Q 01/05

Medical Laboratory Professionals Week is held in the last full week of which month each year?

A) March

B) April

C) May

D) October

Answer · why

B) April

April. The week exists to show the public the people behind their test results, and a coalition of national laboratory organisations now runs it toget...

Q 02/05

Lab Week was launched in 1975 by the American Society for Medical Technology, known today by which initials?

A) ASCLD

B) ASCLS

C) ASLM

D) ASCT

Answer · why

B) ASCLS

ASCLS, the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science. It called the celebration National Medical Laboratory Week, a name Canada's lab week stil...

Q 03/05

Which laboratory machine sterilises instruments and culture media with pressurised steam?

A) An incubator

B) An autoclave

C) A centrifuge

D) A fume cupboard

Answer · why

B) An autoclave

An autoclave. Under pressure, steam gets far hotter than boiling water, hot enough to kill bacterial spores; Charles Chamberland, a colleague of Paste...

Q 04/05

Which Chicago-based pathology body, founded in 1922, certifies laboratory professionals through its Board of Certification?

A) AMA

B) ASCP

C) CAP

D) AABB

Answer · why

B) ASCP

ASCP, the American Society for Clinical Pathology. Lab staff who pass its Board of Certification exams add the letters to their titles, as in MLS(ASCP...

Q 05/05

Who identified the main human blood groups in 1901 and won the 1930 Nobel Prize for it?

A) Karl Landsteiner

B) Emil von Behring

C) Paul Ehrlich

D) Alexander Wiener

Answer · why

A) Karl Landsteiner

Karl Landsteiner showed that blood from different people can clump when mixed, which explained why transfusions had so often killed and made it possib...