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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I - The Computer and the Hernia Factor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surgery did Gawande assist with for a seventy-five-year-old woman?
(a) Surgery to remove an appendix.
(b) Surgery to put a screw in a broken leg.
(c) Surgery to remove pancreatic cancer.
(d) Surgery to remove colon cancer.

2. Who first proposed that a computer could read an EKG better than a human could?
(a) Michael Bartholomew.
(b) William Baxt.
(c) David Angston.
(d) Lars Edenbrandt.

3. At the beginning of Chapter 1, how many weeks had Gawande been in training?
(a) 4 weeks.
(b) 6 weeks.
(c) 3 months.
(d) 4 months.

4. What type of surgery had the patient who needed a central line had a week earlier?
(a) Abdominal surgery.
(b) Heart surgery.
(c) Hernia surgery.
(d) Removal of his appendix.

5. When was it first suggested that a computer could read an EKG better than a human could?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1990.

Short Answer Questions

1. On an EKG, what is the downstroke at the start of a heart beat called?

2. How many electrocardiograms did a man examine to test his diagnostic skills against a computer?

3. What country bans surgeons from practicing on animals?

4. How many operating rooms are at Shouldice Hospital?

5. How long might it take in most hospitals to repair a hernia?

(see the answer key)

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