This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Virus And Bacteria – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Virus And Bacteria Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What do antibiotics cure? A) Virus. B) Fungus. C) Bacteria. D) Parasite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bacteria. 2. Which of these could successfully be treated with antibiotics? A) Influenza. B) Strep Throat. C) HIV. D) Common Cold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Strep Throat. 3. What does Prokaryotic mean? A) Not very Complex. B) Has NO nucleus. C) More than one Cell. D) Has a nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Has NO nucleus. 4. What is conjugation? A) Genes. B) Viruses. C) Two bacteria connect and cause genetic diversity. D) Two bacteria disconnect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Two bacteria connect and cause genetic diversity. 5. During which reproductive cycle do viruses turn host cells into virus making machines? A) Lytic Cycle. B) Passive Cycle. C) Lysogenic Cycle. D) Active Cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lytic Cycle. 6. Why do doctors suggest people get a flu vaccine every year? A) Flu viruses can mutate from year to year. B) Vaccines are absorbed by the body after a year. C) Vaccines get stronger over time. D) Flu viruses replicate more rapidly over time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flu viruses can mutate from year to year. 7. The theory of evolution by natural selection means that what is changing over time? A) The inherited traits of a population. B) The acquired traits of a population. C) Hair color and eye color. D) Attractive features. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The inherited traits of a population. 8. How do fungi eat? A) They decompose and collect nutrients from dead animals. B) By hunting insects. C) By photosynthesis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They decompose and collect nutrients from dead animals. 9. AIDS is caused by the organisms which are. A) Protozoa. B) Viruses (HTLV III). C) Fungi. D) Bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Viruses (HTLV III). 10. Some use flagella for movement A) Viruses. B) Bacteria. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacteria. 11. Which group of bacteria would likely be found in hot, acidic sulfur springs? A) Halophiles. B) Thermophiles. C) Archaebacteria. D) Methanogens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thermophiles. 12. The transfer of genes between two species of E. coli is A) Plasmolysis. B) Transformation. C) Conjugation. D) Transduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conjugation. 13. Fungi play important roles in the environment. Which is a role of fungi? A) Yeast helps bake bread and ferment wine and beer. B) Help make antibiotics such as penicillin. C) Can help make foods such as soy sauce and chocolate. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 14. In which of the following environments would you find an Archaebacteria? A) Deep Ocean Sulphuric Vent. B) Cow Intestine. C) Human Nose. D) Freshwater Pond. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deep Ocean Sulphuric Vent. 15. What is used to "cure" a virus A) Viruses have no cure. B) Antirbiotic. C) Rest. D) Vaccine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vaccine. 16. During Lysogenic Infections.. A) The host cell is copied many times over. B) The virus dies. C) The host cell is unaffected. D) The host cell is destroyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The host cell is copied many times over. 17. Alan noticed that his foot itched between his toes after coming home from the gym. He now believes he may have contracted athlete's foot. What type of pathogen most likely caused this possible infection of his foot? A) Bacterium. B) Fungus. C) Virus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fungus. 18. Which diseases are most likely to be treated with antibiotics? A) Those caused by bacteria. B) Those caused by parasites. C) Those caused bu fungi. D) Those caused by viruses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Those caused by bacteria. 19. Algae belong to the ..... kingdom of organisms. A) Protista. B) Fungi. C) Animalia. D) Plantae. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protista. 20. Harmful bacteria are commonly referred to as ..... A) Viruses. B) Pathogens. C) Prokaryotes. D) Antibiotics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathogens. 21. Besides DNA or RNA, what else is a virus made of? A) A cell wall. B) A cell membrane. C) A protein coat. D) A nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A protein coat. 22. If in the end, there are 100 bacteria, and fission occurred 2 times, what was the starting number of bacteria? A) 25. B) 5. C) 1. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 25. 23. One of the reasons that viruses are nonliving is that they ..... A) Respond to soundwaves. B) Have no DNA. C) Overproduce too quickly to be attacked. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have no DNA. 24. Measles is caused by. A) Virus. B) Protozoa. C) Bacteria. D) Fungus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Virus. 25. To spread from one location or individual to another. A) Host. B) Transmit. C) Parsite. D) Vector. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transmit. 26. Which Kingdom is this? -Prokaryotic-Heterotrophic or Autotrophic-Unicellular-Lives in extreme environments A) Eubacteria (Bacteria). B) Protista. C) Archaea (Archaeabacteria). D) Fungi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Archaea (Archaeabacteria). 27. What levels of classification are used in the scientific name? A) Kingdom, Species. B) Kingdom, Phylum. C) Phylum, Genus. D) Genus Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Genus Species. 28. Homo sapien is an example of ..... A) Phylogeny. B) Binomial nomenclature. C) Classification. D) Epithet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Binomial nomenclature. 29. Bacteria that live in environments without Oxygen A) Aerobes. B) Anarobes. C) Endospores. D) Viruses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anarobes. 30. A whip-like tail(s) on some bacteria that help them move A) Flagellum. B) Pili. C) Cilia. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flagellum. 31. This medicine is sometimes uses to treat bacterial infections. A) Vaccine. B) Antibiotic. C) Resistance formula. D) Allergy medication. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antibiotic. 32. One difference between bacteria and viruses is- A) Viruses respond to stimuli; bacteria do not. B) Bacteria are living organisms; viruses are not. C) Bacteria require a host cell to reproduce; viruses do not. D) Viruses are composed of cells; bacteria are not. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacteria are living organisms; viruses are not. 33. What disease did Edward Jenner create a vaccine for? A) Chickenpox. B) Cowpox. C) Smallpox. D) Swinepox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smallpox. 34. What does a virus have on the inside? A) Neither DNA or RNA. B) DNA, but never RNA. C) DNA or RNA. D) RNA but never DNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) DNA or RNA. 35. Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring. A) Natural Selection. B) Extinction. C) Evolution. D) Artifical Selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Natural Selection. 36. Viruses are ..... A) Decomposers. B) Consumers. C) Parasites. D) Producers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parasites. 37. Domain ..... includes organisms with a true nucleus. A) Bacteria. B) Archaea. C) Eukarya. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eukarya. 38. (Taxonomy) How many kingdoms are there? A) 2. B) 4. C) 8. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6. 39. (Taxonomy) Which level of classification is the most broad? A) Class. B) Species. C) Kingdom. D) Domain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Domain. 40. What are some examples of food made by fungi? A) Bread. B) Cheese. C) Mushrooms. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 41. All bacteria are ..... A) Unicellular. B) Multicellular. C) Eukaryotic. D) Unicellular and multicellular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unicellular. 42. Viruses are ..... than bacteria. A) Smaller. B) Larger. C) Shorter. D) Taller. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smaller. 43. What does the term antibiotic resistant mean" ? A) Bacteria are dead or altered. B) Bacteria survive in the presence of an antibiotic. C) Bacteria are weakened and destroyed by antibiotics. D) Bacteria are resistant to a vaccine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacteria survive in the presence of an antibiotic. 44. Which of these is a plant virus? A) Polio. B) Bacteriophage. C) Influenza. D) Tobacco mosaic virus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tobacco mosaic virus. 45. Bacteria are microscopic and A) Colonies. B) Unicellular. C) Multicellular. D) Larger than animal cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unicellular. 46. Nitrogen fixation: A) Converts harmful nitrogen gas into nonharmful nitrogen gas. B) Changes nitrogen gas into a usable form for some plants. C) Makes nitrogen available to protists. D) Is involved with sexual repro of bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Changes nitrogen gas into a usable form for some plants. 47. Viruses are made of A) Nucleic Acids and DNA. B) Nucleic Acids and Proteins. C) Proteins and Bacteriophages. D) Proteins and Capsids. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nucleic Acids and Proteins. 48. The science of Taxonomy is A) The study of living and nonliving organisms and placing them in a hierarchical order. B) The classification and naming of organisms and placing them in a hierarchical order. C) The study of life. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The classification and naming of organisms and placing them in a hierarchical order. 49. The cycle of virus reproduction is called A) Cell cycle. B) Lytic cycle. C) Lysis. D) Lilac cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lytic cycle. 50. What do viruses have in common with your body's cells? A) Their genetic material is surrounded by a nucleus. B) They contain DNA or RNA. C) They are surrounded by capsids. D) They contain many complex organelles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They contain DNA or RNA. 51. BONUS QUESTION:There are certain kinds of radioactive bacteria, they can be responsible for ..... A) Heart Attacks. B) The Flu. C) Chicken Pox. D) Cancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cancer. 52. Contain a nucleoid region made up of DNA A) Viruses. B) Bacteria. C) Both viruses and bacteria. D) Neither viruses or bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacteria. 53. A ..... requires oxygen to live. A) Obligate Aerobe. B) Obligate Anaerobe. C) Facultative Anaerobe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obligate Aerobe. 54. A mixture containing material from one or more deactivated pathogens, such as viruses, is called ..... A) An antibiotic. B) A plasmid. C) A concoction. D) A vaccine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A vaccine. 55. Nonliving particle that can reproduce within a living cell A) Endospore. B) Vacuole. C) Virus. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Virus. 56. The classification system is written in what language? A) French. B) Spanish. C) Latin. D) English. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Latin. 57. What cell organelle makes energy? A) Mitochondria. B) Chloroplast. C) Vacuole. D) Nucleus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mitochondria. 58. Which term best describes a virus? A) Prokaryotic cell. B) Helpful. C) Nonliving. D) Living. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nonliving. 59. ..... is when one bacteria cell reproduces by division in half to become two cells. A) Natural selection. B) Conjugation. C) Parasitism. D) Binary fission. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Binary fission. 60. The leaf blight of paddy is caused by. A) Virus. B) Fungus. C) Bacteria. D) Nematodes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bacteria. 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