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Microbiology
Undergraduate 1
12/11/2011

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Which of the following RNA viruses require enzymes in the nucleus for replication?
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HIV
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A positive strain RNA virus synthesizes its own proteins after infection in which sequence?
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RNA--> PROTEIN
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Which of the following is not one of the phases of bacterial growth?
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Growth phase
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Reactivation of chickenpox long after the initial infection is
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Shingles
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In griffith’s experiments the transforming substance was
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DNA
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A phage is
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a virus which can infect bacteria
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The kingdom monera is also known as the kingdom
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prokaryotae
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Acidophiles would be expected to grow best in a pH of
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3
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Which is the strongest set of evidence showing horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotic cells?
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Mitochondria/ chloroplast
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Competence refers to a stage by which bacterium is able to
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take up naked DNA fragments
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There is concern about the outbreaks of avian influenza in china because
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the abundance of duck and pig farms sharing the same area with humans in china may accelerate avian viruses to infect humans
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Elongation of DNA requires the phosphate of a nucleotide attached to
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the 3’ position of another nucleotide
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The type of cell reproduction in which a smaller new cell develops from the surface of an existing cell and then seperates from the parent cell is known as _____ and is the normal mode of replication in ______
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budding, yeast
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Which of the following is a characteristic of all organisms but not viruses?
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Presence of plasma membrane
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As discussed the promoter region of a gene and the initiation site for chromosome replication are of the high in _____ nucleotide counts
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A and T
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A naked virus
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has no membranous envelope
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During replication DNA is synthesized by
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DNA polymerase
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When genes are passed on from parent to offspring it is called
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vertical gene transfer
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Viruses are referred to as obligate parasites because
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they cannot exist without a suitable host
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In most human gene therapy studies a “normal” gene of a cell is inserted into the geneome of a target cell to replace an abnormal disease causing gene. This process is carried out by
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transduction
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A permanent alteration in the DNA of an organism is called
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mutation
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Most bacteria
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do not immediately increase in number when placed in a culture
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Organisms in the same ____ are more closely related than are organisms in the same ____
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family, phylum
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Bacterial growth in colonies on agar plates
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have all phases of growth occurring simultaneously somewhere in the colony
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A viral cycle which ends with the rupture of the cell and release of new viral particles is the
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lytic cycle
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The viral envelope most likely arises from which following source
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host cell plasma membrane
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Inducible enzymes
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are synthesized by genes that are sometimes active and sometimes inactive
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A species is a subgroup of
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genus
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Polyribosomes
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are found in bacteria only
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High frequency recombination cells arise when
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a portion of the cell's F plasmid has been incorporated inot the bacterial chromosome.
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A strain is a subgroup of
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species
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Which type of cell will generally shift to metabolism when oxygen is available but will carry on fermentation otherwise?
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facultative anaerobes
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A variant of the DNA sequence found at the same locus are called
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alleles
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The two kingdom sequence of classification divided all organisms into either
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plants and animals
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Which of the following levels of classification would contain the greatest number of organisms?
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Phylum
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A nomenspecies is a group of
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organisms bearing the same binominal name
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Virus that infenct bacteria is called
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a phage
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The mRNA carries instructions to the ribosomes
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protein synthesis
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Enzyme
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all of the above
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Ames test is for the detection of
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chemical mutagens
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The life cycle of a virus is
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adsorption->penetration->synthesis->maturation->release
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Reverse transcription occurs when
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RNA is used as a template to produce DNA
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Why is it very difficult to define a species in bacteria?
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all of the above
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As discussed table 9-3 in the textbook mistaken an ester bone in
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archae lipid membrane
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Eschera coli serovar is often distinguished by
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H,K,O antigens
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Extreme thermophiles are
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archaea
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The amino acid phenylalanine has only two synonomous codons (UUU &UUC) is a form of
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missense codon
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Bacterial conjugation is an example of
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horizontal gene transfer
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Genetic codon
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related to anticodons on tRNA
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Evolution is the result of
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random mutations and natural selection
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