IQ Test for Hospital Staff
Section 1: Numerical Reasoning
Question 1. If a patient was admitted to the hospital at 9:45 AM and was discharged 5 days, 8 hours and 15 minutes later, at what time were they discharged?
Question 2. Amy has 2 patients to see on her ward, each of whom requires 45 minutes of her time. She has a 15-minute tea break at 10:00 AM and lunch from 1:00 PM to 1:30 PM. What is the latest she can start seeing patients if she wants to finish by 3:00 PM?
Question 3. The hospital has 65 beds. If each patient costs the hospital $500 per day and the hospital has an annual budget of $11,825,000, how many days per year can each bed be occupied?
Section 2: Verbal Ability
Question 1. Which of the following words is the odd one out: ward, clinic, surgery, inpatient, outpatient?
Question 2. A patient’s medical notes say ‘NKA’. What does NKA stand for?
Question 3. ‘Tincture’ is to ‘solution’ as ‘emulsion’ is to…
Section 3: Spatial Awareness
Question 1. Which of the following diagrams represents a bed correctly placed in a single room?
Question 2. If a patient is on the third floor and the x-ray department is on the ground floor, which direction must they take in the stairwell?
Question 3. What is the most efficient route for a patient starting in the main entrance to get to radiology if the hospital has the layout shown below?
Answers:
Section 1:
Question 1. 6:00 PM
Question 2. 1:00 PM
Question 3. 79 days
Section 2:
Question 1. Surgery
Question 2. No Known Allergies
Question 3. Suspension
Section 3:
Question 1. B
Question 2. Down
Question 3. C, G, H, F, E, B, D
If you scored 12 or above, congratulations! You have a good understanding of the hospital environment.
