Bataan Peninsula State University

Quiz in Microbiology: Virus

Name: ___________________________ Section: _____________ Date: _______________ Score: ________

I. Multiple Choices: Write the letter of the best answer on the space provided before each number.

1. This is the formation of biological viruses during the infection process in the target host cells.
a. Assembly b. release c. viral replication
2. This is the primary replication cycle that viruses undergo.
a. Lytic cyle b. lysogenic cycle c. both a and b
3. The virus attaches to the host cells.
a. Induction b. integration c. attachment
4. The virus genetic material is injected to the host cells.
a. Entry b. assembly c. release
5. The virus takes over the cell’s metabolism, causing the creation of new proteins and nucleic acids.
a. Integration b. replication c. none of the above
6. Proteins and nucleic acids are assembled into new viruses.
a. Assembly b. induction c. release
7. Virus enzymes cause the cell to burst and viruses are released from the host cell.
a. Replication b. assembly c. release
8. This is the longer cycle which viruses undergo to replicate.
a. Viral replication b. Lysogenic Cycle c. Lytic cycle
9. Viral DNA integrates into the host cell’s genome.
a. Induction b. integration c. entry
10. When the infected cells are exposed to certain environmental conditions, viral DNA is activated and
enters the primary cycle.
a. Induction b. integration c. entry
11. These are called disease-causing viruses.
a. Pathogenic b. non-pathogenic
12. They are viruses that are not capable of causing diseases.
a. Pathogenic b. non-pathogenic
13. Viruses that infect and destroy specific bacteria.
a. Adenovirus b. reovirus c. bacteriophages
14. Viral infections at a young age are important to ensure the proper development of _____.
a. Body b. immune system c. digestive system
15. Viruses that can help human natural killer cells indentify cancer cells and cells infected by other
pathogenic viruses.
a. GBV-C b. HERV-W c. Latent herpes viruses
16. GBV-C is a type of non-pathogenic virus which is also known as ______.
a. Hepatitis G Virus b. Pegivirus C c. both a and b
17. This type of non-pathogenic virus is also known as syncytin which is a captive retroviral envelope
protein involved in human placental morphogenesis.
a. Latent Herpes Virus b. HERV-W c. Pegivirus C
18. The transmission of virus through the air to the respiratory tract.
a. Fecal oral route b. airborne infection c. STD
19. The transmission of virus through the contaminated water or food.
a. Fecal oral route b. airborne infection c. STD
20. The most common type of this virus was double stranded _____ viruses.
a. RNA viruses b. DNA viruses c. Plus Strand DNA Viruses
21. The replication of this virus is in the cytoplasm of the host cell.
a. RNA viruses b. DNA viruses c. Plus Strand DNA Viruses
22. This virus should first be transcribed to MRNA before it can be translated into protein.
a. Minus Strand RNA b. Minus Strand DNA c. Plus Strand DNA
23. This virus can be translated directly into protein.
a. Minus Strand RNA b. Minus Strand DNA c. Plus Strand RNA
24. It replicate in the nucleus of the host cells.
a. DNA viruses b. RNA viruses
25. The transmission of virus through sexual contacts with the infected person.
 a. Retrovirus b. STD c. Zoonoses
26. The transmission of the virus through the blood transfusion.
a. STD b. fecal oral route c. none of the above
27. The transmission of virus through the biting of infected animals, birds and insects to human.
a. Transfusion-transmitted infection b. airborne infections c. zoonoses
28. All are examples of zoonoses except?
a. Alphavirus b. flavivirus c. hepatitis B virus
29. All are examples of sexually transmitted diseases except?
a. Retrovirus b. ebola virus c. human papillomavirus
30. Hepatitis A virus, Poliovirus and Rotavirus are examples of?
a. Airborne infections b. transfusion-transmitted infections c. fecal oral route

II. Matching Type. Write your answers on the space provided before each number.
A. VIRAL DISEASES
1. A disease that can develop in people with HIV.
It is considered to be the last stage of HIV. a. SARS
2. Give one way of how AIDS could be transmitted. b. Coronavirus
3. It is a common form of virus that typically causes c. AIDS
upper respiratory tract illnesses. d. Chikungunya
4. This disease could be transmitted through droplets e. Through blood semen
from coughing and sneezing and close human contact.
5. It is spread to people by the bite of an infected mosquito.
B. BASED ON THE HOST RANGE
6. Rabies virus
f. Infects bacterial cells and has
7. Well-known examples of this virus included tobacco
many varieties such as DNA
mosaic virus and turnip yellow virus or cauliflower
virus and MV-11 virus
mosaic virus.
g. Host range
8. Bacteriophage
h. Insect virus
9. Best examples of this virus are ascovirus virions
i. Animal virus
and entomopox virus.
j. Plant virus
10. It refers to the spectrum of the host cell in which a virus
can multiply.
C. MAJOR STRUCTURE OF VIRUS
11. A protective protein shell in the structure of a virus. k. Capsid
12. It is made up of RNA and DNA l. Nucleic acid genome
13. A part of a virus which refers to “layer of membrane”. m. Envelope
D. BASED ON STRUCTURE OR SYMMETRY
14. This refers to the way in which capsomere units are
arranged in viral capsid. n. 20
15. A spherical-shaped virus has this type of symmetry. o. Spiral
16. A rod-shaped virus. p. Symmetry
17. Helical came from the word “helix” which means? q. Icosahedral symmetry
18. Icosa r. The most stable and found
19. They do not have either icosahedral or helical symmetry in human pathogenic virus
dute to complexity of their capsid structure. s. Helical symmetry
20. Icosahedral capsid t. Complex symmetry

III. Identification.

______________1. It is one of the types of flu virus which is only found in humans.

______________2. It is also known as the virus development phase.

______________3. It is an extremely contagious and deadly virus caused by the variola virus, a member of
orthopoxvirus family.

______________4. It is the best way to protect yourself from catching flu.

______________5. It is made with live, weakened flu viruses that do not cause illness.
______________6. It is rare but deadly virus that causes fever, body aches, and diarrhea and sometimes
bleeding inside and outside the body. It first appeared during two 1976 outbreaks in Africa.

______________7. This type of flu is capable of infecting animals although it is more common for people
to suffer the ailments associated with this type of flu. It is constantly changing and is generally responsible
for the large flu epidemics.

______________8. Larger outbreaks is also known as ________.

______________9. It is one of the most common infectious disease which is highly contagious airborne
disease that occurs in seasonal epidemics and manifests as an acute febrile illness with variable degrees of
systemic symptoms ranging from mild fatigue to respiratory failure and death.

______________10. It is a disease of pigs that can, in rare cases, be passed to humans.

IV. Fill in the blanks. Choose your answer from the box below.

1-2. Virus can be seen in the __________ and ___________ we eat.

3-4. A virus is actually just a piece or strand of DNA/RNA which can be ___________ and ___________
stranded.
5-7. We ________, _________, and ______ a million of viruses every second.
8. Viruses are tiny that can’t be seen by the _____________.
9. ___________ makes perfect host for viruses.
10-11. Virus can take place not just in human being but also in _________ and __________.
12. ____________ is not classified as cells, bacteria or fungi.
13-14. Viruses can be transmitted through __________ and ___________ contact.
15. The word virus came from a Latin word meaning “_____________”.

Surroundings single virus food direct poison

double inhale cells naked eye
digest animals taken plants indirect

V. True or False. Write T if the statement is correct and F if not. Write your answer on the space
provided before the number.

______1. A virus is an extremely small, infectious agent that is metabolically inert and only replicates in
living hosts.
______2. Virus is made up of genetic material and protein that can invade and reproduce only within the
living cells of bacteria, plants and animals.
______3. Virus is a eukaryotic cell, whose cells have a nucleus enclosed within membranes.
______4. Viruses can infect all types of life forms, from animals and plants to microorganisms,
including bacteria and even archaea.
______5. Viruses cannot synthesize proteins because they lack ribosomes for the translation of viral
messenger RNA.

VI. Enumeration.

1-5. Classification of Virus based on the Mode of Transmission

6-8. Give 3 positive things about viruses.

9-10. Give 2 properties of viruses.

11-15. Classification of virus through the area of replication.

VII. Essay. (5 pts)

What is the main function of virus?
ANSWER KEY

I. MCQ
1. C 6. A 11. A 16. C 21. A 26. C
2. A 7. C 12. B 17. B 22. A 27. C
3. C 8. B 13. C 18. B 23. C 28. C
4. A 9. B 14. B 19. A 24. A 29. B
5. B 10. A 15. C 20. B 25. B 30. C

II. Matching Type

A. . B. C. D.
1. C 6. I 11. K 16. S
2. E 7. J 12. L 17. O
3. B 8. F 13. M 18. N
4. A 9. H 14. P 19. T
5. D 10. G 15. Q 20. R

III. Identification
1. Type B flu 6. Ebola
2. Incubation period 7. Type A influenza
3. Small pox 8. Pandemics
4. Yearly vaccinations against influenza 9. Influenza
5. Nasal spray for vaccine 10. Swine flu

IV. Fill in the blanks.

1-2. surroundings, food 8. Naked eye 12. virus

3-4. single, double 9. Cells 13-14. Direct, indirect

5-7. inhale, digest, taken 10-11. Plants, animals 15. Poison

V. T or F
1. T
2. T
3. F
4. T
5. T

VI.
1. Airborne infections
2. Fecal route
3. Sexuallty transmitted disease
4. Transfusion transmitted disease
5. Zoonoses
6. Plays a useful role in gene therapy
7. Can be an alternative to a chemical pesticide
8. Can also be used in water preservation
9-10. Enclosed to a protective envelope
Viruses have a spike for attaching.
Viruses do not grow, but they reproduce.
They are surrounded by protein coat- capsid and have a nucleic acid core comprising of DNA and RNA.
They are both living and non living things.
11. Within the cytoplasm of a host cell.
12. Within the cytoplasm and nucleus of the host cell.
13. Within the nucleus of the cell
14. Through the double stranded DNA intermediate
15. Through the single stranded RNA intermediate.