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Virus Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

TRUE or FALSE...Viruses are LIVING.

(a)  

2.

Viruses are a protein capsule with either _______ or _________ in the center.

(a)  

3.

Match the following

a)

Lytic Cycle

1.

Fastest Viral Cycle

b)

Lysogenic Cycle

2.

Slower Viral Cycle

c)

Symptomatic Carrier

3.

Shedding a virus while showing and developing symptoms

d)

Asymptomatic Carrier

4.

Shedding a virus without showing and developing symptoms

e)

Shedding

5.

Virus released into environment after reproduction in a host cell

4.

What is a reservoir?

a)

Animal that carriers disease

b)

Natural habitat of infectious agents

c)

Organism in which the virus can reproduce

d)

All of the above

5.

Match the following

a)

Vector

1.

Animal that carriers disease from environment or from organism to organism

b)

Host

2.

Organism in which the virus can reproduce, cause disease and spread to others

c)

Endemic

3.

Virus found among particular people or region

d)

Pandemic

4.

Virus spreads into multiple countries and continents

e)

Epidemic

5.

Virus spreads to many organisms in a community, population or region

6.

Name the virus that was eradicated by vaccines in 1979.

(a)  

7.

Which viruses are lytic cycle virus?

a)

Cold, Flu, Herpes Simplex Type 1

b)

Cold, Flu, Herpes Simplex Type 2

c)

Herpes Simplex, Hepatitis, HIV

d)

Cold, Flu, Stomach Bug

8.

Which is NOT a way of HIV Transmission?

a)

Pregnancy, Childbirth, or Breastfeeding

b)

Injecting Drugs

c)

Protected Sex

d)

Blood Transfusion, Tissue or Organ Implants

9.

TRUE or FALSE...Some viruses have organelles.

(a)  

10.

TRUE or FALSE...Viruses reproduce on their own.

(a)