Medical History Assessment Quiz

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#1

Which vital sign measures the number of breaths per minute?

Blood pressure
Heart rate
Respiratory rate
Temperature
#2

What is the normal range for blood pressure in adults?

120/80 mmHg
140/90 mmHg
160/100 mmHg
110/70 mmHg
#3

Who is credited with the discovery of the structure of DNA?

Rosalind Franklin
James Watson
Francis Crick
Linus Pauling
#4

Who developed the first successful vaccine for rabies?

Edward Jenner
Louis Pasteur
Paul Farmer
Jonas Salk
#5

What is the primary function of the pancreas in the human body?

Digestion of fats
Regulation of blood sugar
Production of bile
Filtering toxins
#6

In medical history, what does the term 'ROS' stand for?

Review of Systems
Reactive Oxygen Species
Rapid Onset Symptoms
Respiratory Observation Scale
#7

Which historical figure is known as the 'Father of Medicine'?

Hippocrates
Avicenna
Galen
Paracelsus
#8

What year is considered the birth of modern nursing due to Florence Nightingale's work?

1801
1859
1900
1925
#9

Who discovered penicillin, the first widely used antibiotic?

Alexander Fleming
Louis Pasteur
Joseph Lister
Paul Farmer
#10

In what year was the Human Genome Project completed?

1990
2001
2010
2015
#11

What does the acronym 'SOAP' stand for in medical documentation?

Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan
Symptoms, Observation, Analysis, Prescription
Surgery, Operation, Anesthesia, Post-op
Systemic, Organ-specific, Anatomical, Pathological
#12

In what year was the first successful human heart transplant performed?

1954
1967
1982
1995
#13

Which infectious disease was declared eradicated by the World Health Organization in 1980?

Polio
Smallpox
Measles
Tuberculosis
#14

Which physician is associated with the development of the first successful polio vaccine?

Albert Sabin
Edward Jenner
Jonas Salk
Thomas Starzl
#15

What is the term for the study of the causes and origins of diseases?

Pathology
Epidemiology
Oncology
Histology

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