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

150 million

5 million

1 million

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

Milk

Lemonade

Fruit Juice

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

Only if they have had shingles

Yes

No

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

Mitral (bicuspid valve)

Aortic valve

Tricuspid valve

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

Lithium

Uranium

Titanium

#6. What is microbiology the study of?

All of the above

Yeasts and moulds

Bacteria and viruses

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

Atrial Fibrillation

Sinus Rhythm

Ventricular Fibrillation

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

www.blood.co.uk

hospital.blood.co.uk

www.transfusionguidelines.org.uk

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

Cat

Hamster

Iguana

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

Building bridges

Helping people to walk

Scanning the bones of the body

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

0

35

16

#12. What is the name of the heart’s main pumping chamber that delivers oxygenated blood to the body?

Right ventricle

Left ventricle

Left atrium

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

Movement of heart muscle

Direction of blood flow

Oxygenated and deoxygenated blood flow

#14. Do Ultrasound scanners use ionising radiation?

Yes

Sometimes

No

#15. What is histology?

The study of plants

The study of cells and tissue

The study of blood

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

85

10

140

#17. 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

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

Around 250 000

Around 50 000

Around 100 000

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

26

36

16

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

Resistance level

Reproduction number

Risk factor

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

Cancer

Heart Disease

Diabetes

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

Ticklish

Nothing

Burning sensation

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

Antibody

Phagocytes

Lymphocytes

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

faeces and recliners

faeces and stools

foetuses and stools

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

Edward Jenner

Louis Pasteur

Robert Koch

#26. What is a verruca?

Bacterial infection

Fungal infection

Viral infection

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

Subcutaneous

Intramuscularly

Inactivated

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

80 to 120

60 to 100

20 to 70

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

16

18

21

#30. What does NHSBT stand for?

National Health Service Babies and Tissues

National Health Service Blood and Transport

National Health Service Blood and Transplant

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