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Test your basic knowledge |

Genetic Engineering And Virus

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 49 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. How a pathogen gets from host to host






2. Type of disease caused by a pathogen (virus - bacteria - etc.) damaging cells in the body






3. What is the use of a host for a virus?






4. What is a DNA fingerprint?






5. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






6. What is the virus structure?






7. A type of disease caused a problem with someone's DNA that leads to a miss a malfunctioning protein






8. Layer of protein surrounding the nucleic acid in a virus






9. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






10. A world wide break out of a disease






11. Normal body protein that has changed its 3d shape only - it has no DNA and can cause disease






12. An organism in which the pathogen lives and causes disease






13. Creating DNA from RNA






14. DNA that is made from pieces of DNA from 2 different organisms






15. How do viruses cause disease?






16. Rod and sphere refers to the different ______ a virus can be...






17. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






18. Are viruses living?






19. Virus that infects its host and stars reproducing right away making the host sick quickly






20. A local outbreak of disease






21. How are viruses classified?






22. Why is it harder to genetically engineer a plant?






23. A circular piece of single stranded RNA that can cause disease found in plants






24. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






25. What is the procedure for taking a piece of DNA form one organism and putting it into another?






26. A non living pathogen made of only protien






27. What is another name for genetic engineering?






28. Figuring out the order of the letters in a strand of DNA






29. How can a genetic disease be passed...






30. Virus that pauses one it gets inside the cell and can lay dormant for days or years






31. Something that carries a piece of DNA or pathogen but is not affected by them






32. How can a communicable disease be passed?






33. Another word for lysogenic






34. Different types of nucleic acid






35. A non - living pathogen made of nucleic acid and protein






36. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






37. Outside protien coat of a virus






38. Another word for lytic






39. Anything that causes disease






40. What is recombinant DNA?






41. He original host; where the virus lives until it moves to humans; usually only has mild symptoms






42. How a pathogen gets from its reservoir to its host






43. Rejoining of DNA






44. Things that can cause disease






45. A living organism like an animal or insect that carries a pathogen from host to host






46. Genetically identical copy






47. What are the characteristics of living things?






48. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






49. Different shapes of a virus






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