1. Viruses have all the following except |
B. metabolism. |
2. Host cells of viruses include |
E. All of the choices are correct. |
3. The core of every virus particle always contains |
E. either DNA or RNA. |
4. Classification of viruses into families involves determining all the following characteristics except |
…E. nucleic acid strand number. |
5. Which of the following represents a virus family name? |
B. Herpesviridae |
6. Virus capsids are made from subunits called |
C. capsomeres. |
7. Helical and icosahedral are terms used to describe the shapes of a virus |
D. capsid. |
8. Which of the following is correct about viruses? |
A. cannot be seen with a light microscope |
9. All of the following pertain to virus envelopes except they |
E. are located between the capsid and nucleic acid. |
10. Which of the following is not associated with every virus? |
A. envelope |
11. These structures are used by bacteriophages to attach to host cell receptors. |
B. tail fibers |
12. Which is incorrect about prophages? |
E. occur when temperate phages enter host cells |
13. T-even phages |
B. infect Escherichia coli cells. |
14. The correct sequence of events in viral multiplication is |
C. adsorption, penetration, replication, maturation, assembly, release. |
15. The event that occurs in bacteriophage multiplication that does not occur in animal virus replication is |
B. injection of the viral nucleic acid into the host cell. |
16. Viruses acquire envelopes around their nucleocapsids during |
D. release. |
17. Which of the following will not support viral cultivation? |
E. blood agar |
18. In general, most DNA viruses multiply in the host cell’s _____, while most RNA viruses multiply in the host cell’s _____. |
A. nucleus, cytoplasm |
19. Host range is limited by |
C. type of host cell receptors on cell membrane. |
20. The virus-induced, specific damage to the host cell that can be seen in a light microscope is called |
D. cytopathic effects. |
21. Visible, clear, well-defined patches in a monolayer of virus-infected cells in a culture are called |
C. plaques. |
22. Viral growth in bird embryos can cause discrete, opaque spots in the embryonic membranes called |
E. pocks. |
23. Viruses that cause infection resulting in alternating periods of activity with symptoms and inactivity without symptoms are called |
C. prions. |
24. Oncogenic viruses include all the following except |
B. measles virus. |
25. Which of the following is a type of cytopathic effect? |
E. All of the choices are correct. |
26. Uncoating of viral nucleic acid |
B. involves enzymatic destruction of the capsid. |
27. Infectious protein particles are called |
C. prions. |
28. Infectious naked strands of RNA are called |
A. viroids. |
29. Creutzfeld-Jacob disease is |
D. a spongiform encephalopathy of humans. |
30. Satellite viruses are |
B. dependent on other viruses for replication. |
31. All of the following is correct about treating viral diseases except |
A. viruses are killed by the same antibiotics that kill bacteria |
32. The capsomers are made of |
D. protein. |
33. Viruses that consist of only a nucleocapsid are considered |
C. naked viruses. |
34. The nucleocapsid consists of |
C. the nucleic acid along with the capsid. |
35. Which of the following parts of a virus is not always present? |
A. envelope |
36. Which of the following viruses did D. Ivanovski and M. Beijerinck work with? |
C. tobacco mosaic virus |
37. Viruses belong to which of the following Kingdoms? |
E. None of the choices are correct. |
38. Which body system is mainly affected by Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease? |
C. nervous |
39. When a virus enters a lysogenic phase, it means |
A. the virus is integrated into the DNA of the host cell and is latent. |
40. All of the following are characteristics of viruses except |
C. they have a viscous fluid inside their capsids. |
41. How do enveloped animal viruses exit their host? |
A. Budding or exocytosis |
42. Clostridium botulinum is made virulent by incorporated prophage genes encoding for the botulinum toxin. What term describes this process? |
D. Lysogenic conversion |
43. Viruses are ultramicroscopic because they range in size from 2 mm to 450 mm. |
False |
44. Spikes are glycoproteins of the virus capsid. |
True |
45. Prophages can be activated into viral replication and enter the lytic cycle. True False |
false |
46. Viral infections are easier to treat with drugs than bacterial infections. True False |
False |
47. The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses has determined that there are only three orders of viruses. True False |
True |
48. Bacteriophages do not undergo adsorption to specific host cell receptors prior to penetration. |
true |
49. When a virus enters a host cell, the viral genes redirect the genetic and metabolic activities of the host cell. True False |
True |
50. Viral spikes are inserted into the host cell membrane before budding or exocytosis occurs. |
True |
51. No cases of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob syndrome linked to eating infected cows have occurred in the United States. True False |
True |
52. The adeno-associated virus (AAV) and the delta agent are prions. True False |
False |
53. A _____ is the protein shell around the nucleic acid core of a virus. |
capsid |
54. Viruses that infect bacteria are specifically called _____. |
…Bacteriophages |
55. Diagnosis of viral infections sometimes involves analyzing the patient’s blood for specific _____ that the immune system produced against the virus. |
…antibodies |
56. Two noncellular agents, smaller than viruses, are the infectious proteins called _____, and the infectious RNA strands called _____. |
…Prions, Virions |
57. Viruses with _____ sense RNA contain the correct message for translation, while viruses with _____ sense RNA must first be converted into a correct message. |
positive; negative |
58. Freshly isolated animal tissue that is placed in a growth medium and allowed to produce a cell monolayer is referred to as a _____ cell culture. |
primary |
59. One of the principal capsid shapes is a 20-sided figure with 12 evenly spaced corners referred to as an _____ capsid. |
Icosahedral |
60. A naked virus does not have an _____. |
envelope |
61. During lysogeny, an inactive prophage state occurs when the viral DNA is inserted into the _____ _____. |
bacterial chromosome |
62. A common method for cultivating viruses in the lab is to use in vitro systems called _____ cultures. |
cell |
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