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Viruses ASB 20-2021

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are vaccines made of?

a)

genetic material of dead viruses that do not have their protein shells

b)

dead viruses’ receptor proteins

c)

cells with viruses’ receptor proteins

d)

dead, weakened, or components of the virus

2.

How do vaccines work?

a)

they help the body recognize harmful pathogens before they cause disease

b)

they increase the efficiency of T cells

c)

they make more B and T cells

d)

they make pathogens unable to infect the body’s cells

3.

What scientist invented vaccinations?

a)

Fleming

b)

Jenner

c)

Salk

d)

Sabin

4.

A virus that is live but weakened is ___________.

a)

Destabilized

b)

Attenuated

c)

Damaged

d)

Intensified

5.

Disease-causing microorganisms include all of the following EXCEPT _____________.

a)

bacteria

b)

prion

c)

fungi

d)

viruses

6.

A disease that can be dormant and then reappear is ____________.

a)

concealed

b)

chronic

c)

acute

d)

latent

7.

Changes in a patient that are observable are _____________.

a)

signs

b)

traces

c)

symptoms

d)

diagnostics

8.

What are pathogens?

a)

viruses

b)

bacteria

c)

microorganisms that do not cause disease

d)

microorganisms that are capable of causing disease

9.

The period between the transmission of a disease and the beginning of the signs and symptoms is called the ____________.

a)

Infection period

b)

Multiplication period

c)

Non-contagious period

d)

incubation period

10.

A disease that develops rapidly is considered ______________.

a)

severe

b)

sudden

c)

acute

d)

latent

11.

What immediately follows acquiring an infection?

a)

convalescence

b)

prodromal stage

c)

malaise

d)

decline

12.

What is the last stage of a disease?

a)

convalescence

b)

malaise

c)

prodromal stage

d)

exposure

13.

Different pathogens can affect different parts of the human body because they are designed ______________.

a)

not to have to compete with other pathogens

b)

not to invade minor body systems

c)

to attach to certain types of cells

d)

to attack the area that they are exposed to first

14.

What makes pathogens able to only affect specific hosts and organs?

a)

genetic material

b)

cell receptors

c)

toxins

d)

cell membrane composition

15.

Which type of polio vaccine was used first in the United States?

a)

Injected, living virus particles

b)

Injected, dead virus particles

c)

Oral, living virus particles

d)

Oral, dead virus particles

16.

Poliomyelitis and poliovirus are different from each other because ____________.

a)

Poliovirus is found only in humans

b)

Poliomyelitis is found only in tropical climates

c)

Poliomyelitis is found only in the U.S. and poliovirus is found only in under-developed countries

d)

There is no difference between them

17.

What is poliomyelitis?

a)

A form of the polio virus.

b)

The name for the oral polio vaccine.

c)

Paralysis that is a rare adverse reaction that can occur following vaccination with the live oral polio vaccine.

d)

Paralysis that is a rare adverse reaction that can occur following vaccination with the dead polio vaccine.

18.

20. Variola virus is the agent of _________

a)

AIDS

b)

HIV

c)

Smallpox

d)

Polio

19.

21. The host for smallpox is___________.

a)

Humans

b)

Animals

c)

Insects

d)

All of the Above

20.

26. From which virus is the smallpox vaccine derived?

a)

Vaccinia

b)

Adenoviradae

c)

Iridoviridae

d)

Guttaviridae

21.

29. Why is there no antibiotic to kill HIV?

a)

Antibiotics only kill living particles

b)

None are effective against retroviruses

c)

The virus “morphs” too quickly for an antibiotic to be developed that would kill it

d)

Antibiotics that could kill HIV are too lethal for the patient

22.

30. What does the name AIDS tell us about the disease?

a)

The patient’s body exhibits no immune response to any stimuli.

b)

There is no genetic reason to have the disease; its cause is environmental.

c)

There is an overreaction of the patient’s immune system to stimuli.

d)

There is a normal immune response in an individual, but the overproduction of white blood cells produce HIV.

23.

31. Why are opportunistic infections a problem for an AIDS patient?

a)

AIDS decreases CD8+ cells, which would typically kill the infection.

b)

AIDS wipes out CD4+ and CD8+ cells, preventing immunity from most infections.

c)

AIDS decreases CD4+ “warrior” cells that would typically lead the attack against an infection.

d)

AIDS increases CD4+ “killer” cells, which kill white blood cells.

24.

32. How does your body try to fight HIV?

a)

By creating antibodies to fight the virus.

b)

By getting a high fever to kill the virus.

c)

It does not attempt to fight the virus.

d)

The immune system is completely destroyed upon infection, so the body is unable to put up any resistance.

25.

35. When HIV infects humans, which cells does it infect most often?

a)

CD8+ cells

b)

CD4+ cells

c)

Macrophages

d)

Microphages

26.

46. The allele that causes an individual to be resistant to HIV may have evolved as a resistance to __________.

a)

Tuberculosis

b)

Black Death

c)

Malaria

d)

Bubonic plague

27.

2W. Which class of virus is characterized by a single negative strand of RNA?

a)

Class I

b)

Class IV

c)

Class V

d)

Class VI