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Infectious Diseases Review PAP BIO

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these can be a pathogen?

a)

yeast

b)

virus

c)

nitrogen-fixing bacteria

d)

poison

e)

proteins

2.

How do bacteria cause disease?

a)

directly damaging cells

b)

releasing toxins

c)

performing lytic cycle

d)

performing lysogenic cycle

3.

If certain types of bacteria find themselves in harsh environmental conditions, what may they do?

a)

form endospores

b)

release toxins

c)

frequent binary fission

d)

transform into a superbug

4.

If one bacterium transfers DNA to another bacterium, what type of DNA is it?

a)

a plasmid

b)

viral DNA

c)

bacterial chromosome

d)

transduction

5.

The ability of bacteria to exchange genes contributes to the spread of...

a)

antibiotic resistance

b)

viruses

c)

endospores

d)

active immunity

6.

Which of these are caused by bacteria?

a)

measles

b)

strep throat

c)

tetanus

d)

tuberculosis

e)

common cold

7.

Which of these may spread through droplet inhalation?

a)

ebola

b)

common cold

c)

influenza

d)

measles

e)

HIV

8.

Do vaccines cause autism?

a)

yes

b)

no

9.

What is an example of a vector and the disease it is associated with?

a)

ticks + Lyme disease

b)

adenovirus + common cold

c)

droplet inhalation + the flu

d)

cold, wet weather + the common cold

10.

How do you build active immunity?

a)

getting sick

b)

getting a vaccine

c)

injection of antibodies

d)

passing antibodies through breast milk

11.

Which is long-lasting?

a)

passive immunity

b)

active immunity

c)

neither passive nor active immunity

d)

both passive and active immunity

12.

If you have passive immunity to a pathogen, can your immune system produce antibodies to that pathogen?

a)

yes

b)

no

c)

not enough information to tell

13.

Which of these are caused by a virus?

a)

polio

b)

chickenpox

c)

diphtheria

d)

whooping cough

14.

Which type of vaccine would be least risky to a person with a lowered immune system?

a)

weakened/attenuated

b)

killed/inactive

c)

subunit

d)

toxoid

e)

DNA

15.

What are antibiotics used for?

a)

bacterial infections only

b)

viral infections only

c)

both bacterial and viral infections

d)

any and all types of infections

16.

Which of the following are factors that contribute to the growing problem of antibiotic resistance?

a)

antibiotics used in agriculture

b)

taking antibiotics that are not prescribed to you

c)

natural selection

d)

gene transfer in bacteria

e)

taking your entire prescribed course of antibiotics

17.

What is the term for bacteria that are resistant to multiple antibiotics?

a)

superbug

b)

endospore

c)

superbacteria

d)

microbiome

18.

If you are sick with a cold, what should you do?

a)

take antibiotics

b)

take cold medicine to treat the symptoms

c)

take cold medicine to kill the cold virus

d)

take antibiotics and cold medicine

19.

What is the food processing method that uses high heat for a short time to kill most microbes?

a)

sterilization

b)

pasteurization

c)

boiling

d)

disinfectants

20.

Which of the following are true about viruses?

a)

viruses are the smallest cells

b)

viruses can infect bacteria

c)

viruses are non-living

d)

viruses have genetic material

e)

viruses have ribosomes

21.

What is the core of a virus made of?

a)

DNA or RNA

b)

only DNA

c)

proteins

d)

lipids

22.

What is the protective protein coating that every virus has protecting its core?

a)

genetic material

b)

capsid

c)

lipid envelope

d)

ligand

23.

If a virus has a lipid envelope, what is its purpose?

a)

help virus get into host cell

b)

makes virus harmless

c)

protects virus

d)

inject DNA into host cell

24.

Why is viral shape important?

a)

virus of right shape can infect any type of cell in the body

b)

virus shape is important for attachment to host cell

c)

if virus is wrong shape, it will undergo rapid mutations

d)

if virus folds incorrectly, it will cause ebola-like symptoms in the host

25.

What are the knob-like structures on the outside of this virus called?

a)

ligands

b)

surface proteins

c)

antigens

d)

capsids

26.

If a viral ligand is complementary to a host cell receptor, what happens?

a)

the cell lets the virus in

b)

the virus may not enter the cell

c)

the virus injects DNA

d)

the virus is activated

27.

Viruses that infect bacteria are called:

a)

bacteriophages

b)

prophages

c)

viruses do not infect bacteria

d)

adenoviruses

28.

How do bacteriophages infect host cells?

a)

they inject their genetic material

b)

their lipid envelope fuses with the host cell's membrane

c)

the virus enters the host cell in a vesicle

d)

pinocytosis

29.

If a viral infection has rapid onset of symptoms, what cycle of infection is it following?

a)

lytic cycle

b)

lysogenic cycle

30.

If viral infection is followed by a long period of time with no noticeable symptoms, which cycle of infection is it following?

a)

lytic cycle

b)

lysogenic cycle

31.

If a virus enters a host cell and immediately begins making more viruses and quickly lyses the host cell it is the...

a)

lytic cycle

b)

lysogenic cycle

32.

Type of viral infection where virus DNA is incorporated into host cell's genome.

a)

lytic cycle

b)

lysogenic cycle

33.

Viral DNA that is incorporated into host cell DNA.

a)

provirus

b)

prophage

c)

lytic DNA

d)

bacterial DNA

e)

previrus

34.

How are the lytic cycle and lysogenic cycle connected?

a)

all lytic viruses are also lysogenic

b)

all lysogenic viruses have the ability to enter lytic cycle

c)

every virus can switch back and forth between cycles anytime

d)

lytic viruses infect some types of your cells while lysogenic viruses only infect other types

35.

What happens if a cell with a provirus goes through mitosis or binary fission?

a)

the virus is killed

b)

the daughter cells contain the same provirus

c)

the virus enters lytic cycle

d)

the daughter cells go back to normal

36.

Which are examples of lysogenic viruses?

a)

HIV

b)

herpes/cold sores

c)

chickenpox

d)

influenza

e)

common cold

37.

Which are true of retroviruses?

a)

contain RNA

b)

contain DNA

c)

have lipid envelope

d)

inject their DNA

38.

Which enzyme is associated with a retrovirus?

a)

reverse transcriptase

b)

lysozyme

c)

viral transcriptase

d)

retroviral DNAse

39.

Which are true of viroids?

a)

only affect plants

b)

only affect animals

c)

made of single-stranded RNA

d)

made only of proteins

e)

cause brain/nerve damage and death

40.

Which are true of prions?

a)

only affect plants

b)

only affect animals

c)

made of single-stranded RNA

d)

made only of proteins

e)

cause brain/nerve damage and death

41.

Which are true of your nonspecific defenses?

a)

can not recognize specific pathogens

b)

job is to keep pathogens out

c)

includes inflammatory response

d)

involves B and T lymphocytes

42.

Which is/are characteristic of an inflammatory response?

a)

redness

b)

reduced temperature

c)

pain

d)

swelling

e)

random bleeding

43.

What cellular process are you beholding?

a)

cellular slurping

b)

pinocytosis

c)

phagocytosis

d)

immunocytosis

44.

What sort of cell might this be?

a)

plasma cell

b)

mast cell

c)

macrophage

d)

memory cell

e)

killer T cell

45.

What do mast cells do?

a)

destroy infected cells

b)

release histamines

c)

produce excess viral antigens

d)

produce antibodies

46.

What does histamine do?

a)

cause swelling at site of injury/infection

b)

cause blood vessels to dilate

c)

attract phagocytes

d)

prevent viral spread

47.

Proteins produced by virus-infected cells that help other cells resist viral infection...

a)

interferons

b)

pyrogens

c)

antibodies

d)

antigens

48.

Which are true of antigens?

a)

your own cells are covered in them

b)

can be proteins or carbohydrates

c)

found on surfaces of cells and viruses

d)

are recognized by antibodies

e)

only found on viruses

49.

Which pair is correct?

a)

B cells- humoral immuniity, T cells- cell-mediated immunity

b)

T cells- humoral immuniity, B cells- cell-mediated immunity

c)

B cells- memory, T cells- antibodies

d)

B cells- killer cells, T cells- antibodies

50.

Phagocytes engulf and destroy invaders, presenting the invaders' antigens to ___ to stimulate immune response.

a)

helper T cell

b)

B cell

c)

mast cell

d)

killer T cell

51.

Helper T cells activate B cells and T cells by...

a)

releasing cytokines

b)

releasing interferons

c)

dissolving into antibodies

d)

making proteins for them

52.

Proteins made by plasma cells that circulate in body fluids and bind to specific antigens.

a)

antibodies

b)

cytokines

c)

interferons

d)

plasmoids

53.

What do antibodies do to pathogens?

a)

bind to antigens on the pathogens

b)

bind to pathogens on the antigens

c)

clump pathogens together, inactivating them

d)

help pathogens infect host cells

e)

mark pathogens for destruction by phagocytes

54.

What defends against your own cells when they are infected?

a)

antibodies

b)

cytotoxic T cells

c)

suppressor T cells

d)

cytokines

55.

What shuts down killer T cells when an infection has been cleared?

a)

suppressor T cells

b)

memory T cells

c)

helper T cells

d)

antibodies