Exam 1: BIOS 242/ BIOS242 (NEW 2026/ 2027 Update) Fundamentals of Microbiology with Lab Review| Questions & Answers | Grade A| 100% Correct (Verified Solutions)-Chamberlain

Examl 1:l BIOSl 242/l BIOS242l (NEWl
2026/l 2027l Update)l Fundamentalsl ofl
Microbiologyl withl Labl Review|l Questionsl
&l Answersl |l Gradel A|l 100%l Correctl
(Verifiedl Solutions)-Chamberlain

QUESTION
whatl isl al spontaneousl mutation?



Answer:
occursl randomly




QUESTION
Whatl isl conjugation?



Answer:
usesl pilusl (plasmids)
DNAl isl transferredl froml onel locationl tol another




QUESTION
Whatl isl transformation?



Answer:
Takesl upl DNAl fragmentsl froml environment

,QUESTION
Whatl isl transduction?



Answer:
Usel ofl bacteriophagel tol injectl DNAl froml onel bacterial tol another




QUESTION
Whatl isl transposons?


Answer:
genesl thatl willl movel orl "jumpingl genes"l froml onel locationl onl chromosomesl tol another




QUESTION
Whatl isl thel firstl stepl inl virusl multiplcation?



Answer:
Adsorption
thel virusl attachesl tol thel hostl celll surfacel throughl spikel glycoproteins




QUESTION
Whatl isl thel secondl stepl inl virusl multiplication?


Answer:
Penetrationl
Thel virusl orl itsl geneticl materiall entersl thel hostl celll vial endocytosisl orl fusion

, QUESTION
Whatl isl thel thirdl stepl inl virusl multiplication?



Answer:
Uncoatingl
virall capsidl isl removedl releasingl virall nucleicl acidl insidel thel cell
DNAl vsl RNA




QUESTION
Whatl isl thel fourthl stepl inl virusl multiplication?



Answer:
Synthesisl
Thel virusl usesl thel hostsl machineryl tol makel newl virall DNAl andl proteins




QUESTION
Whatl isl thel fifthl stepl inl virusl multiplication?


Answer:
Assembly
Newl virall particlesl arel assembledl froml thel synthesizedl components




QUESTION
Whatl isl thel sixithl stepl inl virusl multiplication?


Answer: