Bioethics and Biosafety module quiz: laboratory hazards, ethics, regulation, consent and impacts (SEAB O-Level Applied Subject) quiz

A correctly labelled, sealed empty box

Microorganisms that may cause infection

A switched-off light

A clean, dry bench

Eating at the bench

Leaving cultures open to the air

Touching cultures with bare hands

Using aseptic technique and autoclaving waste

To protect the worker from microorganisms, chemicals and other hazards

To look professional only

To make the work slower

Because it changes the result of the experiment

By autoclaving it to kill the microorganisms

By pouring it down the sink untreated

By leaving it on the bench overnight

By mixing it with food waste

The colour of the lab coat

The brand of micropipette used

Whether it is right to alter the genes of organisms or humans

How tall the bioreactor is

Give only the benefits

Give only the risks

Refuse to give any opinion

Weigh the benefits against the risks and the rights of those affected, then reach a balanced view

It makes products more expensive for no reason

It ensures products and procedures are tested for safety and effectiveness and risky work is controlled, protecting people and the environment

It stops all research from happening

It only benefits the companies, not the public

Sold immediately without any testing

Kept secret from everyone

Approved only by the company that made it

Reviewed and licensed by an independent body after being tested for safety and effectiveness

Agreeing to something without being told anything about it

Being forced to take part in research

Agreeing to a procedure only after being clearly told what it involves, its risks and benefits, and how the information will be used

Letting a company decide for you

It speeds up the laboratory work

It respects a person's right to decide about their own body and data and protects them from being tested against their wishes

It guarantees a positive result

It removes the need for any regulation

The spread of modified genes to wild plants

Damage to ecosystems

Improved health, food supply or economic growth

Higher pollution levels

Cleaning up an oil spill

Producing pure human insulin

The possible spread of modified genes to wild plants or harm to ecosystems

Improving the nutrition of a crop

Increasing the use of harsh chemicals

Releasing untreated waste into rivers

Raising the cost of medicine

Using microorganisms to clean up pollution and reducing pesticide use with GM crops

Listing only one side of the argument

Weighing benefits against risks and rights to reach a balanced, reasoned judgement

Memorising facts without understanding

Avoiding any conclusion