Name: __________________________________ Date: _______________

Course, Yr. & Section: ______________________

Microbiology Laboratory
VIROLOGY

General Instructions: Write your answer in CAPITAL LETTERS. Use BLUE INK only. No erasure.
Assess yourself, try to answer without looking at your notes 
Test I. Choose the best answer. Write the letter of your choice on the space provided.

_____1. Viral genomes consist of:

a. DNA Only b. RNA only c. DNA or RNA d. DNA and RNA
_____2. A nucleocapsid can have ___________ symmetry.
a. Radial b. icosahedral c. vertical d. bilateral

_____3. Tissue tropism refers to:

a. What tissues grow due to a viral infection
b. What tissues are resistant to viral infection
c. What organisms a virus infects
d. What cells or tissues a virus infects
_____4. An RNA virus genome in the form of messenger RNA is referred to as:
a. + strand RNA b. dsRNA c. – strand RNA d. reverse strand RNA
_____5. The release of viral genome from the capsid is called?

a. Uncoating b. Maturation c. Penetration c. Endocytosis

_____6. There are more than _____ different rhinoviruses, which belong to the family _____.
a. 50: Orthomyxoviridae
b. 100: Adenoviridae
c. 30: Paramyxoviridae
d. 100: Picornaviridae
_____7. Which of the following statements is NOT true of the influenza viruses?
a. They have a segmented genome
b. The genome is double-stranded DNA
c. The viruses have an envelope
d. There are three types of the flu viruses
_____8. ______ are diagnostic for measles.
a. Koplik spots b. Wart-like lesions c. Swollen lymph nodes d. Negri bodies

_____9. Which one of the following statements applies to smallpox?

a. The disease is associated with animal contact.
b. The disease has been eradicated worldwide.
c. It can be sexually-transmitted.
d. The virus can lie dormant in host cells.

______10. A long thread-like RNA virus is typical of the _____ viruses.

a. Hepatitis C b. Ebola c. Polio d. West Nile

______11. These are the single most important cause of diarrhea in infants and children.
a. Noroviruses b. Echoviruses c. Hepatitis A viruses d. Rotaviruses

______12. Hydrophobia is a term applied for?

a. Rotavirus b. Orbivirus c. Marburg virus d. Rabies virus
______13. Arboviral encephalitis is an example of:
a. Disease causing gastroenteritis
b. Disease spread by fecal-oral route
c. Zoonosis
d. Type of hepatitis

______14. The reservoir for Lassa fever

a. Rats b. mosquitoes c. ticks d. Sandfly

______15. Which term best describes viruses?

a. Facultative saprophtyes
b. Indigenous microaerophiles
c. Obligate intracellular parasites
d. Ultramicroscopic microorganisms

______16. The ______ influenza virus appear to be involved in attachment to the host cell receptor
site
a. Pili b. Fimbriae c. Hemagglutinin d. Neuraminidase

______17. Which of the following is the agent associated with the development of neurodegenerative
disease in livestock and humans/
a. Viroids b. virions c. Prions d. Pseudovirions

______18. How do viruses reproduce?

a. They divide by mitosis
b. Sexually, by external fertilization
c. Replication outside the host cell
d. Inserting DNA into host cell

______19. A lipid-containing structure that may or may not be present in a virus

a. Capsid b. Capsule c. Envelope d. genome

______20. Poliomyelits causes spastic paralysis.

a. True b. False c. Maybe

Test II. Matching type

Column A Column B
_____21.Orthmyxovirus a. dsDNA
_____22.Flavivirus b. ssDNA
_____23.Reovirus c. RNA (+)
_____24 Poxvirus d. RNA (-)
_____25.Arenavirus e. dsRNA
_____26.Filovirus
_____27.Rubivirus
_____28.Parvovirus
_____29.Herpesvirus
_____30 Calicivirus

Column A Column B
_____31. SARS a. Herpes Zoster
_____32. H1N1 b. HIV
_____33. Roseola infantum c. Coxsackie
_____34. Shingles d. HHV6
_____35. Fifth Disease e. Coronavirus
_____36. Retinitis f. Influenza A
_____37. Rubella g. Norwalk virus
_____38. Pleurodynia h. Parvovirus B19
_____39. Winter vomiting disease i. Rubivirus
_____40. AIDS j. Cytomegalovirus
 Column A Column B
_____41. Hepatitis E a. Flavivirdae
_____42. Mumps b. Bunyaviridae
_____43. Kaposi’s sarcoma c. Papoviridae
_____44. Plantar Wart d. Picornaviridae
_____45.Zika Virus e. Paramyxoviridae
_____46.Chikungunya f. Poxviridae
_____47.Hepatitis B g. Togaviridae
_____48.Molluscum contagiosum h. Herpesviridae
_____49. Hand-foot-mouth disease i. Hepadnaviridae
_____50. Rift Valley fever j. Caliciviridae

Modified True or False. Write “T” if the statement is correct, if false change the underlined word to
make the statement true. Write your answer on the space provided.

______________51. Both yellow fever and dengue fever are caused by a DNA virus transmitted by a
mosquito.

______________52. Parvovirus B19 can be transmitted vertically from mother to baby and is known
to cause hydrops fetalis.

______________53. The Salk and Sabin vaccines are used for the immunization against chicken pox.

______________54. Antigenic shift results from major changes based on the reassortment of
segments of its RNA.

______________55. German measles, also known as rubella is the mildest form of exanthema.

______________56. Reye syndrome usually appears in young people after they are given salicylates
to treat fever or pain associated with influenza.

______________57. In order to view viruses it requires light microscopy.

______________58. AIDS is considered as the final stage of HIV infection.

______________59. Most of the RNA viruses, whether positive or negative sense replicate in the
nucleus.

______________60. Hepatitis B and Hepatitis A are both associated with hepatocellular carcinoma.

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