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 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

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

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

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

To test the safety of the drug in healthy volunteers

#3. What is ‘farm to fork’?

Stages of food production including harvesting, storage, processing, packaging, sales and consumption

Stages of food production including harvesting, storage, processing, packaging

Stages of food production including harvesting, packaging, sales and consumption

#4. What type of pathogen is Ebola?

Fungi

Bacteria

Virus

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

Hebrew

Sanskrit

Greek

#6. Which animal cannot hear ultrasound waves?

Dolphins

Humans

Bats

#7. Which of the following may be diagnosed with a cardiorespiratory sleep study?

Narcolepsy

Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA)

ADHD

#8. How many chromosomes does a human have?

46

44

42

#9. Which organism came first?

Mushroom

Bacterium

Chicken

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

Uvula

Soft palate

Tonsil

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

A dental X-ray

Eating a banana

A flight across the atlantic

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

Ultrasound

LASER surgery

Chest X-ray

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

13 thousand plastic bottles

13 million plastic bottles

13 billion plastic bottles

#14. Which of these are not a bacterial or viral pathogen?

Candida albicans

Campylobacter

Influenza

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

Rabbits

Monkeys

Mice

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

16

21

18

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

Skin

Stomach acid

Lysozymes

#18. Which animal carries the Ebola virus?

Bat

Cow

Cat

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

Bacteria share resistant genes through horizontal gene transfer

A new mutation in the bacterial genome occurs

Bacteria swallow drug resistant viruses

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

4

5

3

#21. How many times can glass by recycled?

Twenty times

Endlessly

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

The eye

The Kidney

The knee Joint

#23. 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

#24. Where were tomatoes likely to first domesticated?

Central America

Europe

Southeast Asia

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

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

To reduce bias

Fairest way of deciding who gets which drug

#26. When should reverse pipettting be used?

For water

For viscous liquids

For solids

#27. Why is it important to be concerned about antibiotic resistance?

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

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

It is a topic that will come up in exams

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

January 2018

January 2017

January 2016

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

1895

1857

1801

#30. Can an aerosol be recycled?

Yes even if it is full

Yes, as long as it is empty

No

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