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FINAL EXAMINATION PAPER dd dd

MICROBIOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERS
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STUDENT NAME: ________________________________
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COURSE: Microbiology Exam 3 dd dd dd TIME: _____________ dd

EXAM CODE: MICROBIOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS ANSW
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ERS-101

EXAM INSTRUCTIONS:
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1. Print your full name and date clearly in the header above.
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2. This exam booklet contains both Test Questions (Part I) and Verified Solutions (Part II).
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3. Answer all multiple-choice questions clearly. Double-check your work.
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4. Do not break the seal or open this booklet until instructed to do so by the proctor.
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Q1. What are some of the general properties of viruses?
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[Verified Solution]: Obligate intracellular parasites (must live inside the cell) of all living things, ultra-
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microscopic size, not cellular in nature, inactive macromolecules outside the host cell and are only activ
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e when inside host cells, acellular
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Q2. Describe the capsid of a virus.
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[Verified Solution]: Protein coat that protects the nucleic acid
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Q3. Describe the nucleic acid portion of a virus.
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[Verified Solution]: Carries genes necessary to invade host cells and redirect cell's activity to make ne
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w viruses
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Q4. Describe the envelope of a virus.
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[Verified Solution]: Surrounds the capsid, made of lipids, proteins, and carbohydrates
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Q5. Describe envelope spikes.
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[Verified Solution]: Exposed proteins on the outside of the envelope that are essential for attachment
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of the virus to the host cell
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,Q6. Describe the lock and key method of spikes and envelopes of viruses .
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[Verified Solution]: Keys: on the virus; spikes ---Capsid- Has capsid spikes ---Envelope-
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Has envelope spikes Locks: on the host cell; receptors on host cell membrane
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Q7. Which parts of a virus do all viruses possess?
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[Verified Solution]: Nucleic acids, capsid, envelope/capsid spikes
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Q8. Which parts of a virus do only some viruses possess?
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[Verified Solution]: Envelope
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Q9. What does host range and specificity mean as it pertains to viruses?
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[Verified Solution]: - Depends on what keys the virus has (very specific). -
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Lock and key (receptors on host cell and spikes) is between the virus and the host cell membrane. -
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Virus collides with host cell and absorbs specifically to receptor sites on the membrane
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Q10. Describe the taxonomy of viruses.
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[Verified Solution]: Classification based on type of nucleic acid, strategy for replication, and morpholo
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gy.

Q11. What does the family name for viruses end in?
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[Verified Solution]: -viridae
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Q12. What do the genus and species name for viruses end in?
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[Verified Solution]: -Virus dd dddd

Q13. How are subspecies of viruses designated?
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[Verified Solution]: By numbers
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Q14. What determines which cells a virus can infect?
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[Verified Solution]: The lock and key attachment between a virus and the host cell membrane (recepto
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rs)

, Q15. What occurs during the lysogenic cycle of virus replication of a bacteriophage?
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[Verified Solution]: The infected bacterium does not immediately produce viruses but may do so some
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time in the future
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Q16. What is a prophage?
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[Verified Solution]: Bacteria cell that carries viral DNA in its genome
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Q17. List the steps of the lytic cycle of a bacteriophage.
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[Verified Solution]: Adsorption(attachment), penetration, biosynthesis, maturation, release
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Q18. What occurs in the adsorption (attachment) phase of the lytic cycle of a bacteriophage?
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[Verified Solution]: The phage attaches to the host cell's surface receptors
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Q19. What occurs in the penetration phase of the lytic cycle of a bacteriophage?
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[Verified Solution]: Phage penetrates the host cell and injects its nucleic acid (DNA). Only the genom
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e enters
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Q20. What occurs in the biosynthesis phase of the lytic cycle of a bacteriophage?
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[Verified Solution]: The phage DNA directs the synthesis of viral components by the host cell (viral p
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rotein and nucleic acid synthesis)
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Q21. What occurs in the maturation phase of the lytic cycle of a bacteriophage?
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[Verified Solution]: Viral components are assembled into virions (mature viral particle)
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Q22. What occurs in the release phase of the lytic cycle of a bacteriophage?
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[Verified Solution]: Host cell lyses and new virions are released
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