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ch 13

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How do all viruses differ from bacteria?
-Viruses are not composed of cells.

-Viruses are filterable.

-Viruses are obligate intracellular parasites.

-Viruses do not have any nucleic acid.

-Viruses do not reproduce.

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-Viruses are not composed of cells.

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A feature that may be found in viruses but never in bacteria is
-an ability to infect more than one type of host.
-they cannot reproduce themselves outside a host.
-the ability to pass through 0.22 micrometer pore filters.
-may contain an RNA genome.
-a sensitivity to antibiotics

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-may contain an RNA genome

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Which of the following statements about viral spikes is FALSE?

-They may cause hemagglutination.

-They bind to receptors on the host cell surface.

-They are found only on nonenveloped viruses.

-They are used for attachment.

-They are composed of carbohydrate-protein complexes

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-They are found only on nonenveloped viruses.

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Which of the following is NOT used as a criterion to classify viruses?
-biochemical tests

-size

-morphology

-nucleic acid

-number of capsomeres

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- biochemical tests

front 5

Which of the following is NOT utilized to culture viruses?
-embryonated eggs

-animal cell cultures

-laboratory animals

-culture media

-bacterial cultures

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-culture media

front 6

Bacteriophages and animal viruses do NOT differ significantly in which one of the following steps

-release

-uncoating

-penetration

-attachment

-biosynthesis

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-biosynthesis

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The definition of lysogeny is
-when the burst time takes an unusually long time.

-attachment of a phage to a cell.

-phage DNA is incorporated into host cell DNA.

-lysis of the host cell due to a phage.

-the period during replication when virions are not present.

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-phage DNA is incorporated into host cell DNA.

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A viroid is a(n)
-infectious protein.

-provirus.

-capsid without nucleic acid.

-complete, infectious virus particle.

-infectious piece of RNA without a capsid.

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- infectious piece of RNA without a capsid.

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In Figure 13.1, which structure is a complex virus?

-a

-b

-c

-d

-All of the structures are complex viruses.

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- b

front 10

The morphological types of viruses illustrated in Figure 13.1 are ultimately determined by the

-membrane spikes.

-capsomeres.

-viroids.

-envelope.

-nucleic acid.

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- nucleic acid

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A clear area against a confluent "lawn" of bacteria is called a
-rash.

-cell lysis.

-plaque.

-pock.

-phage.

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- plaque

front 12

Continuous cell lines differ from primary cell lines in that
-continuous cell lines always have to be re-isolated from animal tissues.

-viruses can be grown in continuous cell lines.

-continuous cell lines can be maintained through an indefinite number of generations.

-continuous cell lines are from human embryos.

-continuous cell lines are derived from primary cell lines.

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- continuous cell lines can be maintained through an indefinite number of generations.

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Which of the following is necessary for replication of a prion?
- lysozyme

-DNA polymerase

-DNA

-PrPSc

-RNA

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- PrPSc

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A persistent infection is one in which
-host cells are transformed.

-host cells are gradually lysed.

-the virus remains in equilibrium with the host without causing a disease.

-the disease process occurs gradually over a long period.

-viral replication is unusually slow.

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- the disease process occurs gradually over a long period.

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An example of a persistent viral infection is
-Varicellavirus infection.

-Influenza.

-Herpes Simplex Virus infection.

-Hepatitis A infection.

-Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection

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- Varicellavirus infection.

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Lysogeny can result in all of the following EXCEPT
-immunity to reinfection by the same phage.

-immunity to reinfection by any phage.

-acquisition of new characteristics by the host cell.

-specialized transduction.

-phage conversion.

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- immunity to reinfection by any phage.

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Which of the following would be the first step in biosynthesis of a virus with a - (minus) strand of RNA?
-synthesis of double-stranded RNA from a DNA template

-transcription of mRNA from DNA

-synthesis of double-stranded RNA from an RNA template

-synthesis of DNA from an RNA template

-synthesis of DNA from a DNA template

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- synthesis of double-stranded RNA from an RNA template

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An infectious protein is a
-retrovirus.

-viroid.

-papovavirus.

-prion.

-bacteriophage.

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- prion

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An envelope is acquired during which of the following steps?
-biosynthesis

-release

-adsorption

-penetration

-uncoating

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- release

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Which of the following statements is NOT true of lysogeny?
-Lytic cycle may follow lysogeny.

-Prophage is inserted into the host genome.

-It causes lysis of host cells.

-It can give infected pathogens the genetic information for toxin production.

-It is a "silent" infection; the virus does not replicate.

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- It causes lysis of host cells.

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An example of a latent viral infection is
-subacute sclerosing panencephalitis.

-cold sores.

-smallpox.

-influenza.

-mumps.

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- cold sores

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A virus's ability to infect an animal cell depends primarily upon the
-host cell's ability to phagocytize viral particles.

-enzymatic activity of a host cell.

-type of viral nucleic acid.

-presence of receptor sites on the cell membrane.

-presence of pili on the host cell wall.

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- presence of receptor sites on the cell membrane.

front 23

Assume you have isolated an unknown virus. This virus has a single, positive sense strand of RNA, and possesses an envelope. To which group does it most likely belong?
-herpesvirus

-retrovirus

-togavirus

-picornavirus

-papovavirus

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- togavirus

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The mechanism whereby an enveloped virus leaves a host cell is called
-abduction.

- penetration.

-lysogeny.

-transduction.

-budding.

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-budding

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The most conclusive evidence that viruses cause cancers was provided by
-the presence of antibodies against viruses in cancer patients.

-finding oncogenes in viruses.

-cancer that developed in chickens following injection of cell-free filtrates.

-treating cancer with antibodies.

-some liver cancer patients having had hepatitis.

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- cancer that developed in chickens following injection of cell-free filtrates.

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Bacteriophages derive all of the following from the host cell EXCEPT
-ATP.

-amino acids.

-nucleotides.

-lysozyme.

-tRNA.

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- lysozyme

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Bacteriophage replication differs from animal virus replication because only bacteriophage replication involves
-replication of viral nucleic acid.

-injection of naked nucleic acid into the host cell.

-assembly of viral components.

-lysis of the host cell.

-adsorption to specific receptors.

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- injection of naked nucleic acid into the host cell.

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Generally, in an infection caused by a DNA-containing virus, the host animal cell supplies all of the following EXCEPT
- tRNA.

-RNA polymerase.

-nucleotides.

-DNA polymerase.

-None of the answers are correct; all of these are supplied by the host animal cell.

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- DNA polymerase.

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Which of the following places these items in the correct order for DNA-virus replication?
1. Maturation
2. DNA synthesis
3. Transcription
4. Translation
- 1; 2; 3; 4

- 3; 4; 1; 2

- 4; 1; 2; 3

-2; 3; 4; 1

-4; 3; 2; 1

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- 2; 3; 4; 1

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A viral species is a group of viruses that
-has the same genetic information and ecological niche.

-infects the same cells and cause the same disease.

-has the same morphology and nucleic acid.

-cannot be defined.

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- has the same genetic information and ecological niche.

front 31

Viruses that utilize reverse transcriptase belong to the virus families

-Retroviridae and Picornaviridae.

-Hepadnaviridae and Retroviridae.

-Rhabdoviridae and Herpesviridae.

-Herpesviridae and Retroviridae.

-Herpesviridae and Poxviridae.

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- Hepadnaviridae and Retroviridae.

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DNA made from an RNA template will be incorporated into the virus capsid of
- influenzavirus.

-Retroviridae.

-Hepadnaviridae.

-Herpesviridae.

-bacteriophage families.

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- Hepadnaviridae.

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Which of the following statements about viruses is FALSE?
-Viruses use their own catabolic enzymes.

-Viruses use the anabolic machinery of the cell.

-Viruses contain a protein coat.

-Viruses contain DNA or RNA but never both.

-Viruses have genes.

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- Viruses use their own catabolic enzymes.

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A lytic virus has infected a patient. Which of the following would best describe what is happening inside the patient?
-The virus is infecting cells and then releasing only small amounts of virus.

-The virus is incorporating its nucleic acid with that of the patient's cells.

-The virus is slowly killing the patient's cells.Correct!

-The virus is causing the death of the infected cells in the patient.

-The virus is not killing any cells in the host.

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- The virus is causing the death of the infected cells in the patient.