Virology MCQs (Quiz 10) Posted on July 13, 2026Author agropublishers 0 1. __________________ developed the first successful influenza vaccine for military use during World War II Thomas Francis Jr. Max Theiler Albert Sabin Edward Jenner 2. ___________________________ received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1954 for their discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis (Poliovirus) viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue John Enders, Thomas Weller, and Frederick Robbins David Baltimore and Howard Temin Luc Montagnier and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin 3. The Plaque Reduction Neutralization Test (PRNT) primarily measures _______________________ Viral antigen concentration Complement activation Functional virus-neutralizing antibodies Binding antibodies 4. Virus _________________ caused the 1918 influenza pandemic Avian influenza H5N1 Influenza C virus Influenza A (H1N1) virus Influenza B virus 5. The Hemagglutination Inhibition test is primarily used to detect and quantify ________________ Viral RNA Virus-specific antibodies Viral DNA Complement proteins 6. The term “bacteriophage” literally means ____________ Bacterial poison Bacterial parasite Bacteria eater Bacterial toxin 7. In viruses, genome polarity refers to ___________________________ The shape of the viral capsid The electrical charge of viral particles The number of chromosomes in a virus Whether viral RNA can function directly as messenger RNA 8. The Hemagglutination Assay is most commonly used for ________________ Influenza virus Rabies virus Poliovirus Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) 9. ___________________ developed the first licensed vaccine against hepatitis B Albert Sabin Jonas Salk Edward Jenner Maurice Hilleman 10. _____________________ is an immunological assay that utilizes highly specific antigen-antibody binding reactions to detect, identify, and measure target substances such as viral antigens, antibodies, proteins, and hormones in biological samples Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) Light microscopy Nutrient agar plating Gram staining Loading … Question 1 of 10