BME 1020 Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Define the term "biomedical engineering" -
correct answer ✅the application of engineering techniques to the
understanding of biological systems, to advance the practice of
medicine, and to develop therapeutic technologies and devices.
Distinguish Biomedical engineering from closely associated fields -
correct answer ✅Bioen/Biol En: Often the same thing, sometimes
includes Agriculture & Environmental Science
Biosystems En: More focused on agriculture and environmental
science
Biomolecular En: manipulation of biomolecules
Biochem: Branch of chemistry that studies the chemical rxns across
biology
Biochem/process en: The creation of new chemical products using
biological organisms or components
Biotechnology: DNA & RNA Manipulation
(A) List & rank five technical subspecialties of biomedical
engineering. (B) Describe which is the most interesting to you. -
correct answer ✅A) •Biomechanics•Biomaterials•Biomedical
Imaging•Bioinformatics•Bioinstrumentation
B) Biomechanics for neuroprosthetics
,BME 1020 Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
(A) What are three common entry level jobs for biomedical
engineers with a BS degree? (B) Which of the three sounds most
interesting to you? (C) Why? -
correct answer ✅A) Research Institutions, hospitals, industry
B) Research
C) It's cool
What is meant by the term "Tissue Engineering"? -
correct answer ✅The practice of combining scaffolds, cells, and
biologically active molecules into functional tissues.
[DIAGRAM] Draw and label a schematic diagram representing 10
important systems that are vital to human life. Be sure to indicate
which systems interact with each other. -
correct answer ✅Look at Diagram sheet
(A) List the four major types of biological polymers (biopolymers)
and (B) provide a simple chemical or structural representation of
each. -
correct answer ✅Lipids(Methyl group
, BME 1020 Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
C2H4), Polysaccharides(Vast array of monosaccharides guluronic
and
mannuronic), Nucleic Acids (5 primary nucleotides- deoxyribose
sugar + base +
phosphate), Proteins(Amino Acids O-H organic acids)
(A) Describe what is meant by the term "base pairing". (B) Describe
the base pairing rules for DNA and RNA. (C) Describe 2 phenomena
that stabilize base pairing. -
correct answer ✅C) Bases interact via hydrogen bonds and are pi-
stacked to create a more solid structure
A) Watson and Crick base pairs B) DNA: Guanine-Cytosine, Adenine
Thymine; RNA: Guanine-Cytosine, Adenine-Uracil. Purines: Adenine
and Guanine. Pyrimidines: Cytosine, Thymine and Guanine.
Pyrimidines always pair with Purines because purines are too long
and Pyrimidines are too short for them to pair with themselves.
If given a sequence of DNA be able to give the complementary
strand of DNA and RNA -
correct answer ✅DNA: A-T, G-C RNA: A-U, G-C
With regards to the field of biology what is the "Central Dogma"? -
correct answer ✅DNA guides RNA synthesis and RNA guides
(Grade A+)
Define the term "biomedical engineering" -
correct answer ✅the application of engineering techniques to the
understanding of biological systems, to advance the practice of
medicine, and to develop therapeutic technologies and devices.
Distinguish Biomedical engineering from closely associated fields -
correct answer ✅Bioen/Biol En: Often the same thing, sometimes
includes Agriculture & Environmental Science
Biosystems En: More focused on agriculture and environmental
science
Biomolecular En: manipulation of biomolecules
Biochem: Branch of chemistry that studies the chemical rxns across
biology
Biochem/process en: The creation of new chemical products using
biological organisms or components
Biotechnology: DNA & RNA Manipulation
(A) List & rank five technical subspecialties of biomedical
engineering. (B) Describe which is the most interesting to you. -
correct answer ✅A) •Biomechanics•Biomaterials•Biomedical
Imaging•Bioinformatics•Bioinstrumentation
B) Biomechanics for neuroprosthetics
,BME 1020 Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
(A) What are three common entry level jobs for biomedical
engineers with a BS degree? (B) Which of the three sounds most
interesting to you? (C) Why? -
correct answer ✅A) Research Institutions, hospitals, industry
B) Research
C) It's cool
What is meant by the term "Tissue Engineering"? -
correct answer ✅The practice of combining scaffolds, cells, and
biologically active molecules into functional tissues.
[DIAGRAM] Draw and label a schematic diagram representing 10
important systems that are vital to human life. Be sure to indicate
which systems interact with each other. -
correct answer ✅Look at Diagram sheet
(A) List the four major types of biological polymers (biopolymers)
and (B) provide a simple chemical or structural representation of
each. -
correct answer ✅Lipids(Methyl group
, BME 1020 Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
C2H4), Polysaccharides(Vast array of monosaccharides guluronic
and
mannuronic), Nucleic Acids (5 primary nucleotides- deoxyribose
sugar + base +
phosphate), Proteins(Amino Acids O-H organic acids)
(A) Describe what is meant by the term "base pairing". (B) Describe
the base pairing rules for DNA and RNA. (C) Describe 2 phenomena
that stabilize base pairing. -
correct answer ✅C) Bases interact via hydrogen bonds and are pi-
stacked to create a more solid structure
A) Watson and Crick base pairs B) DNA: Guanine-Cytosine, Adenine
Thymine; RNA: Guanine-Cytosine, Adenine-Uracil. Purines: Adenine
and Guanine. Pyrimidines: Cytosine, Thymine and Guanine.
Pyrimidines always pair with Purines because purines are too long
and Pyrimidines are too short for them to pair with themselves.
If given a sequence of DNA be able to give the complementary
strand of DNA and RNA -
correct answer ✅DNA: A-T, G-C RNA: A-U, G-C
With regards to the field of biology what is the "Central Dogma"? -
correct answer ✅DNA guides RNA synthesis and RNA guides
