VIRUSES lesson 10: Vaccines and anti-virals Quizellenj2023-07-28T14:36:35-04:00 Please sign up for the course before taking this quiz. 1. Which researcher used chemicals to damage the polio virus?1 Sabin Salk 2. Immune cells must have whole virus capsids in order to make antibodies.1 True False 3. How can viruses become resistant to anti-viral medicines?1 Through mutations to the genome which cause tiny changes in the shapes of their proteins. By acquiring more protein tools inside their capsids. By changing their genomes from RNA to DNA, or vice versa. Their protease "scissors" develop the ability to shred the medicine molecules. 4. What is the purpose of an adjuvant?1 To be a preservative that will increase the shelf life of the vaccine. To get other types of immune cells to help with the antibody repsonse by T and B cells. To add an additional chemical that will help to poison the virus. To prevent other immune cells from hindering the antibody repsonse by T and B cells. 5. There is just one type of influezna vaccine.1 True False 6. Only guanine rungs can be mimicked by anti-viral analogue medicines.1 True False 7. Polio’s genome has been completely mapped out, down to every last rung of its RNA.1 True False 8. Only immune system cells have MHC-2 receptors.1 True False 9. Sabin knew exactly how his vaccine worked.1 True False 10. What does the word “attenuated” mean?1 mutated recycled weakened killed 11. There are still some viruses for which we have neither vaccine nor anti-viral medicine.1 True False 12. Only B cells can become memory cells.1 True False 13. Which one is true of Acyclovir?1 It prevents fusion with the cell membrane. It blocks the M2 channel. It binds to neuraminidase. It mimics a guanine rung. 14. The goal of an anti-viral medicine is to block or break a viral part without harming the body cell.1 True False 15. Sabin’s attenuated polio vaccine could still infect intestinal cells.1 True False VIRUSES lesson 9: The Body Fights Back VIRUSES: Bonus info and extra resources Back to: VIRUSES lesson 10: Vaccines and anti-virals
