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1. Introduction to Virology b b
2. Virus Structure and Assembly
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3. Virus Classification: The World of Viruses
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4. Virus Entry
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5. Single-Stranded RNA Bacteriophages b b
6. Microviruses
7. Bacteriophage
8. Bacteriophage Lambda b
9. Viruses of Archaea
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10. Cucumber Mosaic Virus b b
11. Picornaviruses
12. Flaviviruses
13. Togaviruses
14. Coronaviruses
15. Paramyxoviruses and Rhabdoviruses b b
16. Filoviruses
17. Bunyaviruses
18. Influenza Viruses b
19. Reoviruses
20. Parvoviruses
21. Polyomaviruses
22. Papillomaviruses
23. Adenoviruses
24. Herpesviruses
25. Baculoviruses
26. Poxviruses
27. Viruses of Algae and Mimivirus
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28. Retroviruses
29. Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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30. Hepadnaviruses
31. Viroids and Hepatitis Delta Virus
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32. Prions
33. Intrinsic Cellular Defenses Against Virus Infection
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34. Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses to Virus Infection
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35. Antiviral Vaccines b
36. Antiviral Chemotherapy b
37. Eukaryotic Virus Vectors b b
,Package Title: Testbank
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Course Title: Acheson 2nd edition
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Chapter Number: 01
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Question type: Multiple Choice
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1) Which of the following terms describes the protein shell that surrounds the viral genome?
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a) capsid
b) envelope
c) matrix
d) virion
e) capsomere
Answer: a
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2) Which of the following would not be a nucleic acid form found in a viral genome?
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a) dsDNA
b) ssDNA
c) dsRNA
d) ssRNA
e) anRNA:DNAhybrid
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3) Which of the following is an enzyme that most RNA viruses encode in their genome?
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a) DNA-dependent-RNA-polymerase
b) RNA-dependent-RNA-polymerase
c) DNA-dependent-DNA-polymerase
d) DNA-dependent-RNA-polymerase
e) RNA-dependent-protein-synthetase
Answer: b
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4) Viruses play a major role in the ecology of the ocean by doing which of the following?
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a) Byinfecting photosyntheticbacteriaand increasing their growth.
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, b) By infecting harmful bacteria found in the ocean and limiting their growth.
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c) Bykilling off fish and preventing them from becoming too plentiful.
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d) Bylysing unicellular organisms and releasing carbon and oxygen back into the ocean.
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e) All of the above statements are correct.
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Answer: d b
5) If youwanted to show that an infectious agent is a virus, what experiment could you do?
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a) Show that the agent can be seen under a light microscope.
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b) Show that agent contains a lipid membrane.
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c) Show that the agent canform single colonies on an agar plate.
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d) Show that the agent can be diluted and can still cause disease in an animal.
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e) Show that the agent can pass through a porcelain filter and is still infectious.
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Answer: e b
6) What does the word “virus” mean in Latin?
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a) infectious agent b
b) liquid
c) poison
d) death
e) disease
Answer:c
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7) The word “phage” is a shortened version of the name of a virus that can infect which type of
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organism?
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a) bacterial cell b
b) human cell b
c) eukaryotic cell b
d) plant cell b
e) insetcell b
Answer: a
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8) The study of which group of viruses led to the discovery of cellular genes that can promoter cancer in
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animal cells?
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a) papillomaviruses
b) retroviruses
c) adneoviruses
d) polyomaviruses