Roll: 2023 ________ Department of Biomedical Physics and Technology

University of Dhaka SET A

MS in Biomedical Physics and Technology
Admission Test, Session: 20XX-20XX
Time: 120 minutes Marks: 100

Instructions:
a) There are two sections in this question, Section–I contains Multiple Choice Questions, Section – II contains
Subjective Questions.
b) Section–I has 70 questions, each bear 01 (one) mark. Total marks in this section is 70. There is a negative mark of
0.20 for each wrong answer. Answers should be given in the OMR sheet provided using black ball point pen.
c) Section – II has 10 questions, each bear 03 (three) marks.
d) The OMR sheet will be collected after 90 minutes from the commencement of examination. You can’t leave exam
hall until the exam time finishes.

Section – I
1 A light and a heavy body have equal momenta. Which one has greater kinetic energy?
(A) The light body (B) The heavy body
(C) The kinetic energy is equal (D) Data is incomplete
2 Which is known as photon transferring some of its energy to electron?
(A) Bremsstrahlung effect (B) Ionization
(C) Photoelectric effect (D) Compton effect
3 If the absolute temperature of a blackbody is increased by a factor of 3, the energy radiated per second per
unit area does which of the following?
(A) Decreases by a factor of 9 (B) Increases by a factor of 9
(C) Increases by a factor of 27 (D) None of these
4 For a constant force, a rope breaks due to stress. Which of the following is useful to reduce the stress?
(A) Increase the length of the rope (B) Decrease the length of the rope
(C) Increase the cross sectional area of the rope (D) Use a different material of rope
5 In beta decay
(A) Atomic number remain the same (B) Atomic number increases by 1
(C) Atomic number decreases by 1 (D) None of these
6 The novel prize in medicine in 2022 was awarded for
(A) Discoveries on how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability
(B) Discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch
(C) Discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution
(D) Discovery of Hepatitis C virus
7 A particle is dropped from a point above the earth. The ratio of the distance travelled in the first two seconds
and in the next two seconds is
(A) 1:1 (B) 1:2 (C) 1:3 (D) 1:4
8 A simple pendulum has some time period T. What will be the percentage change in its time period if its
amplitudes is decreased by 2%?
(A) 2% (B) 4% (C) √2% (D) 0%
9 A fresh-water lake 10m deep is covered with ice 10 cm thick. The temperatures of the top and the bottom of
the water (respectively) could be:
(A) 0 °C, –1 °C (B) 0 °C, 4 °C (C) 4 °C, 0 °C (D) 0 °C, 10 °C
10 What is the critical angle for total internal reflection when light of wavelength 550 nm travels through
plastic with a refractive index of 1.2 to air with a refractive index of 1.0?
(A) 460 (B) 560 (C) 390 (D) 490

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11 One atomic mass unit is equivalent to
(A) 931.5 MeV (B) 613.5 MeV (C) 273.5 MeV (D) 981 MeV
12 The velocity of a particle oscillating with simple harmonic motion when it is at zero displacement is

(A) Zero (B) maximum (C) 1 (D) none of these

× 𝑚𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑚
2
13 Which of the following has maximum energy?
(A) Blue light (B) γ-rays (C) infrared rays (D) microwave
14 The force per unit charge is known as
(A) electric flux (B) electric current (C) electric potential (D) electric field
15 A rocket of length 5 meters passes an observer on earth. The observer measures the passing rocket to be 3
meters long. What is the velocity of the rocket in the reference frame of the Earth-based observer?
(A) 1.25c (B) 0.8c (C) 0.6c (D) 0.4c
16 With the increase of pressure, the boiling point of any substance:
(A) Decreases (B) Remains Same (C) Increases (D) Becomes zero
17 If susceptibility of a medium is 0.2341, the relative permittivity is ___.
(A) 0.4682 (B) 0.11705 (C) 1 (D) none of these
18 13 13
7𝑁 → 6𝐶 +𝑋+ 𝜐
Here X is a/an ___.
(A) electron (B) neutron (C) positron (D) photon
19 The air pressure inside a soap bubble is of diameter 0.7cm is 8mm of water above the atmospheric pressure.
What is the surface tension of soap solution?
(A) 68.8 dynes/cm (B) 34.4 dynes/cm (C) 137.6 dynes/cm (D) 275.2 dynes/cm
20 In photoelectric effect, electros are removed from the
(A) nucleus (B) surface (C) outer shells (D) inner shells
21 A coil of wire is placed in a changing magnetic field. If the number of the turns in the coil is decreased, the
voltage induced across the coil will
(A) increase (B) decrease (C) remain constant (D) infinite
22 A sample of oxygen gas has a volume of 225 mL when its pressure is 1.12 atm. What will be the volume of
the gas at a pressure of 0.98 atm if the temperature remains constant?
(A) 294 mL (B) 257 mL (C) 197 mL (D) None of these
23 What is the speed of a particle having a momentum of 5MeV/c and a total relativistic energy of 10 MeV?
(A) 0.25c (B) 0.5c (C) c (D) 0.75c
24 A passenger standing in a bus is thrown outward when the bus takes a sudden turn. This happens due to:
(A) outward pull on (B) inertia of motion (C) change in momentum (D) change in
him acceleration
25 An ambulance drives past a stationary man. Its siren has a frequency of 400Hz. As the ambulance passes the
man and drives off, which of the following is a possible frequency that the man would hear?
(A) 300 Hz (B) 450 Hz (C) 600 Hz (D) 800 Hz

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26 There are 25 trays on a table. Each tray contains a cup only, a plate only, or both a cup and a plate. If 15 of
the trays contain cups and 21 of the trays contain plates, how many contain both a cup and a plate?
(A) 6 (B) 4 (C) 10 (D) 11
27 A cylinder of radius 5 cm is inserted completely within a cylinder of radius 10 cm. The two cylinders have
the same height of 20 cm. What is the volume of the region between the two cylinders?
(A) 1000 (B) 500 (C) 1000 (D) 1500
28 2 t
Laplace transformation of t e is
(A) s (B) 2 (C) s (D) 2
( s  1) 3 ( s  1) 3 ( s  1) 2 ( s  1) 2
29 Let m(x) be the mean of 4, 5, 7, 9, x and v(x) be the median of 4, 5, 7, 9, x. For how many values of x,
v(x)=m(x)?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 0
30 Find the projection of the vector 4𝑖̂ − 3𝑗̂ + 4𝑘̂ on the line passing through the points (2, 3, −1) and
(−2, −4, 3).
(A) 5 (B) −2 (C) 1 (D) 3
31 𝑑𝐴 𝑑𝑥
If 𝐴 = 𝑥 2 and 𝑑𝑡
= 3 , find 𝑑𝑡 |𝑥=10 =?
(A) 3/20 (B) 12/13 (C) 20/3 (D) 13/12
32 The area under the graph of 𝑦 = 𝑓(𝑥) over the interval [0, 𝑥] is (𝑥) = 𝑥 + 𝑒 𝑥 − 1 . It follows that 𝑓(𝑥) = ?
(A) ln 𝑥 − 1 (B) 𝑒 𝑥 + 1 (C) 𝑒 2𝑥 + 2 (D) ln(2𝑥) + 1
33 −3 7
Find the matrix A, if (7𝐴)−1 = ( )
1 −2
(A) 1 −3 7 (B) 7 (−3 7 ) (C) 1 2 7 (D) 1 −2 7
( ) 1 −2 ( ) ( )
7 1 −2 7 1 3 7 1 −3
34 Find the number of triangles in the given figure.

(A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 12 (D) 14

35 6, 11, 21, 36, ? , 81
(A) 42 (B) 51 (C) 56 (D) 91
36 A number consists of 3 digits whose sum is 10. The middle digit is equal to the sum of the other two and the
number will be increased by 99 if its digits are reversed. The number is:
(A) 145 (B) 253 (C) 370 (D) 352
37 What is the probability of getting a sum of 9 from two throws of a dice?
(A) 1/6 (B) 1/8 (C) 1/9 (D) 1/12
38 The runs scored by a batsman in 5 ODIs are 31,97,112, 63, and 12. The standard deviation is
(A) 23.79 (B) 24.79 (C) 25.79 (D) 26.79
39 There are two types of brain tumour; one that grows very fast and other one is just opposite. Most doctors
suggest, surgery as the primary option but unless the tumour is removed completely, there is a fair chance of
re-growing of the tumour. Thanks to the advance technology, like cyberknife treatment, that provides the
option of complete removal of tumour through radiation therapy. It is painless procedure and during treatment
patient can continue his/her regular duty. Select the most appropriate theme.
(A) Surgery is not the primary solution for every tumour (C) Both A and B are true
(B) Not every doctor is upgraded with latest technology (D) None of these
40 Two numbers A and B are such that the sum of 5% of A and 4% of B is two-third of the sum of 6% of A and
8% of B. Find the ratio of A : B.
(A) 2 : 3 (B) 1 : 1 (C) 3 : 4 (D) 4 : 3

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41 A pixel holds ___ information.
(A) color (B) intensity (C) size (D) all of them
42 A 20 kHz pulse waveform consists of pulses that are 15 µs wide. The duty cycle
(A) is 1% (B) is 30% (C) is 100% (D) can’t be
determined
43 For a normal person, heart rate less than ___ is called bradycardia.
(A) 90 (B) 72 (C) 110 (D) 60

44 Which of the following medical imaging modality does not use any form of radiation?
(A) PET (B) SPECT (C) CT (D) MRI

45 Which of the following radiations are used for medical imaging purposes?
(A) alpha (B) beta (C) gamma (D) delta

46 Home blood glucose sensor works on which principle?

(A) electrolysis (B) electrochemical (C) physio-chemical (D) chemical

47 Ultrasound transducer works on the principle of

(A) Hall effect (B) Sebeck effect (C) Piezoelectric (D) Peltier effect
effect

48 Input impedance and CMRR of an Instrumentation amplifier should be ___.

(A) High and Low (B) Low and High (C) High and High (D) Low and Low

49 What is the resolution of a 10-bit ADC, if the ADC has a voltage range of 0 to 5 V?

(A) 0.004882 V (B) 0.000625 V (C) 0.000325 V (D) 0.000500 V

50 Energy stored on a 3pF capacitor with 20V across it is ___?

(A) 400 pJ (B) 900 pJ (C) 90 pJ (D) 600 pJ

51 The spectrum of a signal spans from 10 kHz to 30 kHz. The signal can be recovered ideally from the
sampled values when the sampling rate is at least:
(A) 10 kHz (B) 30 kHz (C) 40 kHz (D) 60 kHz

52 For the circuit Rab = ?

(A) 11.2 Ω (B) 12.2 Ω (C) 13.2 Ω (D) 14.2 Ω

53 Length of x(n) = 7 and length of h(n) = 8; Here, y(n) = x(n) * h(n). Then length of y(n) is ___.

(A) 14 (B) 15 (C) 17 (D) none of them

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54 If all the silicon diodes are ideal, V =?

(A) 1V (B) 3V (C) 2V (D) 2.3V

55 If Vin = 2 V, Vo =?

(A) 10V (B) -10V (C) 12V (D) none of these

56 What is the value of resistor for a high pass RC filter to produce a cutoff frequency of 3.4kHz if C
= 0.047μF?
(A) 654Ω (B) 1000Ω (C) 996Ω (D) 752Ω

57 In 2's complement representation the number 11100101 represents the decimal number:
(A) +37 (B) -31 (C) +27 (D) -27

58 For the circuit RTH =?

(A) 4 Ω (B) 3 Ω (C) 2 Ω (D) 12 Ω

59 If a capacitor is placed in the feedback path of an op-amp circuit, then the circuit can act as:
(A) integrator (B) multiplier (C) divider (D) differentiator

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60 High Flow Nasal Cannula is a device which delivers _____ to human body.
(A) Liquid food (B) Oxygen (C) Heparin (D) chemotherapy
drugs
61 The gain of the circuit shown can be decreased by:

(A) Reducing the amplitude of the input voltage

(B) Increasing the value of the feedback resistor.
(C) Increasing the value of the input resistor.
(D) Removing the feedback resistor

62 At lower frequency in a High Pass Filter, the circuit is:

(A) An open circuit (B) A short circuit
(C) In break down (D) None of them
63 An ideal operational amplifier has:
(A) Infinite output impedance (B) Zero input impedance
(C) Infinite bandwidth (D) All of them

64 The current through R4 resistor is:

(A) 1.226 mA
(B) 441.5 µA
(C) 1.668 mA
(D) 4.054 mA

65 Which one is true?

(A) Blood clotting is a negative feedback mechanism
(B) Labor contraction is a positive feedback mechanism
(C) Most of the events in the human body is positive feedback mechanism
(D) None of the above

66 Which of the following is true?

(A) ̅̅̅̅̅̅̅
𝑥1 . 𝑥2 = ̅̅̅.
𝑥1 ̅̅̅
𝑥2 (B) ̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅
𝑥1 + 𝑥2 = ̅̅̅
𝑥1 + ̅̅̅
𝑥2
(C) ̅̅̅
𝑥1 + ̅̅̅
𝑥2 = 𝑥
̅̅̅̅̅̅̅
1 . 𝑥2 (D) None of them

67 SpO2 stands for

(A) Saturation of Peripheral Oxygen (B) Stored Percentage of Oxygen
(C) Saturation of Partial Oxygen (D) Saturation of Pulse Oxygen

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68 Determine the output voltage, Vo of the following circuit

(A) 10 V
(B) 25 V
(C) 2.5 V
(D) 15 V

69 Refer to the following circuit, In the voltage-divider

biased n-p-n transistor circuit, if RC opens, the
transistor is

(A) saturated.

(B) cut-off.

(C) nonconducting

(D) reverse biased

70 What is the output of the following code snippet?

int main() {
(A) 5 int a[] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5};
(B) 6 int sum = 0;
(C) 15 for(int i = 1 ; i < 3; i++) {
sum += a[i];
(D) 7 }
printf("%d", sum);
return 0;
}

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 Roll: 2023 ________ …………………..…………
Name
Section – II

SQ-1: Iodine-120 has a half-life of 1.35 hours. If you start off with a sample which has an
[03]
activity of 1.0 Ci, how long is it before the activity drops to 1.0 mCi?

SQ-2: The work function of potassium is 2.0eV. When ultraviolet light of wavelength
3500Angstrom falls on a potassium surface, calculate the maximum energy of the [03]
photoelectrons in electron volts?

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SQ-3: A liquid flows through a pipe with a diameter of 10cm at a velocity of 9cm/s. If the [03]
diameter of the pipe then decreases to 6cm, calculate the new velocity of the liquid if
the flow rate is the same?

SQ-4: An air-filled parallel-plate capacitor has a capacitance of 1.3 pF. The separation of the plates
is doubled, and wax is inserted between them. The new capacitance is 2.6 pF. Find the [03]
dielectric constant of the wax.

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SQ-5: Find the de Broglie wavelengths of an electron with a velocity of 107 m/s. [03]

SQ-6: A linear potentiometric displacement sensor provides an output voltage of 2.5 V for a
displacement of 5 cm from it’s initial position. Suppose, a certain amount of displacement
occurs further and the output voltage of the sensor becomes 3.25 V. Determine the amount of [03]
displacement occurred. Consider, the maximum output voltage of the sensor is 5 V and the
potentiometer is of 10 kΩ.

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SQ-7: Suppose, you are measuring an ECG signal from Lead II. Design a signal conditioning circuit
[03]
to acquire the signal within the desired frequency range of a typical ECG signal.

SQ-8: Suppose, the biopotential inputs from two surface electrodes to an Instrumentation Amplifier
are 2 mV and 2.5 mV respectively and the corresponding output of the amplifier is 5 V. If the
[03]
same amplifier is provided with 10 V in both input terminals, the amplifier provides an output
voltage of 50 mV. Determine the CMRR of the amplifier.

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SQ-9: [1+1+1]
i) Fill in the blanks
Name of Signal Full Form Source of Signal

EEG

PPG

PCG

EOG

ii) Write down the difference between Sensor and Transducer.

iii) Write down the difference between Precision and Accuracy.

SQ-10: For the difference amplifier circuit, determine the output voltage at terminal A. [03]

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