TeamworkTest, then Live RoundsTeam Event

HOSA Bowl

Teams of exactly four take a 50-question test on health, HOSA and parliamentary procedure, then top teams play head-to-head buzzer rounds in an elimination bracket.

The AI judge does not score this round. Use the practice test for Round One.

About this event

HOSA Bowl is a team event for exactly four members in the Secondary and Postsecondary/Collegiate divisions. Round One is a 50-question multiple-choice test in 60 minutes; the team average seeds the bracket but is not part of the final score. The same test plan covers the buzzer rounds: HOSA knowledge, parliamentary procedure, anatomy and physiology, medical terminology and current health topics at 12 percent each, with the remaining 40 percent spread over history of medicine, healthcare systems, health careers, legal and ethical practice, nutrition, safety, infection control and math conversions. References include DHO: Health Science, Body Structures and Functions, Taber's, NIH MedlinePlus Magazine, Robert's Rules in Brief, the HOSA website and handbook, the new First Fifty Years history, Stanhope and Turnbull's medical terminology text and the CNN and NBC health news pages. Round Two is a bracket of usually 8, 16 or 32 teams. Two teams face each other for a 10-minute match with up to 50 questions: for eight minutes members A, B, C and D of each team compete only against their counterpart, then the last two minutes are open to everyone. A player has five seconds to buzz after a question and five seconds to answer; a correct answer scores one point and a miss passes the question to the other side. No notes are allowed, and talking is permitted only in the final two minutes. Ties go to five tiebreaker questions, then the test average. Semifinal losers play for third, the finalists for first, and places five through ten come from test averages. New references this year include The First Fifty Years and Body Structures and Functions.

Test day

What to expect

Round One test, then live rounds

Round One is a 50-question test in 60 minutes; the top scorers advance to the live rounds. Official format: 50-question test, 60 minutes (team average, seeding only), then 10-minute buzzer matches in an elimination bracket.

Written from the test plan

Questions follow the event's published test plan, section by section, and are written from the listed reference texts. Practice questions here are drawn in the same proportions.

How you advance

How many advance from regionals to states and on to the International Leadership Conference (ILC) depends on your association's rules. Study the official test plan: it lists each section and its share of the test.

What judges score

Buzzer rounds: one point per correct answer, 5 seconds to buzz and 5 seconds to answer, questions alternate between matched team members for 8 minutes then open to all for 2 minutesTie: five tiebreaker items open to all members, then Round One test averageBracket placement: championship match for 1st and 2nd, consolation match for 3rd and 4th, 5th through 10th by test average

What's on the test

HOSA Related KnowledgeParliamentary ProcedureAnatomy and PhysiologyMedical TerminologyCurrent Health TopicsHistory of MedicineHealthcare SystemsHealth CareersLegal and Ethical PracticesNutritionSafetyInfection ControlMath Conversions

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