KEAM case studies
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KEAM - the Kerala Engineering Architecture and Medical Courses entrance examination - is administered by the Office of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations (CEE), Government of Kerala, a body established in 1983 under Government Order GO(MS) No-31/83/HEDn. CEE states that it is vested with the responsibility of conducting entrance examinations and allotment to various professional degree and post-graduate courses on the basis of merit and communal reservation. The KEAM case studies are 5 cases and about 4,147 words.
1Micro-hydro for a hill hamlet: turbine choice with no battery bank
A grama panchayat in Idukki wants to electrify a 40-household hamlet from a hill stream. The survey gives a usable head of 40 m between the intake and the turbine house and a lean-season flow of 0.25 m³/s; at peak monsoon the flow rises roughly fourfold.
807 words, about 4 min2A west-facing living room in Thrissur: shading, layout and roof harvest
A two-storey house is planned on a 12 m × 20 m plot in Thrissur (latitude about 10.5°N), with the 6 m access road along the north edge and a neighbour's two-storey wall standing 3 m from the western boundary. The family wants a living room with a large window on the west wall and cross-ventilation in every bedroom.
863 words, about 4 min3Three days of vomiting: reading the blood gas before the surgeon arrives
A 58-year-old man is brought in after three days of repeated vomiting; for weeks he has had early satiety and a feeling of fullness after meals. He looks dehydrated, with dry mucous membranes, a pulse of 112/min and a blood pressure of 100/70 mmHg; urine output has been low.
765 words, about 4 min4Acid soil, a switch to banana, and a farmer in a hurry
A one-hectare field in Palakkad has grown paddy for twenty years. The farmer now wants to switch to Nendran banana.
865 words, about 4 min5Dispensing amoxicillin suspension for a 20 kg child
A five-year-old child weighing 20 kg is prescribed amoxicillin oral suspension 250 mg/5 mL at 45 mg/kg/day in three divided doses for ten days, for acute otitis media. The pharmacy stocks 100 mL bottles of dry powder that must be made up to the mark with water, and that are stable for 7 days at room temperature or 14 days if refrigerated; the label says 'shake well'.
847 words, about 4 min