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 is it important to be concerned about antibiotic resistance?

It is a topic that will come up in exams

A person affected by a resistant bacterium is difficult (or even impossible) to treat

A person can take vaccines to prevent the infection of bacteria which are resistant to antibiotics

#2. What contributes to background radiation?

Pollution from cars

Deforestation of the rainforests

Food and water

#3. What is the most commonly found plastic disposed in nature? (which you are still likely to find 100 years from now)

Cigarette butts

Straws

Plastic cups / lids

#4. What is the most commonly used animal (vertebrate) in UK research?

Monkeys

Mice

Rabbits

#5. Which animal carries the Ebola virus?

Cow

Bat

Cat

#6. How many plastic bottles are used in the UK each year?

13 thousand plastic bottles

13 million plastic bottles

13 billion plastic bottles

#7. How many streaks are on a sub culture plate?

4

5

3

#8. When was the use of micro plastic in cosmetics banned in the UK?

January 2018

January 2016

January 2017

#9. How many times can glass by recycled?

Endlessly

Twenty times

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

16

18

21

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

A flight across the atlantic

Eating a banana

A dental X-ray

#12. Which fruit has the highest level of radioactivity?

Kiwi

Blueberry

Banana

#13. When should reverse pipettting be used?

For water

For solids

For viscous liquids

#14. Which animal cannot hear ultrasound waves?

Dolphins

Humans

Bats

#15. What does BiPAP stand for?

Bilevel Pressurised Airway Pump

Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure

Bilevel Pressure And Pulse

#16. In which organ in the body will you find Bowman’s Capsule?

The knee Joint

The Kidney

The eye

#17. Which of these are NOT a chemical barrier to infection?

Stomach acid

Skin

Lysozymes

#18. Which is the most likely reason a bacterium becomes resistant to antibiotics?

A new mutation in the bacterial genome occurs

Bacteria swallow drug resistant viruses

Bacteria share resistant genes through horizontal gene transfer

#19. What type of pathogen is Ebola?

Bacteria

Fungi

Virus

#20. Can an aerosol be recycled?

Yes even if it is full

Yes, as long as it is empty

No

#21. Which one of these techniques uses ionising radiation?

Ultrasound

LASER surgery

Chest X-ray

#22. Which language does the word ‘anaesthesia’ stem from?

Sanskrit

Greek

Hebrew

#23. Where were tomatoes likely to first domesticated?

Southeast Asia

Europe

Central America

#24. What type of glassware should be used for the final stage of making up accurate solutions?

Conical flask

Graduated beaker

Volumetric flask

#25. What is the dangly bit you can see in the middle, at the back, when you open your mouth wide?

Soft palate

Uvula

Tonsil

#26. Which organism came first?

Mushroom

Bacterium

Chicken

#27. Why are bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics?

Pharmacologists create antibiotics with a wrong method

Bacteria are in a challenge: they need to show that one is stronger than the other one in defeating antibiotics

Antibiotics are not taken in a correct way or for an appropriate reason

#28. How many chromosomes does a human have?

42

46

44

#29. What is the main reason for randomising patients to their treatment allocation in a clinical trial?

Fairest way of deciding who gets which drug

So that patients don’t know which drug they’re taking

To reduce bias

#30. In what year were X-rays first discovered?

1895

1801

1857

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