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