Microbiology 020 - General Microbiology » Fall 2021 » Viruses 2

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Question #1
What percentage of human DNA is thought to consist of viral DNA sequences?
A.   8
B.   0.08
C.   45
D.   1
Question #2
The host cells that viruses can infect are determined by the ________.
A.   concentration of host cells in vicinity
B.   DNA in host cells
C.   proximity of host cells
D.   receptors on the host cells
Question #3
The general steps in a viral multiplication cycle are ________.
A.   endocytosis, uncoating, replication, assembly, and budding
B.   adsorption, uncoating, duplication, assembly, and penetration
C.   adsorption, penetration, synthesis, assembly, and release
D.   endocytosis, penetration, replication, maturation, and exocytosis
Question #4
When phage nucleic acid is incorporated into the nucleic acid of its host cell and is replicated when the host DNA is replicated, this is considered part of which cycle?
A.   Cell cycle
B.   Lysogenic cycle
C.   Lytic cycle
D.   Multiplication cycle
E.   Virulence cycle
Question #5
A virus that undergoes lysogeny is a/an _________.
A.   DNA virus
B.   temperate phage
C.   T-even phage
D.   intemperate phage
E.   animal virus
Question #6
Clear patches in cell cultures that indicate sites of virus infection are called ________.
A.   plaques
B.   pocks
C.   colonies
D.   prions
Question #7
What is the source of enveloped viruses’ envelopes?
A.   The viral enzymes
B.   The capsid
C.   The DNA inside the virus
D.   The host cell membrane

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