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

16

18

21

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

Cleaning wounds

Stimulating blood supply

Extracting foreign bodies

#3. What does RBC stand for?

Right Blood Cell

Reduced Blood Cells

Red Blood Cell

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

Movement of heart muscle

Oxygenated and deoxygenated blood flow

Direction of blood flow

#5. 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

#6. How many chromosomes does a human have?

46

23

44

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

Titanium

Uranium

Lithium

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

Reproduction number

Risk factor

Resistance level

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

Wrist

Shoulder

Ankle

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

Tricuspid valve

Mitral (bicuspid valve)

Aortic valve

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

Earth worm

Ringworm

Guinea worm

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

Varicella-zoster virus

Vermicelli-zoster virus

Variola-zoster virus

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

20 to 70

80 to 120

60 to 100

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

1 million

5 million

150 million

#15. 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

#16. What is microbiology the study of?

All of the above

Yeasts and moulds

Bacteria and viruses

#17. Name a type of ionising radiation

Inferred radiation

Light

X-rays

#18. What is formalin?

Liquid used to cover tissue

Liquid used to preserve tissue

Liquid used to colour tissue

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

Heart Disease

Cancer

Diabetes

#20. 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

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

Toxoplasmosis

Malaria

Leishmaniasis

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

Louis Pasteur

Robert Koch

Edward Jenner

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

Milk

Fruit Juice

Lemonade

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

35

0

16

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

Scanning the bones of the body

Building bridges

Helping people to walk

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

Phagocytes

Antibody

Lymphocytes

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

140

85

10

#28. Do Ultrasound scanners use ionising radiation?

Yes

No

Sometimes

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

Agar plates

In water

Glass slides

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

No

Only if they have had shingles

Yes

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