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Which of the following diseases known to be caused by a viroid?
a) the hepatitis A        
b) the hepatitis B
c) the hepatitis C        
d) the hepatitis D

d

Naked strands of RNA that infect plants are called……..
a) prions                                 
b) virions
c) viriods                    
d) retrovirions

c

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Which of these characteristics of living thing is exhibited by a virus?
a) heredity                 
b) metabolism
c) response to stimulus           
d) interaction with the environment

a

Of the following antibiotics, which is the most effective against most viral infections?
a) penicillin                 
b) erythromycin
c) zanax                                  
d) none of these

d

Transcription is the making RNA from a DNA template. Which of the following would be the best definition of reverse transcription?
a) making a protein from a DNA template
b) making a DNA using an RNA molecule as a template
c) making polysaccharides out of monosaccharides  
d) none of these

b

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