BIOL 271 Module 6 (Latest Update 2026 /
2027) Microbiology Questions & Answers
{Grade A} 100% Correct - Portage Learning
True or false: Someone who has chickenpox as a child is likely to develop shingles
while in college, where the median age of college students is 18-22 years old. - Correct
answer False
True of false: Unlike chickenpox, the blisters that appear with shingles are localized
and limited to small areas. - Correct answer True
A person who has neither previous had chickenpox nor been administered the VZV
vaccine is exposed to someone with an active VZV outbreak and becomes infected.
Explain why or why not the person will only develop shingles. - Correct answer The
infected individual will not develop shingles, but will develop chickenpox. Unvaccinated
and unexposed individuals must first develop chickenpox, as shingles is the
reactivation of the dormant VZV virus from the chickenpox infection.
, While traveling abroad, should you be worried about coming into contact with either
the Variola major or variola minor viruses? - Correct answer No. Both viruses are
variants of smallpox and were eradicated in 1977
What small (~30nm) single-stranded, non-enveloped RNA virus causes temporary or
permanent paralysis by infiltrating (infecting) motor neurons within the spinal cord,
brain stem or motor cortex? - Correct answer Polio
Describe the main underlining differences between the Salk and Sabin polio vaccine. -
Correct answer The salk vaccine contained an inactivated form of the virus and was
injected while the sabin vaccine contained a live attenuated (weakened) form of the
virus and was administered orally.
Which subtype of Influenza is the most virulent? - Correct answer Influenza A
A drug company is trying to develop a new drug that will inhibit viral entry of Influenza.
Would the drug company target hemagglutinin proteins or neuraminidase proteins?
Why? - Correct answer Hemagglutinin proteins would be targets as they are directly
2027) Microbiology Questions & Answers
{Grade A} 100% Correct - Portage Learning
True or false: Someone who has chickenpox as a child is likely to develop shingles
while in college, where the median age of college students is 18-22 years old. - Correct
answer False
True of false: Unlike chickenpox, the blisters that appear with shingles are localized
and limited to small areas. - Correct answer True
A person who has neither previous had chickenpox nor been administered the VZV
vaccine is exposed to someone with an active VZV outbreak and becomes infected.
Explain why or why not the person will only develop shingles. - Correct answer The
infected individual will not develop shingles, but will develop chickenpox. Unvaccinated
and unexposed individuals must first develop chickenpox, as shingles is the
reactivation of the dormant VZV virus from the chickenpox infection.
, While traveling abroad, should you be worried about coming into contact with either
the Variola major or variola minor viruses? - Correct answer No. Both viruses are
variants of smallpox and were eradicated in 1977
What small (~30nm) single-stranded, non-enveloped RNA virus causes temporary or
permanent paralysis by infiltrating (infecting) motor neurons within the spinal cord,
brain stem or motor cortex? - Correct answer Polio
Describe the main underlining differences between the Salk and Sabin polio vaccine. -
Correct answer The salk vaccine contained an inactivated form of the virus and was
injected while the sabin vaccine contained a live attenuated (weakened) form of the
virus and was administered orally.
Which subtype of Influenza is the most virulent? - Correct answer Influenza A
A drug company is trying to develop a new drug that will inhibit viral entry of Influenza.
Would the drug company target hemagglutinin proteins or neuraminidase proteins?
Why? - Correct answer Hemagglutinin proteins would be targets as they are directly
