)/3 b. (2SBP + DBP)/3
c. (SBP + 3DBP)/2 d. (3SBP + DBP)/2
5. In an individual, the systolic blood pressure was 150 mm Hg, the diastolic
blood pressure was 110 mm Hg, the heart rate was 100 beats per minute,
end-diastolic volume of the left ventricle was 130 mL, and the end-
systolic volume was 60 mL. Approximately, what is the mean arterial
blood pressure in this person?
a. 115 b. 120
c. 123 d. 150
6. Hypertension is called “silent killer” because ….
a. It comes without obvious b. It is the greek word for
symptoms. ‘silent killer’.
c. People with hypertension d. None
are homicidal
7. The pumping pressure of healthy heart is ……
a. 80 mmHg b. 90 mmHg
c. 140 mmHg d. 120 mmHg
8. The pumping pressure is also known as ….. and the resting
pressure is also known as ……
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a. Systolic pressure , b. Diastolic pressure ,
diastolic pressure Systolic pressure
c. Normal pressure , d. Abnormal pressure, normal
abnormal pressure pressure
9. What happens in the body when blood pressure is high?
a. The body suffers a series b. Reduces the blood flow to
of mild heart attacks. the brain and other vital organs
c. Walls of arteries gets d. None of these
stretched and damaged.
10. What happens in the body when blood pressure is low?
a. The body suffers a series b. Reduces the blood flow to
of mild heart attacks. the brain and other vital organs
c. Walls of arteries gets d. None of these
stretched and damaged.
11. What is necessary for providing a common reference for measurement?
a. active electrode b. ground electrode
c. oscilloscope d. tape recorder
12. Blood pressure is measured in terms of
a. mm Hg b. Hg
c. mm d. cm Hg
13. For the shown waveform in figure 1 of an invasive BP the region
indicated by “4” represents ……
a. Closure of the aortic valve. b. The beginning of diastole
c. Peak systolic pressure. d. None of the above
Figure 1
14. In most cases of glaucoma, the fluid that normally bathes and
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nourishes the eye ……
a. Stops b. Drains quickly
c. Drains too slowly d. None of the above
15. Tonometry is a diagnostic test that measures the pressure inside
the eye depending on the ………
a. Light refraction b. Reflection degree of the
light
c. Absorption of the light d. Both a and b
16. During the operation of the tonometer sensor at the measurement
site the hold-down force …….
a. Flattens the artery wall with b. Flattens the artery wall
occluding the artery. without occluding the artery.
c. Occludes the artery d. Both a and c
17. For proper tonometry operation the appropriate superficial artery
should has ………….. compared to artery diameter
a. In significant skin b. Large skin thickness over
thickness over the artery the artery
c. Medium skin thickness d. None of the above
over the artery
18. The sensor system shown in figure 4 can be classified as ……….
a. Extravascular Sensor b. Intravascular Sensor
System System
c. Noninvasive sensor d. None of these
Figure 2
19. The more blood present in the body, resulting in …..
a. no effect on the arterial b. lower arterial pressure.
pressure.
c. higher resistance d. higher arterial pressure.
20. What is called digitizing the coordinate values of a continuous image
a. Sampling b. Quantization
c. Compression d. Segmentation
21. What is pixel?
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[Link] is the cluster of a digital
[Link] is the elements of an analog
image
image
[Link] is the cluster of an analog [Link] is the elements of a digital
image image
22. Images usually gets corrupted during …..
a. transmission b. degradation
c. restoration d. acquisition
23. Which of the following is the primary objective of sharpening of an image?
a. Blurring the image b. Highlight fine details in the
image
c. Increase the brightness of the image d. Decrease the brightness of the
image
24. X-rays have
a. High frequency b. Short wavelength
c. Longest wavelength d. Both a and b
25. SPECT includes a …….. for imaging.
a. Gamma Camera b. Silver Halide Film
c. Phosphorus Sheet d. Lead Sheet
26. What property of sound waves acts like the principle of ultrasound?
a. Reflection and Refraction b. Reflection only
c. Refraction only d. Propagation
27. Nuclear Medicine Imaging can be described as
a. Diagnostic imaging b. Therapeutic imaging
c. Functional imaging d. All of the above
28. The movement of the forearm to turn the palm upward is called:
a. Flexion b. Extension
c. Pronation [Link]
29. The following movement in figure 3 is called:
a. Inversion sprain b. Dorsiflexion
c. Plantar flexion d. Eversion sprain
Figure 3
30. What is the heart rate for the ECG signal in figure 4
a. 20 b. 30
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c.40 d. 60
Figure 4
31. At the horizontal axis of ECG paper, each millimeter represents:
a. 0.4 sec. b. 0.04 sec.
c. 0.004 sec d. 0.01 sec.
32. From instruments point of view ,the heart is a …… system
a. hydraulic b. pneumatic
c. mechanical d. electrical
33. Which type of electrodes are employed to study the electrical activities of
individual cells
a. milli-electrodes b. surface electrodes
c. micro- electrodes d. pre-jelled electrodes
34. The Nernest potential for a certain single valence ion is 60 mv. Assuming the
temperature is 37 oC. Find the ratio of the concentration of this ion , (R= 8.31
J/(mol*K) &F=96500)
a. 9.46 b. 4.21
c. 20 d. 11
35. This is also called the soma of the neuron and has a single nucleus
a. Nissl Bodies b. Cell Body
c. Ganglion d. Neurofibrils
36. What is the last part of a nerve cell that is involved when a nerve impulse
passes to another cell?
a. Synapses b. axon hillock
c. dendrite d. axon
37. Which nerve cells carry impulses from the brain to the muscles?
a. Sensory b. Motor
c. Afferent d. Association
38. When we say that the cell membrane is polarized we mean that
a. the outside of the cell is negative [Link] inside of the cell is negative with
with respect to the inside respect to the outside
c. there are more Na + ions and less d. Na + ions have moved out of the cell
K+ ions inside the cell than outside. and K+ ions have moved in.
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39. Electroencephalogram (EEG) is used in the diagnosis of the
a. Heart b. Neuromuscular diseases
c. Tumour d. Brain
40. What is responsible for generating BP?
a. contraction of atria b. contraction of ventricles
c. relaxation of atria d. relaxation of ventricles
Second Question: (10 Marks)
For the shown data in the following table, there are two classes of patients (Normal and
Abnormal). Find the correct weights according to the desired output; dnormal = +1 & dabnormal= -1
& and the initial weights are = [-1.002, -2.496, 0.84] & =0.001.
Heart Diastolic
Rate BP
Patient 1 60 120
Patient 2 80 110
Patient 3 90 120
Best Wishes
Examiner:
[Link]. Shaimaa Ateya
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