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

Only if they have not had shingles

Only if they are both in close contact

No

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

Shoulder

Ankle

Wrist

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

Direction of blood flow

Movement of heart muscle

Oxygenated and deoxygenated blood flow

#4. What is haemotoxylin used for?

To demonstrate fatty acids

To demonstrate foods

To demonstrate nuclear structures

#5. How many chromosomes does a human have?

23

46

44

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

80 to 120

20 to 70

60 to 100

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

Only if they have had shingles

Yes

No

#8. When having radiotherapy the patient feels which of the following?

Burning sensation

Ticklish

Nothing

#9. What does RBC stand for?

Reduced Blood Cells

Right Blood Cell

Red Blood Cell

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

Inactivated

Subcutaneous

Intramuscularly

#11. What is microbiology the study of?

Yeasts and moulds

Bacteria and viruses

All of the above

#12. Radiotherapy is the use of ionising radiation to treat which of the following conditions?

Cancer

Diabetes

Heart Disease

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

Malaria

Toxoplasmosis

Leishmaniasis

#14. How many teaspoons of sugar does the average UK person eat every week?

140

10

85

#15. What can a robotic exoskeleton be used for?

Helping people to walk

Scanning the bones of the body

Building bridges

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

How heavy someone is

It identifies a specific person by their urine

How dehydrated someone is

#17. Name a type of ionising radiation

Inferred radiation

X-rays

Light

#18. What qualification is required to become a pharmacy technician?

No qualification required

Degree in Pharmacy

Vocational qualification in Pharmacy

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

Edward Jenner

Robert Koch

Louis Pasteur

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

Sinus Rhythm

Atrial Fibrillation

Ventricular Fibrillation

#21. What does NHSBT stand for?

National Health Service Blood and Transport

National Health Service Babies and Tissues

National Health Service Blood and Transplant

#22. Which parasitic worm has to be pulled out from the infected person’s skin on a stick?

Ringworm

Guinea worm

Earth worm

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

Aortic valve

Tricuspid valve

Mitral (bicuspid valve)

#24. What are gamma-rays?

Electrons

A glowing beam

High energy photons

#25. Where can you go online to find out about being a blood donor?

hospital.blood.co.uk

www.transfusionguidelines.org.uk

www.blood.co.uk

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

Resistance level

Reproduction number

Risk factor

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

faeces and recliners

foetuses and stools

faeces and stools

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

Lymphocytes

Antibody

Phagocytes

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

16

26

36

#30. Toxoplasma is a parasite commonly transmitted to humans from which household pet?

Hamster

Cat

Iguana

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