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MIP-300 Final
Question | Answer |
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A non-retrovirus positive sense RNA viruses will require reverse transcriptase and integrase to replicate | False |
A non-retrovirus positive sense RNA viruses will require cellular RNA polymerase to replicate | False |
Negative sense RNA viruses will require Integrase to replicate | False |
Negative sense RNA viruses will require cellular DNA polymerase to replicate | False |
DNA viruses will require replicase activity to replicate | False |
DNA viruses will require reverse transcriptase to replicate | False |
A retrovirus will require reverse transcriptase and integrase to replicate | True |
A retrovirus will require both transcriptase and replicase activity to replicate | False |
In a positive sense RNA retrovirus, what step follows production of viral proteins? | Packaging of viral genomes into capsids |
In a negative sense RNA virus, what step follows production of viral proteins? | Production of viral replicative form |
who provides the lipids in a viral envelope | the cell |
all viruses have a protein coat | True |
a virulent phage can inadvertently package host cell chromosome into phage particles | True |
you have a bacterium that picks up a new gene by Hfr conjugation. what is an explanation of why progeny of this bacterium express this trait? | the gene is integrated into the genome |
after successful transformation of a fragment of chromosomal DNA, the recipient (female) will become a donor (male) capable of creating a sex pili to transfer DNA | False |
you isolate a virulent page. It can perform specialized transduction | False |
you want to know if a baby still has vaccine neutralizing antibody that it received from its mom in utero. Which of the following types of ELISAs would you run? one that tests for | IgG |
in differential centrifugation, virus is first centrifuged at a slow speed, the supernatant is removed and re-centrifuged at a very fast speed | True |
Virus stocks prepared by differential centrifugation and gradient centrifugation are equally clean | False |
hemagglutination assay | determines highest dilution of virus that causes red blood cells to clump together |
cytopathic effect | a visible effect on a host cell, caused by a virus, that may result in host cell damage or death |
plaque assay | method used to measure the number of viral particles present in a sample |
a temperate phage can inadvertently package host cell chromosome into phage particles | True |
you isolate a bacterium that can transfer genes to other bacteria only when it is in direct contact with these bacteria. it is most likely transferring the genes by | conjugation |
a piece of host cell dna bound to a piece of phage dna after excising from the chromosome. when this phage that contains host cell dna infects a new cell, will the new cell be killed by this infection? | No |
after successful generalized transduction, the recipient (female) will become a donor (male) capable of creating a sex pili to transfer dna | False |
can a temperate phage perform generalized and specialized transduction? | yes |
what kind of organism can carry out the conversion of O2 --> H2O? | aerobic respiration and aerobic chemolithotrophy |
an error in dna replication causes a mutation changing AGG to CGG, what change do you expect? | no change to protein function |
the organism with the more positive reduction potential will produce more energy | true |
dna ligase forms | the last phosphodiester bond between dna single strands |
dna ligase forms hydrogen bonds | False |
for each acetyl-coA that enters the TCA cycle, how many ATP are generayed by substrate level phosphorylation | 1 |
you correctly perform a gram stain on bacteria that contain LPS, what color will you see on the slide? | Pink |
a bacterium contains 2 carbohydrates and 5 different amino acids in its cell wall. What color will it gram stain? | Purple |
an antibiotic inhibits ribosome function and prevents bacteria from sporulating. which step in sporulation is affected | formation of spore coats |
a bacterium is known to be a psychophile. which of the following would be true for this organism? | generation time shortest at 0-20 degrees celcsius and growth rate the fastest |
you grow a bacteria in a tube that is loosely capped. it grows evenly throughout the tube. the bacteria is likely | aerotolerant anaerobe |
a bacterium has recently acquired antibiotic resistance, which of the following could NOT be a way this occurred | someone stopped taking her antibiotics early |
what is the most effective type of vaccine? will you have full immunity if you get the vaccine 5 days before exposure | attenuated; no |
you have abdominal pain, headache and a bacterial blood infection. are these signs or symptoms? what type of antibody? | symptoms and IgG |
you isolate a new canine virus that is similiar to a virus previously seen in birds. what type of change has occured? | antigenic shift |
newborns get some protections from their mothers. what is protecting them? where is the protection coming from? | IgA and igG and breast milk and placenta |
how many different B cells will be specific for a bacterium with a protein with 4 binding sites and a protein with 3 | 7, one B cell for each epitope |
you go to the ER for a severe drop in blood pressure. which of the following might be responsible? how will it stain? | endotoxin or superantigen, pink or purple |
a patient has a B cell mutation that prevents antibody production. Which can they still do at normal levels? | activate CTLs specific for the virus |
you start having diarrhea 4 hours after eating at a sketchy taco shop. This is likely a | food intoxication |
to ensure a gene inserted in a plasmid is in the correct orientation you should use | 2 different sticky ends |
prions cause disease by | converting normal proteins to abnormal proteins |
an antiviral that inactivates transcriptase activity will be effective against a + sense RNA virus | False |
for a negative sense RNA virus, protein translation will start before replicase acts | True |
you mix dead S strain with a live R strain of bacteria that is not competent. Will the mouse live or die? | The mouse will live |
a bacteria took up pUC19 that did not contain the gene of interest. what will be on your plate with ampicillin | the colonies will be blue |
a patient is in shock and exhibiting extremely low blood pressure. assuming your patient is suffering from a bacterial infection, which of the following could be causing the shock symptoms | either endotoxin or exotoxin |
a patient can do these at normal levels: neutralize a parasitic worm, phagoctize microbes and fix complement. However the patient cannot activate CTLs at a normal level. What part of the immune system does this patient most likely have deficiency in? | class I MHC |
people with HIV have no functional CD4+ T cells. what would you expect the immune system in these individuals to no longer be able to do? | activate macrophages to be more hostile -generate plasma cells and memory B cells through clonal selection -generate CTLs through clonal selection to kill virus infected cells and tumor cells |
mRNA sequence of: "5'UCAUUCGCCCGAAACCAAAUGAG" DNA template will be | 3' AGTAAGCGGGCTTT..." |
how would you classify the primase enzyme | DNA dependent RNA polymerase |
how many acetly coA and FADH2 will be produced from a 100-carbon fatty acid BEFORE the fatty acid feeds into aerobic respiration | 50,49 |
a bacterium eats an amino acid that once the nitrogen is removed contains 3 carbon atoms. where in anaerobic respiration could this amino acid feed into the pathway to be digested? | as pyruvate |
when acetly coA enters the TCA cycle, how many NADH are produced for the oxidation of 1 acetyl coA molecule? | 3 |
ATP is generated from which of the following steps during the fermentation of sugar | Glycolysis |
for the mRNA, what is the anti-codon for the tRNA carrying the 3rd amino acid incorporated in the protein (before post-translational modifications)? 5' AUGCUAGCAUCU 3' | 3' CGU 5' |
you isolate a bacterium that has a mutation in the RNA polymerase gene such that enzyme can no longer bind to the promoter region. what is most likely to occur | ecreased transcription of mRNA |
you discover a bacterium that subsists solely from oxidizing donuts and reducing iron. During the TCA cycle, how many substrate-level phosphorylations will this organism produce from 1 glucose molecule? | 2 ATP/GTP |
what are the affects of frameshift mutation? | could affect all amino acids downstream from the addition or deletion - changes the reading frame so that an entirely different set of codons is used - may result in a protein that is truncated and possibly non-functional |
one molecule of G3P feeds into aerobic respiration while your pet bacterium is enjoying a snack. How many ATP/GTP will be generated by oxidative phosprylation? | 17 |
you isolate a photosynthetic bacterium that has a mutation in the photosynthetic electron transport chain which causes it to stop functioning. indicate which of the following would NOT be affected by this mutation | oxidation of water |
you isolate an organism that degrades bisphenol plastic found in the great pacific garbage patch. you find that in the process it converts Fe3+ to Fe2+ what types of metabolism can this organism be performing? | anaerobic respiration |
what types of metabolism can carry out the reaction NO2 to NH4+? | anaerobic respiration and anaerobic chemolithotrophy |
you have isolated a cell that possesses a double stranded dna, 70s ribosomes, a plasma membrane composed of a phospholipid bilayer. Into which domain would you classify this as? | eukarya, bacteria, archaea |
what organisms could cause stomach infections in dogs? | mesophilic, acidophilic |
virulent phage can enter lysogeny | False |
virulent phage can carry out lytic cycle | True |
generalized transduction occurs when phage undergoes improper excision | False |
how many translocations will occur for a protein that contains 22 amino acids | 21 |
you are studying an organism that oxidizes glucose using anaerobic respiration. the electron donor is organic | True |
pyrvuate or derivative is oxidized during fermentation | False |
during the dark reaction of photolithotrophy, organic material is produced | True |
during the light reaction of photolithotrophy, the initial electron donor is oxygen | False |
during the dark reaction of photolithotrophy, organic material is consumed | False |
an organism that oxidizes Fe2+ for energy belongs to | chemolithoautotrophs |
pathway for aerobic respiration will an organism use in order to oxidize a 16 carbon fatty acid | glycolysis, beta-oxidation, intermediate step, tca cycle, etc |
how many atps will be generated at the etc from 1 FADH2 for a bacterium that oxidizes glucose using aerobic respiration | 2 ATP |
a bacterium oxidizes glucose using anaerobic respiration. how many atps will be generated at the etc from 1 NADH | <3 ATP |
five NADH molecules will be generated from the beta-oxidation of a 12 carbon fatty acid | True |
some activated B cells differentiate into memory b cells rather than plasma cells | True |
each b cell is specific for one, unique epitope | True |
each antibody is composed of two heavy chains and two light chains | True |
each antibody has a unique variable region that binds to an antigen on an epitope | False |
IgA is located at mucosal surfaces | true |
neutralization is when antibody binds to a virus before the virus can bind to a host cell receptor | True |
if an antigen has 3 different eptiopes, how many different B cells will bind to this antigen | 3 |
endotoxin most frequently causes | decreased blood pressure and shock |
neurotoxins are a type of | exotoxin |
exotoxin | a protein that is excreted from inside a bacterial cell to the environment |
injection with a gamma globulin shots will result in the production of memory T cells | False |
during the asymptomatic phase of HIV infection | people are still infectious, peoples immune systems are being slowly killed by the virus, people will often have a flu like syndrome |
during a primary immune response you will find activated CTL cells in | 7-10 days |
you inject a baby with a plasmid that contains the genes for the production of pili protein. this is an example of a ______ vaccine | recombinant DNA |
in eukaryotic cells, the function of ribosomes is | protein production |
both gram positive and gram negative organisms have NAG and NAM | True |
all micro organisms have ribosomes | False |