Virology MCQs (Quiz 10) Posted on July 13, 2026Author agropublishers 0 1. In viruses, genome polarity refers to ___________________________ Whether viral RNA can function directly as messenger RNA The electrical charge of viral particles The shape of the viral capsid The number of chromosomes in a virus 2. The Hemagglutination Assay is most commonly used for ________________ Influenza virus Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Rabies virus Poliovirus 3. The term “bacteriophage” literally means ____________ Bacterial poison Bacterial toxin Bacteria eater Bacterial parasite 4. ___________________ developed the first licensed vaccine against hepatitis B Jonas Salk Edward Jenner Maurice Hilleman Albert Sabin 5. The Hemagglutination Inhibition test is primarily used to detect and quantify ________________ Virus-specific antibodies Viral RNA Viral DNA Complement proteins 6. __________________ developed the first successful influenza vaccine for military use during World War II Albert Sabin Edward Jenner Thomas Francis Jr. Max Theiler 7. ___________________________ 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 Luc Montagnier and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi David Baltimore and Howard Temin Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin 8. The Plaque Reduction Neutralization Test (PRNT) primarily measures _______________________ Functional virus-neutralizing antibodies Binding antibodies Viral antigen concentration Complement activation 9. Virus _________________ caused the 1918 influenza pandemic Influenza C virus Influenza B virus Influenza A (H1N1) virus Avian influenza H5N1 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) Nutrient agar plating Light microscopy Gram staining Loading … Question 1 of 10