This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Science > Biology > Virus And Bacteria – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Virus And Bacteria Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This is the most deadly form of food poisoning ..... A) Meningitis. B) Botulism. C) Human Immunodeficiency Virus. D) TB. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Botulism. 2. Which of the following is not caused by a virus? A) AIDS. B) Common Cold. C) Strep Throat. D) Norovirus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strep Throat. 3. What type of virus can infect a bacteria? A) B-virus. B) Bacteria-invader. C) Retrovirus. D) Bacteriophage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bacteriophage. 4. Which viral life cycle allows viral genetic material to lay dormant while the host cell reproduces? A) Lysogenic. B) Lytic. C) Mitosis. D) S phase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lysogenic. 5. Viruses use host cells to A) Reproduce. B) Ferment. C) Make antibodies. D) Make their own food. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reproduce. 6. What is stage one of the Lytic Cycle? A) The virus inserts it's DNA into the host cell. B) The virus' genes are inside and it turns into a baby virus factory. C) The virus attaches to a host cell. D) The new virus breaks out of the host cell, killing it in the process. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The virus attaches to a host cell. 7. Which of the following can be found in both bacteria and viruses? A) Digestive cavity. B) Genetic material. C) Silica. D) Flagella. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genetic material. 8. What is the difference between Gram positive bacteria and Gram negative bacteria? A) How their cell walls are set-up. B) How long their flagellas are. C) Whether they have a nucleus or not. D) The rRNA composition of their ribosomes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How their cell walls are set-up. 9. Bacteria have a cell membrane A) Only in certain temperature conditions. B) False. C) True. D) Some do, some don't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) True. 10. Bacteria break down dead organisms-which is a good thing. This is called ..... A) Pasteurization. B) Bioremediation. C) Decomposition. D) Nitrogen-fixation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decomposition. 11. I am made of many cells. My cells have an organized nucleus. I have two parents and eat food. A) Eukarya. B) Bacteria. C) Archaea. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eukarya. 12. The cycle of a viral infection followed replication through the cells is called A) Lysogenic. B) Lytic. C) Metabolic. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lysogenic. 13. Bacteria reproduce asexually by A) Binary fission. B) Conjugation. C) Fixation. D) Spores. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Binary fission. 14. Tinea corporis is also know as A) Ringworm. B) Staph. C) Strep. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ringworm. 15. Is a virus considered living or non-living? A) Living. B) Non-Living. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Non-Living. 16. Put the following in order from LARGEST to SMALLEST:prokaryotic cell, virus, eukaryotic cell. A) Eukaryotic Cell-Virus-Prokaryotic Cell. B) Prokaryotic Cell-Eukaryotic Cell-Virus. C) Virus-Prokaryotic Cell-Eukaryotic Cell. D) Eukaryotic Cell-Prokaryotic Cell-Virus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eukaryotic Cell-Prokaryotic Cell-Virus. 17. Viruses require a host cell to A) Breathe and eat. B) Move and sleep. C) Replicate and use energy. D) Make protein and carbohydrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Replicate and use energy. 18. What two things help bacteria move? A) Pili and plasmids. B) Plasmids and flagella. C) Flagella and pili. D) Bacteria doesn't move. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flagella and pili. 19. Which occurs in both the lytic cycle and the lysogenic cycle? A) Destruction of host cell. B) Integration of viral and host genetic information. C) Production of virus particles. D) Hijacking of host cell's metabolic action. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hijacking of host cell's metabolic action. 20. What is found in the cytoplasm of bacteria cells? A) The flagellum. B) The Nucleus. C) The protein coat. D) The DNA. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The DNA. 21. What is the purpose of the International Naming Congress? A) To make up scientific names. B) To classify organisms. C) To prevent duplicate names. D) To help people name their children. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To prevent duplicate names. 22. In what kingdom would you find regular, everyday bacteria? A) Kingdom Anamalia. B) Kingdom Protista. C) Kingdom Archaea. D) Kingdom Eubacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kingdom Eubacteria. 23. Which of these is an animal virus? A) Tobacco mosaic virus. B) Bacteriophage. C) Influenza. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Influenza. 24. Bacteria are decomposers that cause decay.Decomposers are organisms that ..... A) Break down alive organisms and return them to the soil. B) Break down dead organisms and return them to the soil. C) Break down dead organisms and return them to the the sun. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Break down dead organisms and return them to the soil. 25. Which of the following occurs after a virus attaches to a host cell in the viral reproduction process? A) The virus inserts its genetic information into the host cell. B) Copies of the virus are immediately released from the host. C) The host cell dies. D) The virus dies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The virus inserts its genetic information into the host cell. 26. A vaccine makes people immune to a disease by causing their bodies to make A) More protective skin cells. B) Bacteria. C) Antibiotics. D) Virus-fighting antibodies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Virus-fighting antibodies. 27. What kingdom do unicellular, prokaryotic organisms that live in extreme environments? A) Animal. B) Eubacteria. C) Plant. D) Archaebacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Archaebacteria. 28. Living things need all of the following to survive EXCEPT ..... A) Water and air. B) Food. C) A place to live. D) Sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sleep. 29. ..... must have oxygen to survive. A) Facultative aerobes. B) Obligate anaerobes. C) Obligate aerobes. D) High energy bacteria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Obligate aerobes. 30. The term "antibiotic resistance" refers to bacteria that A) Are resistant to a vaccine. B) Evolve to survive in the presence of an antibiotic. C) Are weakened and destroyed by antibiotics. D) Are dead or altered. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evolve to survive in the presence of an antibiotic. 31. An organism that transmits pathogens from one host to another, however is not affected by the pathogen itself A) Vector. B) Host. C) Host Cell. D) Parasite. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vector. 32. What is flagella? A) Used to hook onto things. B) Looks like a tail and helps bacteria move. C) Small pieces of DNA. D) Single-celled organisms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Looks like a tail and helps bacteria move. 33. Two organisms in the same ..... are the most related A) Order. B) Class. C) Genus. D) Kingdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genus. 34. Which of the following is the largest? A) Virus. B) Eukaryotes. C) Prokaryotes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eukaryotes. 35. Which part of a bacteria cell wall "holds" the stain? A) Plasma membrane. B) Fimbriae. C) Peptidoglycan. D) Pilus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Peptidoglycan. 36. Following a vaccination, the white cells produce ..... A) Antibiotics. B) Antibodies. C) Statins. D) Toxins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antibodies. 37. Which disease can be treated with antibiotics? A) Virus-caused diseases, such as polio and measles. B) Fungus-caused disease, such as warts and yeast infection. C) Noninfectious diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. D) Bacterial diseases, such as food poisoning and pneumonia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bacterial diseases, such as food poisoning and pneumonia. 38. A ..... is made by using pieces of deactivated viruses or dead pathogens. A) Antibodies. B) Spore. C) Vaccine. D) Flagella. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vaccine. 39. Which of the following is not used to prevent viral diseases? A) Vaccines. B) Antibiotics. C) Cleaning surfaces and hands. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antibiotics. 40. What are the three main ways in which bacteria are spread? A) Open cuts, air, and food/water. B) Touch, sight, taste, hearing, smell. C) Jumping, leaping, hopping, skipping. D) Touch, food, drink, hearing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Open cuts, air, and food/water. 41. Which is not an infectious disease? A) Measles. B) Malaria. C) Diabetes. D) Food poisoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diabetes. 42. Which of the following is not a bacterial shape? A) Bacilli. B) Spacecraft. C) Spirilla. D) Cocci. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spacecraft. 43. An organism that can survive with or without oxygen A) Anaerobe. B) Facultative anaerobe. C) Aerobe. D) Obligate anaerobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Facultative anaerobe. 44. Bacteria can break down substances. Breaking down is called A) Decomposing. B) Producing. C) Consuming. D) Eating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decomposing. 45. In what Kingdom would you find bacteria that live in extreme environments? A) Kingdom Fungi. B) Kingdom Eubacteria. C) Kingdom Archaea. D) Kingdom Protista. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kingdom Archaea. 46. What do viruses have in common with living cells? They both ..... A) Have endoplasmic reticulum. B) Store genetic information. C) Have chloroplasts. D) Use glucose for cellular respiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Store genetic information. 47. A very small organisms that can only be seen with a microscope? A) Sand. B) Penguin. C) Microorganism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Microorganism. 48. The process of one bacteria passing genetic material to another bacteria it has joined with its pilus is called A) Conjugation. B) Binary fission. C) Cloning. D) Exponential growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conjugation. 49. In binary fission, all of the following occur EXCEPT ..... A) There is an increase in the number of bacterial cells. B) Pili are used to transfer DNA. C) The resulting cells are genetically identical to the original cell. D) Only one parent cell was involved at the beginning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pili are used to transfer DNA. 50. Endospores are created by bacteria A) As a defense mechanism against invading viruses. B) When environmental conditions become unfavorable. C) To woo female bacteria. D) When they produce eggs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When environmental conditions become unfavorable. 51. What is a flagellum? A) Small hair-like structures. B) The protists national flag. C) A long whip-like tail. D) "false-feet". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A long whip-like tail. 52. Viral mutations happen ..... A) Slowly. B) Rapidly. C) Seldom. D) Only during fission. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rapidly. 53. Which Kingdom is this? -Eukaryotic .-Autotrophic or Heterotrophic-Unicellular or Multicellular-Motile (able to move) A) Plantae. B) Animalia. C) Protista. D) Fungi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protista. 54. If you wanted to develop antiviral drugs what would you study about a virus? A) Mechanism of how the virus infects the host. B) DNA sequence of the virus. C) The host cell which it infects. D) Protein capsid used by the virus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mechanism of how the virus infects the host. 55. A(n) ..... is a virus that enters a bacterial cell. A) Endospore. B) Plasmid. C) Decomposer. D) Bacteriophage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bacteriophage. 56. Which best describes the basic structure of a virus? A) Nucleic acid strand surrounded by a protein coat. B) A tail surrounded by a protein coat. C) A tail surrounded by a carbohydrate coat. D) Nucleic acid strand surrounded by a carbohydrate coat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nucleic acid strand surrounded by a protein coat. 57. Process by which bacteria reproduce asexually A) Binary fission. B) Transduction. C) Transformation. D) Conjugation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Binary fission. 58. An organism that makes its own food A) Prokaryote. B) Eukaryote. C) Heterotroph. D) Autotroph. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Autotroph. 59. Why is it necessary to have the flu shot every year? A) The flu virus remains unchanged from year to year. B) People only have passive immunity to the flu for one year. C) A person's antibodies level never declines after receiving the vaccine. D) The flu virus evolves quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The flu virus evolves quickly. 60. Which of the following is a true statement about viruses? A) They are only spread through person-to-person contact. B) They can be spread in a number of different ways. C) All of them are harmful to humans. D) They can only be spread through exposure to animal waste. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They can be spread in a number of different ways. ← 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