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Viruses quiz
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15 Questions

1. Which viral cycle takes the longest to show symptoms?

A Lysogenic B Lytic

2. What is the first step to both cycles?

A the host gets sick B the virus injects genetic material

C the cell is destroyed D The virus attaches to a host

3. ? is shown here?
What

A Lysogenic Cycle B Binary Fission

C Lytic Cycle D Conjugation

4. What process is this?

A lysogenic cycle B formation of antibodies

C phagocytosis D lytic cycle

5. What happens in the lysogenic cycle? 

Virus injects the nucleic acid into the host Virus quickly kills the host cell
cell, and the nucleic acid integrates into
A B
the host cell DNA, creating a provirus,
and stays dormant for a long time

C Virus goes in and leaves the host cell D Bacteria injects DNA into a host cell
 6. viruses are non-living because

A they cannot be destroyed B they do not evolve

C they cannot reproduce on their own D they have no genetic material

7. Viruses are microscopic infectious agents that can only replicate inside a host cell

A TRUE B FALSE

8. Bacteriophage is a form of bacteria

A FALSE B TRUE

9. Which of these statements is true?

A A virus is unicellular, it has only one cell. B A virus has no cells

A virus may sometimes be multicellular,

C
have many cells.

10. Which sentence is true?

Soap destroys viruses because it Soap destroys viruses because it is acidic.

A B
dissolves the DNA or RNA

Soap destroys viruses because it breaks Soap destroys viruses because it bends
C up the lipid layer and allows it to be D the spike proteins
washed away.

11. The projections on the surface of this virus allow the virus to —

A move inside a host cell B control a host cell’s DNA

C  attach to a host cell D signal other viruses to infect a host cell

12. What part of a virus is the protein capsule that houses the genetic material (DNA/RNA)?

A capsid B tail

C glycoprotein D nucleus
13. Which is smaller, a virus or a bacteria?

A bacteria B virus

14. When should you get a vaccine?

A Before you get sick B After you get sick

C Only when you are old D Only when you are a baby

15. Does a virus need to be specific on the type of cell it attaches to?

A Yes B No