This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Virus And Bacteria – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Virus And Bacteria Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Contain genetic information in the form of DNA or RNA A) Viruses. B) Bacteria. C) Both viruses and bacteria. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Viruses. 2. What level of classification is "gallus" in "Gallus domesticus? " A) Class. B) Genus. C) Kingdom. D) Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genus. 3. A solution containing a weakened version of a virus is a ..... A) Antibiotic. B) Vaccine. C) Tap Water. D) Window Cleaner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vaccine. 4. Bacteria reproduces using A) Sexual reproduction. B) Mitosis. C) Binary fission. D) Splitting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Binary fission. 5. A type of cell that does not have a nucleus or cell membrane bound organelles. Bacteria are this kind of cell. A) Flagellum. B) Eukaryote. C) Capsid. D) Prokaryote. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prokaryote. 6. Viruses can contain ..... A) DNA only. B) RNA only. C) Either DNA or RNA, but not both. D) Usually both DNA and RNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Either DNA or RNA, but not both. 7. What is a example of reproduction for Eubacteria? A) Organelles. B) Binary fission. C) Water. D) Sea water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Binary fission. 8. I have no cell wallsI am eukaryoticI reproduce sexuallyI am multicellularWhat kingdom do I belong to? A) Fungi. B) Plantae. C) Protista. D) Animalia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Animalia. 9. Which of the following plant diseases is caused by bacteria? A) Citrus dieback. B) Karnal bunt of wheat. C) Potato witches, broom. D) Tundu disease of wheat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tundu disease of wheat. 10. Viruses contain nucleic acids and A) Protein. B) Cytoplasm. C) Sugars. D) Ribosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protein. 11. What is the largest group of living things? A) Order. B) Class. C) Kingdom. D) Phylum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kingdom. 12. An organism whose cells lack a nucleus A) Obligate aerobe. B) Chemoheterotroph. C) Prokaryote. D) Spirillum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prokaryote. 13. Prokaryotes are cells which DO NOT contain a A) Cytoplasm. B) Nucleus. C) Ribosome. D) Flagella. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nucleus. 14. Which type of virus has a high mutation rate? A) DNA virus. B) RNA virus. C) Bacteriophage. D) Virion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) RNA virus. 15. Which treatment is the most effective against viruses? A) Anti-fungal medications. B) Pain relievers. C) Antibiotics. D) Vaccines. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vaccines. 16. Are considered to be living organisms A) Viruses. B) Bacteria. C) Both viruses and bacteria. D) Neither viruses or bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacteria. 17. What are pathogens? A) Beneficial bacterial cells. B) Eukaryotic cells that turned in to bacteria. C) Microorganisms that help clean up oil spills. D) Disease causing agents. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disease causing agents. 18. Living cell that is "taken over" by a virus. The virus uses this cell to actively replicate (copy itself). A) Mutation. B) Host Cell. C) Virus. D) Parasite. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Host Cell. 19. Bacteria that are decomposers ..... A) Make their own food. B) Feed on other organisms. C) Feed on dead organisms. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feed on dead organisms. 20. When a virus enters a cell and it immediately makes copies of itself this is called ..... A) Remediation. B) Replica. C) Replication. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Replication. 21. Algae is classified in what protist group? A) Plant like. B) Animal like. C) Fungus like. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plant like. 22. Which of the following only applies to viruses? A) Living. B) Requires a host cell to replicate. C) Can be treated with antibiotics. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Requires a host cell to replicate. 23. What shape is a bacteria with coccus in the name? A) Spiral. B) Rods. C) Sphere. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sphere. 24. Cell in which a virus reproduces A) Bacteriophage. B) Endospore. C) Plasmid. D) Host cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Host cell. 25. An organism with only one cell is called ..... A) Multi-celled. B) Duracell. C) Single-celled. D) Slow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Single-celled. 26. Conjugation occurs when ..... A) None of these. B) A virus injects DNA into the bacterium. C) A plasmid is transferred from one bacteria to another. D) Bacteria take up DNA from the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A plasmid is transferred from one bacteria to another. 27. Antibodies ..... A) Destroy body cells. B) Destroy toxins. C) Make pathogens stick together. D) Destroy particular viruses and bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Destroy particular viruses and bacteria. 28. Mad Cow's disease is caused by a(n): A) Viroid. B) Bacterium. C) Prion. D) Virus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prion. 29. The outside layer (most outside) of a bacteria is called a A) Capsule. B) Cell wall. C) Cell membrane. D) Cytoplasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capsule. 30. This mechanism of evolution occurs when populations migrate. A) Gene flow. B) Genetic drift. C) Natural Selection. D) Extinction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gene flow. 31. Bacterial action changes dead leaves into. A) Algae. B) Fungi. C) Humus. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humus. 32. A relationship in which 2 organisms live with one another and at least one benefits is called A) Parastic. B) Symbiotic. C) Conjugation. D) Binary Fission. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbiotic. 33. A type of medicine used to treat and prevent the spread of a virus/viral infection. A) Transmit. B) Vaccine. C) Anti-Viral. D) Pathogen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anti-Viral. 34. The grouping of things according to their similarities is called: A) Nucleus. B) Classification. C) Phylum. D) Categorizing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Classification. 35. Which characteristic makes it easy to spread, but difficult to treat and prevent certain fungal infections? A) Fungi are multicellular. B) Fungi are heterotrophic. C) Fungi grow in dry environment. D) Fungi reproduce by spores. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fungi reproduce by spores. 36. A pseudopod literally means ..... A) Small hair. B) Long tail. C) No nucleus. D) False foot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) False foot. 37. The outermost structure of a bacterial cell is the A) Protein coat. B) Cell wall. C) Cell membrane. D) Endospore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cell wall. 38. An organisms scientific name consists of which to levels of taxonomy? A) Kingdom and Phylum. B) Class and Order. C) Kingdom and Species. D) Genus and Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Genus and Species. 39. What does Autotrophic mean? A) Makes food in its own body to survive. B) Very complex. C) Eats food from outside its body to survive. D) Very simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Makes food in its own body to survive. 40. Asexual reproduction in bacteria cells is called A) Binary fission. B) Conjugation. C) Cloning. D) Exponential growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Binary fission. 41. If an organism is unicellular, has chloroplast, and eukaryotic, could you tell which kingdom it belongs to? A) Yes, Protista. B) Yes, Plantae. C) Yes, Animalia. D) Yes, Fungi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes, Protista. 42. What is the largest (most inclusive) group of living things? A) Kingdom. B) Phylum. C) Class. D) Order. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kingdom. 43. (Taxonomy) Which level is the most specific? A) Family. B) Genus. C) Species. D) Domain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Species. 44. The only kindom to be made up of PROKARYOTIC organisms is A) Moneran. B) Animal. C) Fungi. D) Plant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moneran. 45. Viruses are similar to ..... because they need a host cell to replicate themselves. A) Decomposers. B) Parasites. C) Autotrophs. D) Heterotrophs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parasites. 46. Bacteria that are consumers ..... A) Make their own food. B) Feed on other organisms. C) Feed on dead organisms. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feed on other organisms. 47. What did Aristotle's classification system group animals by? A) Where they lived. B) Ancestral relationships. C) Color. D) Cell type. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Where they lived. 48. A specific term for an organism, made up of the genus and species A) Dichotomous key. B) Classification. C) Scientific name. D) Taxonomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scientific name. 49. What are the three main shapes of bacteria, listed correctly? A) Bacilli, Cocci, Spirilla. B) They have no shapes. C) Pill shaped, square shaped, tube shaped. D) Cocci, Tripod, Sphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bacilli, Cocci, Spirilla. 50. Unlike the cells of eukaryotes, the cells of bacteria do not have A) A nucleus. B) Cell walls. C) Flagellum. D) Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A nucleus. 51. How do we classify protozoans? A) Movement. B) Waste removal. C) Habitat. D) Reproduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Movement. 52. A branch of science dealing with microscopic forms of life is know as? A) Ecology. B) Microbiology. C) Biology. D) Meteorology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Microbiology. 53. Which best relates cells and viruses? A) Viruses grow and reproduce like cells. B) Cells can infect specific host viruses. C) RNA is found in cells, but not in viruses. D) Viruses can infect certain cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Viruses can infect certain cells. 54. Which statement best describes fungi? A) All fungi are scavengers. B) All fungi are multicellular. C) All fungi are producers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All fungi are multicellular. 55. Asexual reproduction involves ..... A) Two parents. B) One parent. C) Reproduction. D) Conjugation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One parent. 56. As a virus changes over time, it can affect different systems within the organism. This change of the virus is called a ..... A) Mutation. B) Melanin. C) Metaphysics. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mutation. 57. Viruses only reproduce inside a living cell called the A) Nose. B) Host. C) Skin. D) Environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Host. 58. Which two parts of the levels of taxonomy are used in Bionomial Nomenclature A) Domain and Kingdom. B) Genus and Species. C) Family and Genus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genus and Species. 59. May have flagella or pili A) Viruses. B) Bacteria. C) Both viruses and bacteria. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bacteria. 60. Bacteria are treated with A) Antibiotics. B) Vaccines. C) Asprin. D) Chemotherapy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antibiotics. ← 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books