HOSA BOWL (History) UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Stethoscope - CORRECT ANSWER - Invention enabling healthcare providers to listen to
a patient's chest cavity, heart, and pulse
Quarantine - CORRECT ANSWER - Process of isolating people exposed to infectious
diseases to control their spread
Anesthesia - CORRECT ANSWER - loss of feeling with or without the loss of
consciousness
Florence Nightingale - CORRECT ANSWER - English nurse who demonstrated the
critical role of female nurses in the medical profession and laid the foundation for professional
nursing
Pathogens - CORRECT ANSWER - Microorganisms causing diseases
Vaccination - CORRECT ANSWER - the use of medicines that contain weakened or dead
bacteria or viruses to build immunity and prevent disease developed by Edward Jenner
Antiseptic surgery - CORRECT ANSWER - Practice of using disinfectants to prevent
infection in surgical settings
Penicillin - CORRECT ANSWER - First antibiotic discovered by Alexander Fleming,
revolutionizing healthcare by treating bacterial infections
X-ray technology - CORRECT ANSWER - Invention by Wilhelm Röntgen at the end of
the nineteenth century, enabling noninvasive diagnosis
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Stethoscope - CORRECT ANSWER - Invention enabling healthcare providers to listen to
a patient's chest cavity, heart, and pulse
Quarantine - CORRECT ANSWER - Process of isolating people exposed to infectious
diseases to control their spread
Anesthesia - CORRECT ANSWER - loss of feeling with or without the loss of
consciousness
Florence Nightingale - CORRECT ANSWER - English nurse who demonstrated the
critical role of female nurses in the medical profession and laid the foundation for professional
nursing
Pathogens - CORRECT ANSWER - Microorganisms causing diseases
Vaccination - CORRECT ANSWER - the use of medicines that contain weakened or dead
bacteria or viruses to build immunity and prevent disease developed by Edward Jenner
Antiseptic surgery - CORRECT ANSWER - Practice of using disinfectants to prevent
infection in surgical settings
Penicillin - CORRECT ANSWER - First antibiotic discovered by Alexander Fleming,
revolutionizing healthcare by treating bacterial infections
X-ray technology - CORRECT ANSWER - Invention by Wilhelm Röntgen at the end of
the nineteenth century, enabling noninvasive diagnosis
