Quiz

Welcome! Are you ready to put your knowledge to the test? 

Whether you’re looking to prove your expertise, review key takeaways from the conference, or are simply curious about science and healthcare, our quiz is the perfect opportunity to challenge yourself and expand your understanding. From general knowledge questions to in-depth healthcare information, this quiz is designed to examine your level of understanding and potentially highlight areas for further learning. 

So, are you up for the challenge? Gather your thinking cap and let’s begin!

 

Results

#1. Which of the following is a type of vaccination?

Subcutaneous

Inactivated

Intramuscularly

#2. What is histology?

The study of plants

The study of cells and tissue

The study of blood

#3. Name the virus that causes chicken pox and shingles

Variola-zoster virus

Vermicelli-zoster virus

Varicella-zoster virus

#4. Can somebody catch shingles from a person with chicken pox?

No

Only if they have not had shingles

Only if they are both in close contact

#5. How many times will your heart beat today?

Around 100 000

Around 250 000

Around 50 000

#6. What does the colour flow doppler indicate on an echocardiogram?

Movement of heart muscle

Oxygenated and deoxygenated blood flow

Direction of blood flow

#7. In beats per minute (bpm) What is the normal range for resting pulse rate in adults?

60 to 100

80 to 120

20 to 70

#8. What is haemotoxylin used for?

To demonstrate foods

To demonstrate nuclear structures

To demonstrate fatty acids

#9. How many muscles do you have in your fingers?

0

16

35

#10. In urine analysis, what does the term ‘specific gravity’ tell us about someone’s health?

How dehydrated someone is

It identifies a specific person by their urine

How heavy someone is

#11. In which human body joint do you find the rotator cuff tendon?

Ankle

Shoulder

Wrist

#12. What is a verruca?

Bacterial infection

Fungal infection

Viral infection

#13. In 2012 which human blood parasite disease is estimated to have killed 1300 children every day?

Leishmaniasis

Malaria

Toxoplasmosis

#14. Who discovered a vaccine when observing the correlation between smallpox and cowpox?

Robert Koch

Louis Pasteur

Edward Jenner

#15. What does RBC stand for?

Right Blood Cell

Reduced Blood Cells

Red Blood Cell

#16. What disease is a biochemist particularly looking for when they measure the glucose level of someone’s blood?

Coronary heart disease

Diabetes

Glucomaxima

#17. How many samples do biomedical scientits in the UK handle every year?

150 million

5 million

1 million

#18. What does NHSBT stand for?

National Health Service Blood and Transplant

National Health Service Blood and Transport

National Health Service Babies and Tissues

#19. What are two medical terms used for what we would call poo?

faeces and stools

faeces and recliners

foetuses and stools

#20. What precious metal is commonly used to make the housing for Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs)?

Lithium

Uranium

Titanium

#21. What heart valve lies between the left atrium and the left ventricle?

Tricuspid valve

Aortic valve

Mitral (bicuspid valve)

#22. Which of these drinks has the lowest amount of sugar?

Fruit Juice

Milk

Lemonade

#23. What irregular heart rhythm is commonly treated by an ablation procedure?

Sinus Rhythm

Atrial Fibrillation

Ventricular Fibrillation

#24. What are maggots used for in the treatment of medical conditions?

Extracting foreign bodies

Cleaning wounds

Stimulating blood supply

#25. When HIV infection progresses to AIDS what part of the immune system becomes dramatically reduced?

Antibody

Lymphocytes

Phagocytes

#26. When modelling how infectious diseases spread, what does ‘R’ represent?

Reproduction number

Risk factor

Resistance level

#27. How many bones are there in the foot?

26

16

36

#28. What are gamma-rays?

High energy photons

Electrons

A glowing beam

#29. Can a person get chicken pox more than once in their lifetime?

No

Yes

Only if they have had shingles

#30. What is the age of consent to be a bone marrow donor?

16

21

18

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