Paper format: National Exams, December 2013 — 04-Bio-B8 Rehabilitation Engineering. Three hours, open book, non-communicating calculator permitted. Seven questions of equal value (20 marks each); five constitute a complete paper and only the first five appearing in the answer book are marked. All seven are solved here as a complete study resource. Every question is an essay/design question (block-diagram assistive-technology system design, or descriptive explanation).
Check: Question 5's printed sub-parts are labelled (i), (ii), (iii), (iii) in the source (the third label is duplicated in the original exam text — confirmed against the page-4 marking scheme, which correctly lists four 5-mark sub-parts (i)–(iv)). The second occurrence is answered here as (iv), matching the marking scheme and the natural reading order of the four distinct questions asked.
Reference texts (the books a candidate should have reviewed for this subject):
- A. M. Cook & J. M. Polgar, Cook and Hussey's Assistive Technologies: Principles and Practice — seating/positioning biomechanics, wheeled mobility, environmental control units, AAC and switch-access scanning.
- J. G. Webster (ed.), Medical Instrumentation: Application and Design — cochlear implant and functional electrical stimulation engineering principles, biopotential transducers.
- J. Enderle, S. Blanchard & J. Bronzino, Introduction to Biomedical Engineering — rehabilitation engineering systems overview, neuromuscular pathology background.
