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. Why are cell therapy and gene therapy procedures carried out in a closed system?

To ensure the cells are sterile

To protect the scientists doing the work

To stop mutant cells escaping!

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

Glucomaxima

Diabetes

Coronary heart disease

#3. 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

#4. What is formalin?

Liquid used to cover tissue

Liquid used to colour tissue

Liquid used to preserve tissue

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

Lymphocytes

Phagocytes

Antibody

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

www.transfusionguidelines.org.uk

www.blood.co.uk

hospital.blood.co.uk

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

Vermicelli-zoster virus

Variola-zoster virus

Varicella-zoster virus

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

Edward Jenner

Louis Pasteur

Robert Koch

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

Only if they are both in close contact

Only if they have not had shingles

No

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

Toxoplasmosis

Leishmaniasis

Malaria

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

Cancer

Heart Disease

Diabetes

#12. What is a verruca?

Bacterial infection

Viral infection

Fungal infection

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

Milk

Fruit Juice

Lemonade

#14. What is haemotoxylin used for?

To demonstrate fatty acids

To demonstrate nuclear structures

To demonstrate foods

#15. What does NHSBT stand for?

National Health Service Blood and Transplant

National Health Service Blood and Transport

National Health Service Babies and Tissues

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

faeces and recliners

foetuses and stools

faeces and stools

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

10

85

140

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

36

26

16

#19. Are all bacteria, yeasts, moulds and viruses bad for you?

Yes

Some are good, some are bad, some may have no affect

No

#20. Do Ultrasound scanners use ionising radiation?

No

Sometimes

Yes

#21. What is the term used for medicines that treat bacterial infections?

Antibiotics

Anti-retrovirals

Anti-inflammatory

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

Nothing

Burning sensation

Ticklish

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

Scanning the bones of the body

Building bridges

Helping people to walk

#24. What is microbiology the study of?

All of the above

Yeasts and moulds

Bacteria and viruses

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

Iguana

Cat

Hamster

#26. What is histology?

The study of cells and tissue

The study of plants

The study of blood

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

Intramuscularly

Inactivated

Subcutaneous

#28. What are gamma-rays?

High energy photons

Electrons

A glowing beam

#29. What does RBC stand for?

Reduced Blood Cells

Red Blood Cell

Right Blood Cell

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

Reproduction number

Resistance level

Risk factor

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