A Basic Trivia Quiz On Microbiology
Are you a student taking up Microbiology 130 and think that you are well prepared to take up exam three that is just around the corner? If you are not so sure about your answer, try and take up the basic trivia quiz on microbiology below and see which chapters you should put a little more study effort on. All the best!
- 1.Which of these is not a means of identifying viruses?
- A.
PCR
- B.
By their cytopathic effects
- C.
Ribotyping
- D.
Serological testing
- 2.The lysogenic cycle is different from the lytic cycle in that the _____.
- A.
The phage DNA is incorporated into host cell DNA
- B.
The cell bursts during release
- C.
Phages contain RNA genomes
- D.
There is no latent period
- 3.Which of these is a method of growing animal viruses in the laboratory?
- A.
In live animals
- B.
In embryonated eggs
- C.
In cell culture
- D.
All of the above
- 4.Which bacteriophage life cycle is responsible for transduction?
- A.
Lytic cycle
- B.
Lysogenic cycle
- 5.The spectrum of cells that a virus can infect is called the ____.
- A.
Infection target
- B.
Infection host
- C.
Host range
- D.
Host spectrum
- 6.A bacterium that exhibits new properties or abilities due to the presence of a prophage is said to have undergone ______.
- A.
Phage conversion
- B.
Genetic conversion
- C.
Transduction
- D.
Transduction
- 7.An oncogene is _____.
- A.
A part of the viral genome
- B.
A part of the human genome
- C.
Involved in suppressing cancers
- D.
Important in viral infection
- 8.Which of these is an infectious protein?
- A.
Virion
- B.
Viroid
- C.
Proteoid
- D.
Prion
- 9.Bacteriophages and animal viruses do not differ significantly in which of the following steps?
- A.
Adsorption
- B.
Penetration
- C.
Uncoating
- D.
Biosynthesis
- 10.Which structure of prokaryotic cells are used for phylogeny?
- A.
Ribosomes
- B.
Plasma membranes
- C.
Flagella
- D.
Mitochondria
- 11.Viruses that can cause cancers are called ______.
- A.
Cancer viruses
- B.
Transforming viruses
- C.
DNA viruses
- D.
Oncogenic viruses
- 12.A virion is _____.
- A.
A complete, infectious virus particle
- B.
A naked, infectious piece of RNA
- C.
A capsid without a nucleic acid
- D.
A provirus
- 13.Viruses have a protein coat called a _____.
- A.
Capsid
- B.
Capsomere
- C.
Virion
- D.
Prion
- 14.Which of these are naked pieces of infectious RNA?
- A.
Virions
- B.
Prions
- C.
Viroids
- D.
Phages
- 15.Which of these would an enveloped virus use for attachment?
- A.
Capsid
- B.
Tail fibers
- C.
Spikes
- D.
Flagella
- 16.Most viruses have a broad host range.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.When a virus enters a cell it must release its nucleic acid into the host cell. This is called ____.
- A.
Nucleic acid release
- B.
Maturation
- C.
Biosynthesis
- D.
Uncoating
- 18.Some viruses, such as Human Herpes Virus 1, infect a cell without causing symptoms; these are called _____.
- A.
Latent viruses
- B.
Lytic viruses
- C.
Lysogenic viruses
- D.
Persistent viruses
- 19.Which of the following is not based on nucleic-acid hybridization?
- A.
DNA chip
- B.
FISH
- C.
Western blotting
- D.
Southern blotting
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