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

Leishmaniasis

Toxoplasmosis

Malaria

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

Titanium

Lithium

Uranium

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

Building bridges

Helping people to walk

Scanning the bones of the body

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

faeces and recliners

foetuses and stools

faeces and stools

#5. What does RBC stand for?

Right Blood Cell

Reduced Blood Cells

Red Blood Cell

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

Antibody

Phagocytes

Lymphocytes

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

Ankle

Wrist

Shoulder

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

Diabetes

Coronary heart disease

Glucomaxima

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

85

10

140

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

Louis Pasteur

Edward Jenner

Robert Koch

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

Ticklish

Nothing

Burning sensation

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

No

Only if they have had shingles

Yes

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

No

Only if they are both in close contact

Only if they have not had shingles

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

Heart Disease

Cancer

Diabetes

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

Around 100 000

Around 50 000

Around 250 000

#16. What is formalin?

Liquid used to colour tissue

Liquid used to preserve tissue

Liquid used to cover tissue

#17. What is haemotoxylin used for?

To demonstrate fatty acids

To demonstrate foods

To demonstrate nuclear structures

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

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

No

Yes

#19. How many chromosomes does a human have?

46

23

44

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

150 million

1 million

5 million

#21. 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

#22. What is a verruca?

Bacterial infection

Fungal infection

Viral infection

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

16

35

0

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

Resistance level

Reproduction number

Risk factor

#25. 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

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

Inactivated

Intramuscularly

Subcutaneous

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

Earth worm

Ringworm

Guinea worm

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

Extracting foreign bodies

Cleaning wounds

Stimulating blood supply

#29. What is microbiology the study of?

Bacteria and viruses

All of the above

Yeasts and moulds

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

Oxygenated and deoxygenated blood flow

Movement of heart muscle

Direction of blood flow

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