End Of Topic Test

Question 1

How did Flemming discover penicillin

Answer 1

By going on holiday and leaving bacteria in a dish near a mouldy sandwich

Question 2

What experiments did Florey and Chain do which showed the true potential of antibiotics

Answer 2

Police man cut his mouth on a rose and was healed by penicillin, they tested it

Question 3

What impact did WW2 have on the development of penicillin

Answer 3

Gave funding by government, and was then used in ration packs

Question 4

List three types of antibiotics development since the end of WW2 and what was it used for

Answer 4

Tetracycline 1933 - skin infection
Mitomycin 1956 - cancer
Cortisone 1950 - arthritis

Question 5

What controversy happened with the Thalidomide drug

Answer 5

Deformed babies

Question 6

When were vaccines for polio, measles and rubella introduced

Answer 6

1955, 1964, 1969

Question 7

What do MRI and CAT scans do

Answer 7

Scan brain, give 3D image

Question 8

What is alternative medicine

Answer 8

Non chemical treatments, not prescribed

Question 9

What are superbugs

Answer 9

Drug resistant treatments, not prescribed

Question 10

How does phage therapy work

Answer 10

Genetically engineered virus to kill harmful bacteria by injecting genome, until bacteria blows up

Question 11

Five facts about Spanish flu outbreak of 1918 - 1919

Answer 11

7 million died in Spain 
Known as three day fever 
It was global 
20% of world population infected
280000 died in UK 
Most dangerous on 20 - 40 year olds

Question 12

How did people at the time treat the Spanish flu

Answer 12

Quarantine
Wear gauzes over there mouths
Used herbal remedies

Question 13

What is keyhole surgery

Answer 13

Small incision, then small fibre optic cameras are inserted into the whole

Question 14

What is laser eye surgery used for

Answer 14

Eye surgery replaced scalpels, cleared arteries, removed tumors and ulcers

Question 15

What do endoscopy cameras do

Answer 15

Allow surgeons to see inside patients

Question 16

Why do some people oppose the use of technology in medicine

Answer 16

Illegal trade in organs, cloning is morally wrong

Question 17

How do the Boer War force the government to improve health

Answer 17

There wasn’t enough healthy soldiers, 40% refused

Question 18

What did Booth and Rowntree prover

Answer 18

That poverty was a massive thing (poverty line) 25% percent

Question 19

Why did the creation of the Labour Party force the Liberals to promise changes for the poor

Answer 19

They wanted the vote of the workers, 60% working class

Question 20

Find four limitations of the Liberal reforms

Answer 20

Only helped the poorest
Only covered 2.25 mostly skilled
Insurance wasn’t enough for a working man and his family
Did not cover dependents

Question 21

How did WW2 change the attitudes of British people

Answer 21

Gave free school meals to allow for more food and less malnourishment

Question 22

Summarise the 1942 Beveridge Report

Answer 22

Claimed that people should be free from “Five Giants” of poverty

Question 23

Three improvements introduced by the Welfare State

Answer 23

Set up NHS, removed illness, clinical advancement

Question 24

What does the NHS terms “Cradle to Grave care” and “Free at the point of delivery” mean

Answer 24

The NHS cares for you from when you are born to when you die
You get the care you need when you need it most

Question 25

Who objected to the NHS

Answer 25

Doctors who didn’t want to be under government control (private doctors)

Question 26

Why were New Towns suck as Milton Keynes built

Answer 26

To allow for more space and to encourage more physical activity