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Exam 6 Question & Answers ( Latest
2025/2026)
Describe the two basic components of a virus - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Genomic material comprised of either
DNA or RNA and a capsid


Envelope - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Surrounds the
capsid of some viruses


True or false: you would expect to see a viral envelope on
a virus infecting a plant cell - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔False, you'd expect to see if for the animal cell


Rank the following based on their size from largest to
smallest: Orthomyxovirus, Poliovirus, and Variolavirus -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Variolavirus > Orthomyxovirus
> Poliovirus


True or false: highly infections viruses undergo genome
replication prior to viral attachment and entry -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔False


Place the following in order: uncoating, release,
replication, attachment, entry, and new infection -
CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Attachment, entry, uncoating,
replication, release, and new infection

, Exam 6 Question & Answers ( Latest
2025/2026)

Uncoating - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The virsal capsid
disassembles


Release - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔New virus particles
are produced and leave the cell


Replication - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The viral genome
is the 'blueprint' to make copies of itself


Attachment - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Viral receptors
bind to host proteins on the surface of the cell


Entry - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The virus fuses with
the host membrane and enters the cell


New infection - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Newly
produced viruses that left the host cell now go on to
infect new cells


A virus that infects bacteria is called a (blank) and
contains a (blank)-sided polygon capsid - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Bacteriophage, 20