FOUNDATIONS IN MICROBIOLOGY CHAPTER
13 ELITE REVIEW COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
PAPER WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉2) Which of the following statements provides the most significant
support for the idea that viruses are nonliving chemicals?
A) They are not composed of cells.
B) They are filterable.
C) They cannot reproduce themselves outside a host.
D) They cause diseases similar to those caused by chemicals.
E) They are chemically simple. Answer: C
◉3) Which of the following statements about viral spikes is FALSE?
A) They are composed of carbohydrate-protein complexes.
B) They are used for attachment.
C) They may cause hemagglutination.
D) They bind to receptors on the host cell surface.
E) They are found only on nonenveloped viruses. Answer: E
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,4) Which of the following is NOT used as a criterion to classify viruses?
A) biochemical tests
B) morphology
C) nucleic acid
D) size
E) number of capsomeres Answer: A
◉5) Which of the following is NOT utilized to culture viruses?
A) laboratory animals
B) culture media
C) embryonated eggs
D) animal cell cultures
E) bacterial cultures Answer: B
◉6) Bacteriophages and animal viruses do NOT differ significantly in
which one of the following steps?
A) attachment
B) penetration
C) uncoating
D) biosynthesis
E) release Answer: D
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13 ELITE REVIEW COMPREHENSIVE STUDY
PAPER WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
◉2) Which of the following statements provides the most significant
support for the idea that viruses are nonliving chemicals?
A) They are not composed of cells.
B) They are filterable.
C) They cannot reproduce themselves outside a host.
D) They cause diseases similar to those caused by chemicals.
E) They are chemically simple. Answer: C
◉3) Which of the following statements about viral spikes is FALSE?
A) They are composed of carbohydrate-protein complexes.
B) They are used for attachment.
C) They may cause hemagglutination.
D) They bind to receptors on the host cell surface.
E) They are found only on nonenveloped viruses. Answer: E
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,4) Which of the following is NOT used as a criterion to classify viruses?
A) biochemical tests
B) morphology
C) nucleic acid
D) size
E) number of capsomeres Answer: A
◉5) Which of the following is NOT utilized to culture viruses?
A) laboratory animals
B) culture media
C) embryonated eggs
D) animal cell cultures
E) bacterial cultures Answer: B
◉6) Bacteriophages and animal viruses do NOT differ significantly in
which one of the following steps?
A) attachment
B) penetration
C) uncoating
D) biosynthesis
E) release Answer: D
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