Scitech Quiz at SASTRA University for NSAP'15 prelims with answers

SCI –TECH QUIZ
Prepared By:
EVignesh
S Manoj Karthick

*1.
What you see here is the Creation of Adam by Michaelangelo.
Several hypotheses have been put forward about the meaning ofThe
Creation of Adam's highly original composition, many of them taking
Michelangelo's well-documented expertise in human anatomy as their
starting point. In 1990, an Anderson, Indiana physician named Frank
Lynn Meshberger, M.D. noted in the medical publication the Journal of
the American Medical Association that the painting was anatomically
accurate. He gave two reasons/examples for supporting his statement.
What reasons did he give?

Correct Shape of
the brain
Correct shape of
the umbilical cord

2.
o Earlier versions had a mix up of random characters
o Following versions in general had this format 0E:016F:BFF9B3D4
o The next version came up with 0x0000007B
o All versions since 2001 have had this 0x00000050
followed by 4 more Hexadecimal numbers.
o What are we talking about ??

3.
The most well-understood meaning of this word is as a legal term.
Biologists though, may argue otherwise. In computer science, this
word has two distinct usages.
One is derived from the legal meaning, and is often confused with
polymorphism.
The other usage mirrors the biological meaning and is used in a
particular form of problem-solving.
What's the good word?

4.
o -A tiny spark has singed a single hair on your arm.
o -Like walking across a shag carpet and reaching for the light switch.
o -Someone has fired a staple into your cheek.
o -Similar to getting your hand mashed in a revolving door.
o -ImagineW. C. Fields extinguishing a cigar on your tongue.
o -Like a match head that flips off and burns on your skin.
o -Somebody is using a drill to excavate your ingrown toenail.
o -Like spilling a beaker of hydrochloric acid on a paper cut.
o -A running hair drier has been dropped into your bubble bath.
o -Like fire-walking over flaming charcoal with a 3-inch rusty nail in your
heel.
What are we talking about?

*5.
The Portable Automated Somnacin IntraVenous Device (PASIV) has the following
configuration.
1. A central button called the InfusionTrigger that can activate all IV lines at once.
2. Configurable control settings for the accurate monitoring and adjustment of
Somnacin levels.
3. 12 foot (4 meter) IV lines for versatile in the field set-up.
4. LED display with atomized timer for monitoring precise flow rates.
5. Synchronization monitoring chip for flow check monitoring and automated
adjustment to optimize output flow.
6. Lithium iodide batteries with life of 200 hours.
7. Additional vial storage for multiple doses in the field.
8. Case lock for prevention of system tampering.
9. Memory backup for retention of infusion output data.
10. Easy access to fuses and batteries for replacement.
Where does this feature?What is is used for? Put Funda.

The device used Cobb's team to put them to sleep and induce
dream in the movie 'Inception'

6.
Colonel John Pemberton was wounded in the Civil War, became addicted to
morphine, and began a quest to find a substitute for the dangerous opiate.
The prototype _______ recipe was formulated at Pemberton's Eagle Drug
and Chemical House, a drugstore in Columbus, Georgia. In 1885, Pemberton
registered his FrenchWine nerve tonic. In 1886, when Atlanta and Fulton
County passed prohibition legislation, Pemberton responded by developing
_______.The first sales were at Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia, on May
8, 1886. It was initially sold as a patent medicine for five cents a glass.
Pemberton claimed ______ cured many diseases, including morphine
addiction, dyspepsia, neurasthenia, headache, and impotence. He also sold
among other things a hair dye under the brand name 'Indian Queen',
and cough syrup under the name 'Globe Flower'.
FITB.

Oscar Pistorius’ bedroom where he shot his
girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

8. A disabled canine in the US has been
successfully fitted with prosthetics
allowing him to run down the street.
Derby was born with a congenital
deformity characterized by small forearms
and no front paws. He was until now only
able to run on smooth surfaces, while on
hard surfaces caused severe abrasions to
his front extremities. Having fostered
Derby,Tara Anderson an employee at a
South-Carolina based company decided to
help the pooch run using prosthetics.
What was the speciality of the prosthetic
she used ?

*10.
It weighs around 200 pounds. It was inspired by balsa wood and
lollipop sticks.
It was built using Aluminium and Stainless Steel.
It's movements are the 'ApeWalk'
'Crutch Walk'
'Two LeggedWalk'
and the 'TheWheel'.
Its fingers can subdivide into smaller, identical appendages. It also has
a twin.
Name the twins.

11.
This term has become synonymous with radial nerve compression
in the arm resulting from direct pressure against a firm object. It
typically follows deep sleep on the arm, often after alcohol
intoxication. It usually occurs from falling asleep with one's arm
hanging over the arm rest of a chair, compressing the radial nerve
at the spiral groove. It can occur when a person falls asleep while
heavily medicated and/or under the influence of alcohol with the
underside of the arm compressed by a bar edge, bench, chair
back, or like object.
WhatTERM ?

12.
This process begins with something called lifcasting. It is usually made from silicone
rubber. It is initially weak and flexible. A mixture, typically made of plaster or fibreglass
is created overtop to provide support.Then gypsum cement, usually the brand
'Utracal-30' is used. It is then sculpted in clay.The edges of the clay should be made as
thin as possible. Along the edges of the mold, 'keys' or mold points are sculpted or
carved into the lifecast, to make sure that the two pieces of the mold will fit together
correctly. Once sculpting is completed, a second mold is made.This gives two or more
pieces of a mold. All clay is carefully removed and the material is cast into the mold
cavity.It is then cured within the two part mold... John Chambers is considered the
pioneer in this field.
This forms the first few steps of which process ??

13.
o InApril 1968, Robert Ho Man Kwok wrote a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine, coining the
term "CRS". In this letter he claimed:
o I have experienced a strange syndrome whenever I have eaten out in a _____, especially one that served
northern _____.The syndrome, which usually begins 15 to 20 minutes after I have eaten the first dish,
lasts for about two hours, without hangover effect.The most prominent symptoms are numbness at the
back of the neck, gradually radiating to both arms and the back, general weakness and palpitations...
o Heavy research was conducted delving into the effects of X. Researchers injected 20g of X into rats and
discovered that it caused brain lesions, but critics argued that the experiment was farcical seeing that a
person consumes barely 6g per week.
oThrough viral emails and by the word of mouth, the reputation of X continued to degrade and is still
viewed as a dangerous substance. Euphemisms and alternate names have been concocted by the
industry to appease the general public.
oThe substance, X, is naturally made from kombu, a heavy kelp. It is soaked in hot water and you get the
essence of dashi, which is primarily X.
oWhat is X?

14.
In biology, galvanism is the contraction of a muscle that is stimulated
by an electric current. In physics and chemistry, it is the induction of
electrical current from a chemical reaction, typically between two
chemicals with differing electronegativites.The effect was named by
AlessandroVolta after his contemporary, the scientist. Luigi Galvani,
who investigated the effect of electricity on dissected animals in the
1780s and 1790s. Galvani himself referred to it as animal electricity,
believing that he had discovered a distinct form of electricity.
Galvanism was used to bring to life someone. Who?

16.
o Korotkoff sounds are named after Dr. Nikolai Korotkoff, a Russian physician who
described them in 1905, when he was working at the Imperial Medical Academy in St.
Petersburg.
oThe five Korotkoff sounds
1)The first Korotkoff sound is the snapping sound first heard at the __________.
2)The second sounds are the murmurs heard for most of the area between the _______
and _________.
3)The third sound was described as a loud, crisp tapping sound.
4)The fourth sound, around the _____________, was described as "thumping" and
"muting".
5)The fifth Korotkoff sound is silence.The second and third Korotkoff sounds have no
known significance
Where are these sounds used? Put Funda.

17.
Yambuktu is a small village in the Mongala district of Northern Congo. It is
about 680 miles northeast of the capital city of Kinhasa.The village is about
60 miles from the ___X___.The village is considered to be the origin of
___Y___. It was first discovered by Peter Piot who decided to name ___Y__
after the ___X____.The word ___Y___ is said to be a French corruption of
the word Legbala from the Ngbandi language. It is sometime also referred
to as Eau Blanche.
FITB.

18.
oThe medical term for it is Cutis anserina, and it occurs due to the
pilomotor reflex, which is essentially a disturbance of the
arrectores pilorum muscles.
oThe common term for this condition has also served as the title
for a 62 -book horror series, written by an American author from
1992 to 1997.
What term?

Ultron
Agent Zero
Bullseye
Captain America
Doctor Octopus
Mister Fantastic
Iron Man
Doom 2099
Hammerhead
Non-Exhaustive list. Connect.
*20.

23.
It was codenamed uk92480. It was intended to treat patients
with angina,a common precursor to heart attacks involving
constriction of blood vessels. It was meant to relax the blood
vessels.Though it did not serve the cause, it lead to something
else. It became _______. FITB.

This plant was the inspiration for
something we come across
everyday.What?
24.

- X was revealed to be made up of the recipe which includes sugar,
flour, dog kibble for texture, and other ingredients.
- Vanilla wafers, similar to Nilla Wafers were packaged and sold as
X in Suncoast home video stores.
- During the rave scene of the early 1990s, the term 'X' was one of
the first street names for the empathogenic drug
methyldioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy); others were 'disco
biscuit' and 'H-bomb'.
*25.

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