This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Virus And Bacteria – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Virus And Bacteria Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the difference between pili and flagella? A) Pili are used for protection, flagella for movement. B) Pili are found in bacteria, flagella are not. C) Pili are used for movement, flagella for reproduction. D) Pili are used for reproduction, flagella for movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pili are used for reproduction, flagella for movement. 2. Needs host cell to reproduce. A) Protozoan. B) Virus. C) Fungus. D) Bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Virus. 3. Symptoms of HIV do not show up immediately because the virus can A) Stay dormant for years. B) Mutate quickly. C) Stay outside the cell for a long time. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stay dormant for years. 4. Which term describes the causes of chicken pox and the common cold? A) Fungi. B) Bacteria. C) Viruses. D) Parasites. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Viruses. 5. Which statement is not a characteristic of bacteria? A) They reproduce by fission, or dividing into 2 new bacteria. B) They require a host to reproduce. C) They are unicellular. D) They have a single circular strand of DNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They require a host to reproduce. 6. Single celled, lives in extreme environments A) Bacteria. B) Protista. C) Archaea. D) Plantae. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Archaea. 7. Bacteria will reproduce by means of ..... because they are single-celled and do not contain a nucleus. A) Mitosis. B) Osmosis. C) Growing. D) Asexual Reproduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asexual Reproduction. 8. Mold is classified into which of the following kingdoms? A) Bacteria. B) Plantae. C) Protista. D) Fungi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fungi. 9. Peptidoglycan is present in the cell wall of A) Archaea. B) Bacteria. C) Eukarya. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacteria. 10. What type of environment do protist live in? A) Wet. B) Cool. C) Moist. D) Wet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moist. 11. What body system does HIV target? A) Skeletal. B) Immune. C) Muscular. D) Reproductive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Immune. 12. Which of the following is NOT made using bacteria? A) Pudding. B) Fermenting pickles. C) Yogurt. D) Cheese. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pudding. 13. A type of medicine that kills or slows the growth of bacteria/bacterial infections. A) Antibiotic. B) Anti-viral. C) Pathogen. D) Virus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antibiotic. 14. A group of similar organisms that can mate and produce offspring is called a: A) Kingdom. B) Species. C) Genus. D) Class. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Species. 15. What's a viroid? A) Single stranded RNA and causes diseases in a plant. B) Any things that causes a disease. C) Prion. D) A living cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Single stranded RNA and causes diseases in a plant. 16. A multicellular heterotroph that has no cell wall must be in which kingdom? A) Animalia. B) Eubacteria. C) Plantae. D) Protista. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Animalia. 17. How are viruses and bacteria similar? A) They both can be pathogens. B) They both contain genetic material. C) Some of them can be treated with vaccines. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 18. DNA or RNA is ..... A) Lyse. B) Tail Fiber. C) Genetic Material. D) Capsid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genetic Material. 19. A structure that can help bacteria survive harsh conditions. A) Endospores. B) Capsids. C) Pili. D) DNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Endospores. 20. The best treatment for a viral infection is A) A vaccine. B) Rest and fluids. C) Antibiotic. D) An over the counter medicine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rest and fluids. 21. Which term best describes algae? A) Plant-like. B) Prokaryotic. C) Predatory. D) Consumer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plant-like. 22. A branching diagram that represents the proposed phylogeny or evolutionary history of a species or group A) Cladogram. B) Taxonomy. C) Phylogeny. D) Cladistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cladogram. 23. Which of the following best describes structures in the human body from the largest to smallest? A) Organ, tissue, cell, organelle. B) Organelle, organ, tissue, cell. C) Organelle, cell, tissue, organ. D) Organ, tissue, organelle, cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Organ, tissue, cell, organelle. 24. Bacteria that need oxygen to survive are ..... A) Archaea. B) Extremophiles. C) Aerobic. D) Anaerobic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aerobic. 25. Consider the following statements and select your answer from the choice s that follow. i.The patient, s nerves are damaged by polio ii.Tetanus is caused by virus A) Both are correct. B) II alone is correct. C) I alone is correct. D) Both are wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I alone is correct. 26. Viruses are made of a capsid, nucleic material and are ..... A) Endospores. B) Eukaryotic. C) Non-living. D) Prokaryotic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Non-living. 27. The organism that a virus enters and uses is called a A) Host. B) Guest. C) Brujeria. D) Parasite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Host. 28. Which of the following are vaccines normally made to combat? A) DNA viruses. B) Virions. C) Bacteriophages. D) RNA viruses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DNA viruses. 29. Spiral or corkscrew-shaped prokaryote A) Bacillus. B) Coccus. C) Spirillum. D) Prokaryote. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spirillum. 30. Viruses use the hosts cells and machinery inside the cells to make more ..... of them. A) Enemies. B) Friends. C) Copies. D) Robots. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Copies. 31. These are animal like protists. A) Slime molds. B) Protozoa. C) Algae. D) Bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protozoa. 32. What is one of the steps viruses take to take over a host cell? A) They inject their own genetic material. B) They eat the host cell. C) The host cell eats them. D) They cut a hole in the host cell, and send other viruses inside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They inject their own genetic material. 33. What is a Viroid made of? A) DNA. B) DNA and RNA. C) RNA. D) Virus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) RNA. 34. When should you get a vaccine? A) Only when you are a baby. B) After you get sick. C) Before you get sick. D) Only when you are old. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Before you get sick. 35. What is one reason that bacteria are helpful for the environment? A) They produce carbon dioxide for trees. B) They eat bad animals. C) They recycle dead matter. D) They take out the trash. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They recycle dead matter. 36. The name Canis lupis is an example of a A) Domain and kingdom. B) One clade. C) Binomial nomenclature. D) Phylogeny. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Binomial nomenclature. 37. Antibiotics prevent bacteria from forming ..... A) Endospores. B) Cell walls. C) Cell membranes. D) Flagella. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cell walls. 38. A retrovirus is different from other viruses because retroviruses have ..... at their core. A) RNA and Reverse Transcriptase Enzymes. B) RNA and Transcriptase Enzymes. C) DNA and Reverse Transcriptase Enzymes. D) DNA and Transcriptase Enzymes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) RNA and Reverse Transcriptase Enzymes. 39. Another way in which bacteria are beneficial: A) They contain special DNA. B) They are the powerhouse of cells. C) They are decomposers. D) They are used to make Diet Coke. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are decomposers. 40. What is one of the cycles that viruses do in order to slowly reproduce and spread. A) The Lysogenic Cycle. B) Nuclear Fusion. C) The Bacterial Cycle. D) Binary Fission. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Lysogenic Cycle. 41. What tool do we use to classify things? A) Measuring tape. B) Dichotomous key. C) Scientists have to tell us. D) Camera. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dichotomous key. 42. Are not considered to be living organisms A) Viruses. B) Bacteria. C) Both viruses and bacteria. D) Neither viruses or bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Viruses. 43. The organisms in Kingdom Fungi are heterotrophic, how do they obtain their nutrients? A) They go to the grocery store to shop. B) They carefully farm their food from seeds and then eat it. C) The help to decompose dead matter by consuming it. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The help to decompose dead matter by consuming it. 44. Which Kingdom is this? -Eukaryotic-Heterotrophic-Mostly Multicellular-Plant Decomposers A) Protista. B) Fungi. C) Animalia. D) Plantae. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fungi. 45. Who organized living things by creating binomial nomenclature? A) Anton van Leeuwenhoek. B) Robert Hooke. C) Carolus Linnaeus. D) James Watson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carolus Linnaeus. 46. What do viruses need to reproduce? A) Genetic material. B) Insulin. C) Bacteria. D) A host cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A host cell. 47. Viruses and some bacteria can be classified as pathogens because they A) Cause disease. B) Can be used to produce medicine. C) Provide oxygen. D) Recycle nutrients. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cause disease. 48. The viruses that cause colds usually attack the cells in the A) Stomach and intestines. B) Nose and throat. C) Brain. D) Legs and feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nose and throat. 49. What does Eukaryotic mean? A) Has a nucleus. B) Has NO nucleus. C) Very complex. D) Very simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Has a nucleus. 50. Is a virus alive? A) Sure is. B) Naw, son . C) Most Def'. D) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Naw, son . 51. Which viral life cycle kills its host cell by rupturing the cell membrane? A) S phase. B) Mitosis. C) Lytic. D) Lysogenic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lytic. 52. Are 200-300 nm in size A) Viruses. B) Bacteria. C) Both viruses and bacteria. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Viruses. 53. Which of the following is an example of a fungus-like protist? A) Algae. B) Amoeba. C) Flagellate. D) Slime mold. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Slime mold. 54. Must have a host cell for reproduction A) Viruses. B) Bacteria. C) Both. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Viruses. 55. Bacteria get new genetic information by exchanging it with other bacteria. This is called ..... A) Replication. B) Binary fission. C) Conjugation. D) Transfusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conjugation. 56. Bacteria reproduce by ..... which is when one cell splits into 2 identical cells. A) Sexual reproduction. B) Conjugation. C) Budding. D) Binary fission. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Binary fission. 57. A bacterium, virus, or protist that causes disease is called a ..... A) A retrovirus. B) Bioremediation. C) Antibiotic. D) Pathogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pathogen. 58. Immunity that develops when a mother passes antibodies on to her unborn baby is ..... A) Gene transfer. B) A vaccination. C) Acquired immunity. D) Natural immunity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natural immunity. 59. Which type of bacteria can live in harsh conditions and are considered extremophils? A) Exempleria. B) Archaebacteriqa. C) Eubacteria. D) Caperia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Archaebacteriqa. 60. Bacteria reproduce by ..... A) Sexual reproduction only. B) Asexual reproduction only. C) Usually asexual, sometimes sexual reproduction. D) A unique type of reproduction called endosporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Usually asexual, sometimes sexual reproduction. ← 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 6Virus And Bacteria Quiz 7Virus And Bacteria Quiz 8Virus And Bacteria Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books