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MDCAT(Biology 1)

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The single deadliest entity on Earth is the ______________.

a)

bacteria

b)

bacteriophage

c)

antibiotic

2.

The head of the bacteriophage sits on a long ____________.

a)

DNA

b)

tail fibers

c)

tail

3.

Viruses can affect which types of organisms? SELECT ALL

a)

plants

b)

animals

c)

bacteria

d)

bricks

4.

When a virus enters a cell and it immediately makes copies of itself this is called _______________________________.

a)

remediation

b)

replica

c)

replication

5.

Viruses are found to infect only few types of cells

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

6.

Viruses are surrounded by a protein coat known as a

a)

Capsid

b)

Capsule

c)

Enzyme

d)

Nucleotide

7.

Viruses are living organisms

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

8.

Viruses contain genetic material either DNA or RNA

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

9.

Viruses can ONLY be transmitted thru blood transfusion

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

10.

Bacteriophage is a form of bacteria

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

11.

A viruses are considered

a)

Living

b)

Non-living

12.

When a virus attaches to a host, what does it inject into the host

a)

protein coat

b)

Capsid

c)

DNA/ RNA

d)

Envelope

13.

Antibiotics cure which of the two below?

a)

Viruses

b)

Bacteria

14.

What is used to "cure" a virus

a)

antirbiotic

b)

Rest

c)

Vaccine

d)

Viruses have no cure

15.

Viruses require a host cell to

a)

Breathe and eat

b)

Replicate

c)

Move and sleep

d)

Make protein and carbohydrates

16.

A pathogen is

a)

Any foreign substance that causes an immune response in your body

b)

A protein that flags an invading bacteria in your body

c)

A genetic pathway

d)

The cell that engulfs and destroys invaders in your body

17.

Which type of cell fights off harmful bacteria?

a)

white blood cell

b)

skin cell

c)

red blood cell

d)

nerve cell

18.

Most scientists believe that viruses are living beings.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

19.

Viruses are bigger than a cell.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

20.

Viruses can´t __________ by themselves.

a)

reproduce

b)

communicate

c)

die

d)

infect people

21.

This is a---

a)

Bacteria

b)

Virus

22.

All viruses are different, but what are two parts that a virus must have?

a)

Genetic Information (DNA or RNA)

b)

a lipid membrane

c)

a nucleus

d)

a protein coat

23.

Which of these statements is true?

a)

A virus is unicellular, it has only one cell.

b)

A virus may sometimes be multicellular, have many cells.

c)

A virus has no cells

24.

Which statement is true?

a)

A virus has a nucleus, but no other organelles.

b)

A virus has a nucleus and ribosomes.

c)

A virus has no organelles, because it has no cells, and it is non-living.

25.

A virus is so small that 250,000 viruses could fit inside

a)

a grain of sand

b)

an apple

c)

a basketball

26.

Cell membranes of living organisms are made of a bilayer (2 layers) of

a)

lipids

b)

proteins

c)

carbohydrates

27.

Which sentence is true

a)

All viruses, although they are not living, have a lipid layer that surrounds them.

b)

Many viruses, although they are not living, have a lipid layer that surrounds them. This includes the corona viruses.

28.

The little sticks poking out of the sides of these viruses are called

a)

sugar sticks

b)

spike proteins

c)

covid claws

29.

Which sentence is true about this picture.

a)

It shows a virus being made.

b)

It shows a virus entering the cell of a human or animal.

c)

It shows a virus being destroyed by soap.

30.

At the top left of this picture, you can see the spike protein of a virus fitting perfectly into a receptor site on our cells. Which sentence below is true?

a)

Humans have receptor sites for viruses on our cells because we want viruses to invade our cells.

b)

Humans have receptor sites for viruses on our cells because those receptor sites were made for a different purpose, but viruses evolved to be able to use them.

31.

Once the virus is attached to our cell, the lipid layer of our cell and the lipid layer around the virus can merge because

a)

Lipids attract lipids

b)

Lipids attract proteins

c)

The DNA instructs them to do this.

32.

Which sentence is true?

a)

Soap destroys viruses because it dissolves the DNA or RNA

b)

Soap destroys viruses because it bends the spike proteins

c)

Soap destroys viruses because it breaks up the lipid layer and allows it to be washed away.

d)

Soap destroys viruses because it is acidic.

33.

Once a virus gets into a cell, it

a)

Releases its DNA or RNA into the cell.

b)

It begins to create DNA or RNA in the cell.

c)

It destroys its own DNA and RNA in the cell.

34.

The single deadliest entity on Earth is the ______________.

a)

bacteria

b)

bacteriophage

c)

antibiotic

35.

The head of the bacteriophage sits on a long ____________.

a)

DNA

b)

tail fibers

c)

tail

36.

There are more bacteriophages on Earth than any other organism combined

a)

True

b)

False

37.

A vaccine triggers your body to produce _____________ which help fight infections.

a)

antibiotics

b)

antibodies

c)

antigens

38.

Antibiotics only work against what organisms ?

a)

viruses

b)

bacteria

c)

prions

39.

What disease was brought to the New World and killed over 3,000,000 Aztecs?

a)

smallpox

b)

influenza

c)

staph infection

40.

Viruses can affect which types of organisms? SELECT ALL

a)

plants

b)

animals

c)

bacteria

d)

bricks

41.

Influenza is caused by a ___________________.

a)

virus

b)

bacteria

c)

prion

42.

When a virus enters a cell and it immediately makes copies of itself this is called _______________________________.

a)

remediation

b)

replica

c)

replication

43.

If a virus only passes its genetic material to the cell without making copies of itself this means the virus is _____________.

a)

active

b)

latent

c)

sleeping

44.

As a virus changes over time, it can affect different systems within the organism. This change of the virus is called a _______________.

a)

mutation

b)

melanin

c)

metaphysics

45.

___________________________ develops when a mother passes antibodies to her unborn baby.

a)

natural immunity

b)

codependency

c)

natural selection

46.

______________________________ doses of the flu vaccine in the United States has been given (October 2019).

a)

16 Million

b)

6 Million

c)

116 Million

47.

The organization in the United States that tracks diseases and vaccinations is called the

a)

CFC -- Combined Federal Campaign

b)

CDC -- Center for Disease Control and Prevention

c)

NACDP -- National Association for Control of Disease & Prevention

48.

Up to what percentage (%) of bacteria are killed by bacteriophages every day.

a)

40%

b)

35%

c)

43%

49.
Reasons that viruses are considered to be nonliving is because
a)
They are not cellular
b)
They cannot reproduce on their own
c)
They cannot make proteins
d)
all of the above
50.

Complete the sentence, viruses ...

a)

are cells

b)

are globular proteins

c)
are a protein coat around genetic material
d)
endospores