Microbio 160 exam 4 questions and
correct answers newest review
1)Which of the following classes of ART drugs directly binds and inactivates reverse
transcriptase?
(A) Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors sini
(D) Fusion inhibitors
(B) Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
(E) Integrase inhibitors - ANS B) Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
2. A former president of South Africa is believed to have caused the death of several hundred
thousand of his people because of his failure to admit
based on information
he got from
(A) HIV causes a syndrome, scientific journals
(B) HIV causes AIDS, scientific research
(C)HIV causes AIDS, the internet
D) AIDS causes HIV, the internet - ANS C)HIV causes AIDS, the internet
3. HIV is an___with a__genome. An enzyme called__copies
its genome into__which is then integrated into the infected cell's DNA.
(A) adenovirus, DNA, eddy, RNA
(C) retrovirus, RNA, reverse transcriptase, DNA
(B) retrovirus, RNA, polymerase, RNA
D) adenovirus, DNA, reverse transcriptase, RNA - ANS C) retrovirus, RNA, reverse
transcriptase, DNA
4. Which of the following will help ensure the HIV pandemic will continue for the foreseeable
future?
(A) ARV treatment
C) HIV mutation rates
(B) apathy/indifference/nobody cares
(D)B and C - ANS D)B and C
5. ESN (Exposed Sero Negative) refers to people who have had unprotected sex or shared
needles with known
individuals and
antibodies to HIV.
(A) HIV negative, produce
(C) seronegative, produce
B) HIV positive, do not produce
, (D) no correct answer - ANS B) HIV positive, do not produce
6. Bone marrow transplants from R5 negative donors has been tried since success of "The
Berlin Patient" but most of these patients died. Which of the following has NOT been found to be
a cause of these deaths?
A) R4 tropic virus breakout
C) secondary infection
B) radiation induced lymphoma
D)R5 virus rebound - ANS D)R5 virus rebound
7. The DNA sequence of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) is over 95% identical to HIV.
A)True
(B) False - ANS A)True
8. In 2006, the FDA approved a once-a-day pill called Atripla. This "cocktail", or combination
therapy, is a single dose pill that is easier to take properly. Atripla contains
(A) antibiotics (B) triplesec
(C) three different NRTI's (D) three CCR5 mutations - ANS C) three different NRTI's
9.In the early 1980s, scientists working to isolate the HIV virus were accidentally infected wit the
virus and died of AIDS.
A) True
(B)False - ANS A) True
10. Experiments to compare the effectiveness of ART in pill form and injection, used a doublo
blind, double dummy approach. This was done to control for?
(A) bias by the doctor
(C) side effects of injection
(B) people who prefer needles over pills
(D) all are correct - ANS B) people who prefer needles over pills
11. What is the most widely accepted theory as to how HIV evolved?
(A) Viral recombination in a chimp infected with multiple types of HIV.
(B) US Government Bioweapon.
(C. Antiretroviral and recreational drug use.
D) Recombination between two SIV viral types in a single cell. - ANS D) Recombination
between two SIV viral types in a single cell.
12. AIDS stands for Acquired Immuno Deficiency
The definition of AIDS includes reduced number of
and a diagnosis of any of two
dozen secondary
(A) State, T cells, viral infections
(C) Syndrome, CD4+ cells, antibodies
correct answers newest review
1)Which of the following classes of ART drugs directly binds and inactivates reverse
transcriptase?
(A) Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors sini
(D) Fusion inhibitors
(B) Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
(E) Integrase inhibitors - ANS B) Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
2. A former president of South Africa is believed to have caused the death of several hundred
thousand of his people because of his failure to admit
based on information
he got from
(A) HIV causes a syndrome, scientific journals
(B) HIV causes AIDS, scientific research
(C)HIV causes AIDS, the internet
D) AIDS causes HIV, the internet - ANS C)HIV causes AIDS, the internet
3. HIV is an___with a__genome. An enzyme called__copies
its genome into__which is then integrated into the infected cell's DNA.
(A) adenovirus, DNA, eddy, RNA
(C) retrovirus, RNA, reverse transcriptase, DNA
(B) retrovirus, RNA, polymerase, RNA
D) adenovirus, DNA, reverse transcriptase, RNA - ANS C) retrovirus, RNA, reverse
transcriptase, DNA
4. Which of the following will help ensure the HIV pandemic will continue for the foreseeable
future?
(A) ARV treatment
C) HIV mutation rates
(B) apathy/indifference/nobody cares
(D)B and C - ANS D)B and C
5. ESN (Exposed Sero Negative) refers to people who have had unprotected sex or shared
needles with known
individuals and
antibodies to HIV.
(A) HIV negative, produce
(C) seronegative, produce
B) HIV positive, do not produce
, (D) no correct answer - ANS B) HIV positive, do not produce
6. Bone marrow transplants from R5 negative donors has been tried since success of "The
Berlin Patient" but most of these patients died. Which of the following has NOT been found to be
a cause of these deaths?
A) R4 tropic virus breakout
C) secondary infection
B) radiation induced lymphoma
D)R5 virus rebound - ANS D)R5 virus rebound
7. The DNA sequence of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) is over 95% identical to HIV.
A)True
(B) False - ANS A)True
8. In 2006, the FDA approved a once-a-day pill called Atripla. This "cocktail", or combination
therapy, is a single dose pill that is easier to take properly. Atripla contains
(A) antibiotics (B) triplesec
(C) three different NRTI's (D) three CCR5 mutations - ANS C) three different NRTI's
9.In the early 1980s, scientists working to isolate the HIV virus were accidentally infected wit the
virus and died of AIDS.
A) True
(B)False - ANS A) True
10. Experiments to compare the effectiveness of ART in pill form and injection, used a doublo
blind, double dummy approach. This was done to control for?
(A) bias by the doctor
(C) side effects of injection
(B) people who prefer needles over pills
(D) all are correct - ANS B) people who prefer needles over pills
11. What is the most widely accepted theory as to how HIV evolved?
(A) Viral recombination in a chimp infected with multiple types of HIV.
(B) US Government Bioweapon.
(C. Antiretroviral and recreational drug use.
D) Recombination between two SIV viral types in a single cell. - ANS D) Recombination
between two SIV viral types in a single cell.
12. AIDS stands for Acquired Immuno Deficiency
The definition of AIDS includes reduced number of
and a diagnosis of any of two
dozen secondary
(A) State, T cells, viral infections
(C) Syndrome, CD4+ cells, antibodies
