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Viruses - Chapter 18

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is correct name for 'A'?

a)

Tail sheath

b)

Tail fiber

c)

Head

d)

Capsid

2.

What is correct order of the phases of the Lytic Cycle?

a)

Entry, Attachment, Self-Assembly, Synthesis, Release

b)

Attachment, Entry, Synthesis, Self-Assembly, Release

c)

Attachment, Synthesis, Self-Assembly, Release, Entry

d)

Synthesis, Self-Assembly, Entry, Release, Attachment

3.

What is one way that a lysogenic infection differs from a lytic infection?

a)

A lysogenic virus can remain in the host DNA for a longer period without becoming active.

b)

A lysogenic virus does not act on bacteria as a lytic virus does.

c)

A lysogenic virus contains RNA instead of DNA.

d)

A lysogenic virus directs the production of new viruses right away.

4.

What is shown here?

a)

Lysogenic Cycle

b)

Binary Fision

c)

Conjugation

d)

Lytic Cycle

5.

What is shown here?

a)

Phagocytosis

b)

Lytic Cycle

c)

Lysogenic Cycle

d)

Formation of Antibodies

6.

Which one of these are NOT a double-stranded DNA virus?

a)

Adenovirus

b)

Parvovirus

c)

Papillomavirus

d)

Herpesvirus

7.

Which ssRNA virus below does NOT serve as a template for mRNA synthesis?

a)

Retrovirus

b)

Filovirus

c)

Orthomyxovirus

d)

Rhabdovirus

8.

By using the image from above, what is the first step of Retrovirus replication?

a)

Transcription of retroviral DNA to make viral RNA genome copies and viral mRNA

b)

Entry by fusion of envelope with cell membrane at sites of specific receptors

c)

Uncoating of virion to release ssRNA; genome and virus-specific enzymes remain in virus core

d)

Budding of enveloped virions and release from the cell

9.

How do retroviruses replicate their genetic material?

a)

Semi-conservative replication

b)

Conservative replication

c)

Reverse transcription

10.

Prions are infections

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What are prions?

a)

Mobile segments of DNA

b)

Viruses that invade bactera

c)

Misfolded versions of normal brain protein

d)

Tiny molecules of RNA that infect plants

12.

Which option below is NOT an infectious prion found in humans?

a)

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)

b)

Scrapie

c)

vCJD

d)

Kuru

13.

Which definition is associated with prions?

a)

Slow acting, virtually indestructible infections proteins that cause brain disease in mammals. Can cause normal proteins to mutate or "misfold"

b)

Circular RNA molecules that infect plants and disrupt their growth