This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Virus And Bacteria – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Virus And Bacteria Quiz 14 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This type of medicine only kills bacteria cells A) Lyse. B) Capsid. C) Antibiotics. D) Flagellum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antibiotics. 2. Similar genes are evidence of ..... A) Evolution. B) Cladistics. C) Convergent evolution. D) Common ancestory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Common ancestory. 3. The region inside the cell membrane of a bacterium A) Decomposers. B) Cytoplasm. C) Bacteria. D) Endospore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cytoplasm. 4. What do viruses and bacteria have in common? A) Ribosomes. B) Cell wall. C) Plasma membrane. D) Genetic material. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Genetic material. 5. Which is the easiest way for a person to prevent microbial infections? A) Avoid contact with animals. B) Isolate themselves at home. C) Sterilize everything in the home. D) Wash hands frequently with hot water and soap. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wash hands frequently with hot water and soap. 6. Antibiotics are used to- A) Kill a bacteria that infects an organism. B) Kill a virus that infects an organism. C) Fight off the symptoms of of a virus, but not kill the virus. D) Fight off the symptoms of of a bacteria, but not kill it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kill a bacteria that infects an organism. 7. The dreaded human disease, Syphilis, is caused by. A) Virus. B) Fungus. C) A bacterium. D) An animal parasite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A bacterium. 8. Which shape describes some bacterial cells? A) Bullet-shaped. B) Spiral. C) Cube-shaped. D) Robotlike. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spiral. 9. In the levels of classification, what comes after phylum? A) Order. B) Family. C) Genus. D) Class. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Class. 10. What cells are infected by HIV? A) Macrophages. B) Helper T Cells. C) Cytotoxic T Cells. D) Red blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helper T Cells. 11. Bacteria can cause infections in: A) People. B) Animals. C) Plants. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 12. Can evolve and become resistant to treatment A) Viruses. B) Bacteria. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 13. Tiny single-celled organisms that live almost everywhere A) Cytoplasm. B) Ribosomes. C) Bacteria. D) Virus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bacteria. 14. HIV is an example of what kind of transmission? A) Bloodborne. B) Waterborne. C) Airborne. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bloodborne. 15. How many types of organisms can belong to one species? A) More than 2. B) Only one. C) Less than 3. D) No more than five. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Only one. 16. A thick-walled spore containing genetic material and proteins that allows the bacteria to survive a wide variety of harsh conditions. A) Pathogenic. B) Host. C) Bacilli. D) Endospore. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Endospore. 17. Bacteria that are producers ..... A) Make their own food. B) Feed on other organisms. C) Feed on dead organisms. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make their own food. 18. A nonliving (sort of) microorganism that cannot reproduce without a host A) Human Cell. B) Virus. C) Bacteria. D) Lyse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Virus. 19. What happens during the "Integration" stage of the lysogenic cycle? A) A virion is produced. B) Viral DNA joins with host cell DNA to create a prophage (provirus). C) The viral DNA enters the host. D) Viral DNA becomes injected into the host cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Viral DNA joins with host cell DNA to create a prophage (provirus). 20. The organelle described as a long, thin-like projection that helps with movement A) Flagella. B) Chlorplast. C) Mitochondria. D) Cell Membrane. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flagella. 21. Which of the following is an example of a retrovirus? A) Common cold. B) HIV. C) Influenza. D) Measles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) HIV. 22. An organism that uses energy from sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water to carbon compounds A) Chemoheterotroph. B) Chemoautotroph. C) Photoheterotroph. D) Photoautotroph. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Photoautotroph. 23. A person with AIDS is likely to develop infectious diseases because the virus that causes AIDS A) Damages the immune system. B) Destroys cancerous cells. C) Increases the rate of microbe destruction. D) Increases the rate of antibody production. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Damages the immune system. 24. What can be said about all organisms that make their own food by photosynthesis A) They are all plants. B) They are all vascular. C) They are autorophs. D) They are heterotrophs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are autorophs. 25. What's an active virus? A) A virus that becomes immediately hidden once entering a cell. B) A virus that becomes immediately active once entering a cell. C) A technique that takes advantage of a virus's ability to enter a cell. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A virus that becomes immediately active once entering a cell. 26. When a virus infects a host, it first attaches to the host cell, injects its genetic material, then A) Releases new viruses. B) Reads the genetic code. C) Assembles new viruses. D) Destroys the host cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reads the genetic code. 27. The tryptophan operon is A) Turned off when tryptophan is added to the growth medium. B) Turned on when tryptophan is present in the growth medium. C) Permanently turned on. D) Turned off only when glucose is present in the growth medium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Turned off when tryptophan is added to the growth medium. 28. What important role do bacteria called decomposers play? A) The return basic chemicals to the environment. B) They slow down food spoilage. C) Kill harmful bacteria. D) Produce vitamins in your intestine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The return basic chemicals to the environment. 29. An organism that is photosynthetic but needs organic compounds as a carbon source A) Chemoheterotroph. B) Photoautotroph. C) Photoheterotroph. D) Chemoautotroph. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photoheterotroph. 30. Some fungi secrete substances that are toxic to bacteria that compete with them for food. Scientists have used their knowledge of this ability of fungi in order to produce which of the following substances? A) Fertilizers. B) Antibiotics. C) Yogurt. D) Plastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antibiotics. 31. Which one of the following is a viral disease transmitted to man by the bite rabid animals particularly dogs? A) Cholera. B) Malaria. C) Rabies. D) Plague. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rabies. 32. Chicken pox, SARS, Ebola, and AIDS are all types of A) Bacterial diseases. B) Fungal diseases. C) Viral diseases. D) Plant diseases. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Viral diseases. 33. Parvo is a virus that affects ..... A) Cats. B) Humans. C) Horses. D) Dogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dogs. 34. Spherical prokaryote A) Chemoautotroph. B) Coccus. C) Endospore. D) Bacillus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coccus. 35. What is the purpose of a dichotomous key? A) To identify organisms. B) To find a common ancestor. C) To show the evolution of organisms. D) To show relationships between organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To identify organisms. 36. HIV infects ..... A) Red blood cells. B) Muscle cells. C) White blood cells. D) Nerve cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) White blood cells. 37. A vaccines main goal is to: A) Make people sick. B) Prevent disease. C) Start an epidemic. D) Start a pandemic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prevent disease. 38. Viruses are considered to be nonliving because they A) Cannot multiply. B) Use energy to grow. C) Are smaller than bacteria. D) Do not show all the characteristics of life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cannot multiply. 39. A protein that can attach to a pathogen and make it useless is ..... A) A vaccine. B) An antibody. C) A bacteria. D) A virus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An antibody. 40. Producers such as grass and trees ..... A) Make their own food. B) Make carbon dioxide. C) Eat other organisms for food. D) Decompose dead organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make their own food. 41. Which is the MOST effective defense against the chicken pox virus? A) Vaccine. B) Excercise. C) Antibiotics. D) Diet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vaccine. 42. Viruses are not considered to be living things, what do suppose led scientists to this conclusion. A) They don't grow. B) They don't consume energy. C) They can't reproduce. D) They don't respond to stimuli. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They don't grow. 43. Outer shell of a virus that protects the genetic material A) Nucleoid. B) Capsid. C) Antibiotics. D) Tail Fiber. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capsid. 44. The protein coat of a virus is known as the ..... A) Genome. B) Envelope. C) Cell membrane. D) Capsid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Capsid. 45. Bacteria are eukaryotic. This means that they have cell parts which ..... A) Have host cells. B) Regenerate. C) Are contained in a membrane. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are contained in a membrane. 46. A virus needs a/an ..... to reproduce. A) Organism. B) Partner. C) Dead cells. D) Host. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Host. 47. Which of the following is NOT a rule to writing scientific names? A) The genus is the first word and capitalized. B) Both the genus and the species are capitalized. C) The second word is the species and is lower case. D) The scientific name is either italicized or underlined. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both the genus and the species are capitalized. 48. What process results in genetically different bacteria? A) Mitosis. B) Meiosis. C) Binary fission. D) Conjugation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conjugation. 49. Which of the following is NOT a disease caused by bacteria? A) The flu. B) Leprosy. C) Whooping cough. D) Food poisoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The flu. 50. Contains a cell wall and extensions for attachment called pili A) Viruses. B) Bacteria. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacteria. 51. A close relationship between two organisms is called a(an) A) Symbiosis. B) Pasteurization. C) Respiration. D) Endospore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbiosis. 52. Mutations are a change in what? A) Phenotype. B) Genotype. C) DNA. D) TRNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) DNA. 53. What is fission? A) When you go fishing. B) Form of asexual reproduction. C) Form of sexual reproduction. D) Your ability to see. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Form of asexual reproduction. 54. Cell membranes are a part of the cells of: A) Humans, protists, bacteria, and viruses. B) Humans, protists, and bacteria. C) Humans and protists. D) Humans only. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humans, protists, and bacteria. 55. What does the word "transmitted" mean? A) Spread. B) Spoken. C) Read. D) Thrown. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spread. 56. Taxonomy is the scientific way of A) Collecting DNA/RNA. B) Naming and classifying organisms. C) Forming genetics. D) Collecting ecological artifacts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Naming and classifying organisms. 57. Bacteria come in which of the following shapes? A) Rod, sphere, spiral. B) Rod, cone, spiral. C) Sphere, cone, spiral. D) Rod, sphere, cone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rod, sphere, spiral. 58. Eukarya, Bacteria, and Archaea are all examples of ..... A) Kingdoms. B) Orders. C) Families. D) Domains. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Domains. 59. Reproduce on their own A) Viruses. B) Bacteria. C) Both viruses and bacteria. D) Neither viruses or bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacteria. 60. If an organism has a chloroplast can you figure out which kingdom it belongs to? A) No, Animalia or Plantae. B) No, Protista or Plantae. C) Yes Plantae. D) Yes, Fungi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No, Protista or Plantae. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesVirus And Bacteria Quiz 1Virus And Bacteria Quiz 2Virus And Bacteria Quiz 3Virus And Bacteria Quiz 4Virus And Bacteria Quiz 5Virus And Bacteria Quiz 6Virus And Bacteria Quiz 7Virus And Bacteria Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books