Viruses have all the following except
A. Definite shape
B.
Metabolism
C. Genes
D. Ability to infect host cells
E.
Ultramicroscopic size
B
Host cells of viruses include
A. Human and other animals
B.
Plants and fungi
C. Bacteria
D. Protozoa and algae
E.
All of the choices are correct
E
Viruses
A. Cannot be seen in a light microscope
B. Are
prokaryotic
C. Contain 70S ribosomes
D. Undergo binary
fission
E. All of the choices are correctVirus capsids are made
from subunits called
A. Envelopes
B. Spikes
C.
Capsomeres
D. Prophages
E. Peplomers
A
Virus capsids are made from subunits called
A. Envelopes
B.
Spikes
C. Capsomeres
D. Prophages
E. Peplomers
C
Helical and icosahedral are terms used to describe the shapes of a
virus
A. Spike
B. Capsomere
C. Envelope
D.
Capsid
E. Core
D
A _____ is the protein shell around the nucleic acid core of a
virus.
A. Capsomere
B. Capsid
C. Spike
D.
Envelope
E. Monolayer
B
One of the principal capsid shapes is a 20-sided figure with 12
evenly spaced corners referred to as a(n)
_____ capsid.
A.
Spiked
B. Complex
C. Icosahedral
D. Helical
E. Buckeyball
C
A naked virus only has a(n)
A. Capsid
B. Capsomere
C.
Nucleocapsid
D. Envelope
E. Antigenic surface
C
Which of the following is not a typical capsid shape?
A.
Tetrahedral
B. Complex
C. Helical
D.
Icosahedron
E. All of the choices are capsid shapes
A
All of the following pertain to virus envelopes except
A. Gained
as a virus leaves the host cell membrane
B. Gained as a virus
leaves the nuclear membrane
C. Contain special virus
proteins
D. Help the virus particle attach to host cells
E.
Located between the capsid and nucleic acid
E
Viral spikes
A. Are always present on enveloped viruses
B.
Bind viral capsid and envelope together
C. Allow bacteria to
evade host defenses
D. Are derived from host proteins
E. All
of the choices are correct
B
The core of every virus particle always contains
A. DNA
B.
Capsomeres
C. Enzymes
D. DNA and RNA
E. Either DNA or RNA
E
Which of the following is not associated with every virus?
A.
Envelope
B. Capsomeres
C. Capsid
D. Nucleic
acid
E. Genome
A
Viral nucleic acids include which of the following
A. Double
stranded DNA
B. Single stranded DNA
C. Double stranded
RNA
D. Single stranded RNA
E. All of the choices are correct
E
Reverse transcriptase synthesizes
A. The positive RNA strand
from a negative RNA strand
B. A negative RNA strand from a
positive RNA strand
C. Viral RNA from DNA
D. Viral DNA from
RNA
E. None of the choices are correct
E
A negative RNA virus must first
A. Synthesize a DNA copy of its
genome
B. Synthesize a negative RNA copy of its genome
C.
Synthesize a positive RNA copy of its genome
D. Transcribe
reverse transcriptase
E. Transcribe RNA polymerase
C
Viruses with _____ sense RNA contain the correct message for
translation, while viruses with _____
sense RNA must first be
converted into a correct message.
A. Positive, negative
B.
Negative, positive
C. Primary, secondary
D. Secondary,
primary
E. None of the choices are correct
A
Classification of viruses into families involves determining all the
following characteristics except
A. Type of nucleic acid
B.
Type of capsid
C. Presence of an envelope
D. Biochemical
reactions
E. Number of strands in the nucleic acid
D
Which of the following represents a virus family name?
A. Herpes
simplex virus
B. Herpesviridae
C. Picornavirus
D.
Enterovirus
E. Hepatitis B virus
B
Which of the following is not a viral order in the classification
system?
A. Caudovirales
B. Vaccinia virus
C.
Nidovirales
D. Mononegavirales
E. All of the choices are
viral orders
B
The correct sequence of events in viral multiplication is
A.
Penetration, uncoating, synthesis, adsorption, assembly,
release
B. Uncoating, penetration, synthesis, assembly,
absorption, release
C. Adsorption, penetration, uncoating,
synthesis, assembly, release
D. Assembly, synthesis, uncoating,
release, penetration, adsorption
E. Adsorption, release,
synthesis, uncoating, assembly, penetration
C
Viruses acquire envelopes around their nucleocapsids during
A.
Replication
B. Assembly
C. Adsorption
D.
Release
E. Penetration
D
In general, most DNA viruses multiply in the host cell's _____, while
most RNA viruses multiply in the
host cell's _____.
A.
Nucleus, cytoplasm
B. Cytoplasm, cell membrane
C. Cell
membrane, cytoplasm
D. Cytoplasm, nucleus
E. Nucleus,
endoplasmic reticulum
A
Host range is limited by
A. Type of nucleic acid in the
virus
B. Age of the host cell
C. Type of host cell receptors
on cell membrane
D. Size of the host cell
E. All of the
choices are correct
C
Oncogenic viruses include all the following except
A. Hepatitis
B virus
B. Measles virus
C. Papillomavirus
D. HTLVI and
HTLVII viruses
E. Epstein-Barr virus
B
Which of the following is a type of cytopathic effect?
A.
Inclusions in the nucleus
B. Multinucleated giant cells
C.
Inclusions in the cytoplasm
D. Cells round up
E. All of the
choices are correct
E
The envelope of enveloped viruses is
A. Identical to the host
plasma membrane
B. Only compose of host endomembrane
C.
Always includes spikes
D. Is obtained by viral budding or
exocytosis
E. None of the choices are correct
D
Viruses attach to their hosts via
A. Host glycoproteins
B.
Host phospholipids
C. Viral phospholipids
D. Viral
flagella
E. All of the choices are correct
A
Viral tissue specificities are called
A. Ranges
B.
Virions
C. Receptacles
D. Tropisms
E. Uncoating
D
The process of dissolving the envelope and capsid to release the
viral nucleic acid is
A. Adsorption
B. Penetration
C.
Uncoating
D. Synthesis
E. Assembly
C
Which of the following occurs during assembly?
A. Nucleocapsid
is formed
B. New viral nucleic acid is formed
C. Viral
spikes insert in host cell membrane
D. All of the choices
occur
E. Only choices A and C occur
E
Mammalian viruses capable of starting tumors are
A. Chronic
latent viruses
B. Oncoviruses
C. Syncytia
D. Inclusion
bodies
E. Cytiopathic
B
Persistent viruses that can reactivate periodically are
A.
Chronic latent viruses
B. Oncoviruses
C. Syncytia
D.
Inclusion bodies
E. Cytiopathic
A
Which of the following is not a characteristic of a transformed
cell?
A. Viral nucleic acid integrated into host DNA
B.
Decreased growth rate
C. Alterations in chromosomes
D.
Changes in cell surface molecules
E. Capacity to divide indefinitely
B
New, nonenveloped virus release occurs by
A. Lysis
B.
Budding
C. Exocytosis
D. Both lysis and budding
E. Both
budding and exocytosis
A
What structures are used by bacteriophages to attach to host cell
receptors?
A. Sheath
B. Tail fibers
C. Nucleic
acid
D. Capsid head
E. None of the choices are correct
B
Which of the following is incorrect about prophages?
A. Present
when the virus is in lysogeny
B. Formed when viral DNA enters the
bacterial chromosome
C. Replicated with host DNA and passed on to
progeny
D. Cause lysis of host cells
E. Occur when temperate
phages enter host cells
D
T-even phages
A. Include the poxviruses
B. Infect
Escherichia coli cells
C. Enter host cells by engulfment
D.
Have helical capsids
E. All of the choices are correct
B
The event that occurs in bacteriophage multiplication that does not
occur in animal virus replication
is
A. Adsorption to the
host cells
B. Injection of only the viral nucleic acid into the
host cell
C. Host cell synthesis of viral enzymes and capsid
proteins
D. Assembly of nucleocapsids
E. Replication of
viral nucleic acid
B
Viruses that cause infection resulting in alternating periods of
activity with symptoms and inactivity
without symptoms are
called
A. Latent
B. Oncogenic
C. Prions
D.
Viroids
E. Delta agents
A
Uncoating of viral nucleic acid
A. Does not occur in
bacteriophage multiplication
B. Involves enzymatic destruction of
the capsid
C. Occurs during penetration in the multiplication
cycle
D. Occurs before replication
E. All of the choices are correct
E
In transduction, the viral genome
A. Initiates lysis of the
host
B. Includes DNA from the previous host
C. Is replicated
in the cytoplasm
D. Is replicated in the nucleus
E. None of
the choices are correct
B
Lysogeny refers to
A. Altering the host range of a virus
B.
Latent state of herpes infections
C. Virion exiting host
cell
D. Viral genome inserting into bacterial host
chromosome
E. None of the choices are correct
D
Viruses that infect bacteria are specifically called
A.
Viroids
B. Prions
C. Bacteriophages
D. Satellite
viruses
E. All of the choices infect bacteria
C
During lysogeny, an inactive prophage state occurs when the viral DNA
is inserted into the
A. Host cytoplasm
B. Host
nucleus
C. Host nucleolus
D. Host DNA
E. Host cell membrane
D
What type of phage enters an inactive prophage stage?
A.
Primary
B. Secondary
C. Temperate
D. Temporary
E. Transformed
C
The activation of a prophage is called
A. Activation
B.
Lysogeny
C. Transformation
D. Induction
E. Adsorption
D
When a bacterium acquires a trait from its temperate phage, it is
called
A. Transformation
B. Lysogenic conversion
C.
Viral persistence
D. Transcription
E. Translation
B
In which stage of the multiplication cycle of T-even phages are the
phages developing and are not yet
infectious?
A.
Virion
B. Induction
C. Eclipse
D. Conversion
E.
None of the choices are correct
C
Which of the following will not support viral cultivation?
A.
Live lab animals
B. Embryonated bird eggs
C. Primary cell
cultures
D. Continuous cell cultures
E. All of the choices
will support viral cultivation
E
Visible, clear, well-defined patches in a monolayer of virus-infected
cells in a culture are called
A. Lysogeny
B. Budding
C.
Plaques
D. Cytopathic effects
E. Pocks
C
Viral growth in bird embryos can cause discrete, opaque spots in the
embryonic membranes called
A. Lysogeny
B. Budding
C.
Plaques
D. Cytopathic effects
E. Pocks
E
Cells grown in culture form a(n)
A. Monolayer
B.
Bilayer
C. Aggregate
D. Plaque
E. None of the choices
are correct
A
Diagnosis of viral infections sometimes involves analyzing the
patient's blood for specific _____ that the
immune system
produced against the virus.
A. Glycoproteins
B.
Antibodies
C. Complement proteins
D. Antigens
E. None
of the choices are correct
B
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.
A. Initial
B. Primary
C.
Secondary
D. Continuous
E. Positive
B
A common method for cultivating viruses in the lab is to use in vitro
systems called _____ cultures.
A. Embryo
B. Cell
C.
Plaque
D. Bacteriophage
E. Egg
B
Infectious protein particles are called
A. Viroids
B.
Phages
C. Prions
D. Oncogenic viruses
E. Spikes
C
Infectious naked strands of RNA that affect plants are called
A.
Viroids
B. Phages
C. Prions
D. Oncogenic
viruses
E. Spikes
A
Creutzfeld-Jacob disease is
A. Caused by a chronic latent
virus
B. Initiated by an oncogenic virus
C. Caused by a
viroid
D. A spongiform encephalopathy of humans
E. Also
called "mad cow disease"
A
Satellite viruses are
A. Also called viroids
B. Dependent
on other viruses for replication
C. The cause of spongiform
encephalopathies
D. Significant pathogens of plants
E. All
of the choices are correct
B
Two noncellular agents, smaller than viruses, are the infectious
proteins called _____ and the infectious
RNA strands called
_____.
A. Prions, capsomeres
B. Virions, prions
C.
Viroids, phages
D. Prions, phages
E. Prions, viroids
E
Who developed a rabies vaccine by separating bacteria from virus
using a filter?
A. Leewonhoek
B. Koch
C.
Pasteur
D. Cohn
C
The primary purposes of viral cultivation are:
A. to isolate and
identify viruses in clinical specimens
B. to prepare viruses for
vaccines
C. to do detailed research on viral structure,
lifestyle, genetics and effects on host cells
D. All of these
D
When a virus enters a host cell, the viral genes redirect the genetic
and metabolic activities of the host
cell.
True
False
True
Viruses are used to produce vaccines for prevention of certain viral infections.
True
False
True
Viruses are ultramicroscopic because they range in size from 2 mm to
450 mm.
True
False
False
A fully formed virus that can cause an infection in a host cell is
called a virion.
True
False
True
Spikes are glycoproteins of the virus capsid.
True
False
True
Each virus is assigned to genus status based on its host, target
tissue and type of disease it causes.
True
False
False
A specific animal virus has the ability to attach to and enter almost
any animal host cell.
True
False
False
Viral spikes are inserted into the host cell membrane before budding
or exocytosis.
True
False
True
Prophages can be activated into viral replication and enter the lytic cycle.
True
False
True
Bacteriophages do not undergo adsorption to specific host cell
receptors prior to penetration.
True
False
False
Viruses are the most common cause of acute infections that do not
result in hospitalization.
True
False
True
The adeno-associated virus (AAV) and the delta agent are prions.
True
False
False
Viruses are simple, non-cellular and lack mRNA.
True
False
True
Viruses mutate and some have not been discovered.
True
False
True
Viruses are not filterable.
True
False
False
Viruses are unable to multiple outside of a host cell.
True
False
True