Viral Diseases - Causes, Symptoms and Treatment MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers

Caused by a virus

Caused by a Gram-positive bacterium

Caused by a Gram-negative bacterium

not an infectious disease

Nose

Respiratory passage

Lungs

More than one correct answer

Pneumonia is a communicable disease whereas the common cold is a nutritional deficiency disease.

Pneumonia can be prevented by a live attenuated bacterial vaccine whereas the common cold has no effective vaccine.

Pneumonia is caused by a virus while the common cold is caused by the bacterium Haemophilus influenzae.

Pneumonia pathogen infects alveoli whereas the common cold affects the nose and respiratory passage but not the lungs.