Test bank for evolutionary analysis 5th edition by Jon C. Herron; Scott Freeman

TEST BANK
Evolutionary Analysis 5th Edition
by Jon C. Herron; Scott Freeman Chapters 1 - 20

,TABLE OF CONTENTS


1 A Case for Evolutionary Thinking: Understanding HIV 2 The Pattern of Evolution
3 Evolution by Natural Selection 4 Estimating
Evolutionary Trees 5 Variation Among
Individuals
6 Mendelian Genetics in Populations I: Selection and Mutation 7 Mendelian Genetics in
Populations II: Migration, Drift, & Nonrandom Mating
8 Evolution at Multiple Loci: Linkage and Sex
9 Evolution at Multiple Loci: Quantitative Genetics
10 Studying Adaptation: Evolutionary Analysis of Form and Function
11 Sexual Selection
12 The Evolution of Social Behavior
13 Aging and Other Life-History Characters 14 Evolution and
Human Health
15 Genome Evolution and the Molecular Basis of Adaptation 16 Mechanisms of Speciation
17 The Origins of Life and Precambrian Evolution 18 Evolution and the Fossil
Record
19 Development and Evolution 20 Human
Evolution

,Chapter 1 A Case for Evolutionary Thinking: Understanding HIV

1) In which of the following regions has AIDS killed the largest number of
individuals?
A) India
B) Sub-Saharan Africa
C) United States
D) China
E) United
Kingdom
Answer: B
Section: 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension

2) The HIV virus contains all of the following components except .
A) integrase
B) double-stranded RNA
C) single-stranded RNA
D) reverse transcriptase
E) proteas
e Answer:
B
Section:
1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension

3) The acronym HIV stands for which of the following?
A) human intercellular virus
B) human immune virus
C) human immunodeficiency virus
D) human immunity virus
E) human immunodeficiency
vector Answer: C
Section: 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension

4) Which of the following enzymes is responsible for transcribing viral RNA into
DNA?
A) RNA polymerase
B) reverse transcriptase
C) DNA polymerase
D) reverse integrase
E) RNA
duplicase
Answer: B
Section: 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension

, 5) The proteins that enable the HIV virus to bind to cells are typically CD4 and
CCR5. On what type of cells are these proteins typically observed?
A) plasma cells
B) dendritic cells
C) effector helper T cells
D) memory helper T cells
E) both C
and
DAnswer: E
Section: 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension

6) The AIDS phase of HIV infection begins when the concentration of CD4 T cells
in the blood drops below what concentration?
A) 2,000 cells per cubic millimeter
B) 1,000 cells per cubic millimeter
C) 500 cells per cubic millimeter
D) 200 cells per cubic millimeter
E) No CD4 T cells are
observed. Answer: D
Section: 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension

7) Which of the following drug categories are used to treat HIV infections?
A) integrase inhibitors
B) protease inhibitors
C) reverse transcriptase inhibitors
D) DNAse inhibitors
E) fusion
inhibitors
Answer: D
Section: 1.2
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension

8) Coreceptor inhibitors block HIV infection by preventing which of the following?
A) binding of the HIV virion onto the plasma membrane
B) binding of the HIV virion onto the CCR5 receptor
C) binding of the HIV virion onto the gp120 protein
D) degrading the coreceptor so the virion cannot attach
E) binding of the HIV virion onto the CD4
receptor Answer: B
Section: 1.2
Skill: Application/Analysis

9) What is the effect of the ∆32 allele of CCR5 on HIV binding?
A) appears on the surface of CD4 T cells, but the HIV virion is unable to infect the