Quiz

#1. Registered nurses can deliver radiotherapy treatment to patients who have cancer?

FALSE

TRUE

#2. In which year was the first monoclonal antibody generated?

1995

1975

1985

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

18

21

16

#4. How many chromosomes does a human have?

44

23

46

#5. There are 5 million trillion trillion (5,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000) bacteria in the world! What percentage is harmful to humans, plants and animals?

1%

100%

49.70%

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

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

No

Yes

#7. A combined kidney and pancreas transplant is used in the treatment of which of the following?

Rheumatic fever

Chronic pancreatitis

Diabetes mellitus

#8. How many different types of registered Radiographer are there in the UK?

1

2

3

#9. Which one of these imaging techniques uses ionising radiation?

MRI

CT scan

Ultrasound

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

To stop mutant cells escaping!

To ensure the cells are sterile

To protect the scientists doing the work

#11. What is the length of human DNA in a single cell?

6 meters

10 meters

2 meters

#12. Which exposure will give you the highest dose of radiation?

1 kg of brazil nuts

A chest X-Ray

A flight across the Atlantic

#13. What are bacteria grown on in the laboratory?

Agar plates

In water

Glass slides

#14. What is the instrument called that is used to intubate a patients airway?

Stethoscope

Laryngoscope

Forceps

#15. What is a stent?

Thin tube made from medical grade materials serving a broad range of functions

Flexible feeding tube that is placed through the abdominal wall and into the stomach

Small mesh tube that’s used to treat narrow or weak arteries

#16. What was Charles Darwin’s book on the theory of evolutiopn called?

The Book of Life

On the Origin of Species

The Tree of Life

#17. Which German physician and scientist discovered the organism that causes tuberculosis (TB) in 1882?

Robert Koch

Emanuel Klein

Rudolph Virchow

#18. Which Infectious disease is the leading cause of death worldwide?

TB

Drug resistant gonorhoeae

MRSA

#19. The OR Society is the professional home of the operational research and analytics community with approximately 3,000 members in 60 countries. What is their X (Twitter) handle?

@ORS

@OperationalResearchSociety

@TheORSociety

#20. Why is a crossmatch needed before a kidney transplant can take place?

To prevent the kidney being rejected

A and B

To ensure the patient and donor are compatible

#21. What is the main purpose of a phase 3 clinical trial?

To test the safety of the drug in healthy volunteers

To assess the efficacy of the drug in a wide patient population

To test the safety and efficacy of the drug in a small number of patients

#22. What is microbiology the study of?

Yeasts and Moulds

Bacteria and Viruses

All of the above

#23. Which exposure will give you the highest dose of radiation?

A chest X-ray

A flight across the atlantic

Eating a banana

#24. Approximately how many people are on the UK national transplant kidney waiting list?

3,500

35

350

#25. What is the largest chromosome in a human cell?

Chromosome 1

Chromosome 10

Chromosome X

#26. Do a kidney transplant patient and donor need to be ABO blood group compatible?

Sometimes

No

Yes

#27. Which of the following technologies can be used for therapeutic drug monitoring?

Fluorescence immunoassay

Ultracentrifugation

Cellulose acetate electrophoresis

#28. What is the name of the ligament that runs diagonally in the middle of the knee?

Deltoid ligament

Anterior cruciate ligament

Coracoclavicular ligament

#29. Which one of these activities does NOT involve the use of particle accelerators?

Radiotherapy

Powering cars

Physics research

#30. What does CPAP stand for?

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

Chilled Positive Airway Pressure

Constant Pressure And Peak Flow

Results