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