1.

A plant virus is not stable when

a. its infectivity is retained even with
harsh environments
b. it infects only one host
c. it has a vector
d. it has a wide host range
2. Which of the following is true of non-persistent
viruses?
a. infects and multiplies in specific
tissues/cells of the host
b. is transmitted by both aphids and
leafhoppers
c. its vectors loose the ability to transmit them
after molting
d. its vectors do not loose the ability to
transmit the virus after molting
3. A plant infected with a virus and shows
severe symptoms, high virus
concentration in it but shows no
significant reduction in its yield is
considered
a. Susceptible c. tolerant
b. Resistant d. semi-tolerant
4. In general, plants infected with persistent
viruses show symptoms that are mostly
a) dwarfing/stunting and mosaics/mottles
b) dwarfing/stunting and leaf curls/cupping
c) dwarfing/stunting and yellowing/chlorosis
d) dwarfing/stunting and leaf fall
5. Who among the scientists named
below is considered the Father of
Virology?
a. Berkeley c. Newton
b. Beijerinck d. Galileo
６。　 An example of a rod shaped plant virus
is
a. tobacco mosaic
c. banana bunchy top
b. rice tungro
d. citrus tristeza virus
７． A virus is different from a viroid in that the
viroid is composed of
a. single stranded circular RNA and a protein coat
b. single stranded RNA alone with extensive base
paring
c. single stranded DNA alone with extensive base
paring
d. single stranded circular DNA and a protein coat
8. The pioneering experiments that laid the
foundations of virology as a discipline of
biology were those by
a. Shepherd and co-workers
b. Stanley, Markham and Smith
c. Schramm, Frankael-Conrat and
Williams
d. Mayer, Iwanowski and Beijerinck
9. The early works on plant diseases due to
viruses were based on the simple fact that
they are
a. very infectious and cause mosaic/mottle
symptoms
b. very infectious and very small
c. are transmitted by aphids
d. associated with leafhoppers
10. The plant viruses have been labeled as genetic
parasites in that they…
a. take over the genetic machinery of their host
cells for their own reproduction
b. allow continuous and uncontrolled division of
their host cells
c. take over the DNA of their host cells and
package it as their own
d. use the enzymes of the host for their assembly
into particles
11. The most important group of vectors of
plant viruses, both in terms of number of
the viruses they transmit and the
economic importance of the diseases
these viruses cause, is the
a. hoppers c. aphids
b. whiteflies d. beetles
12. A number of economically important
virus diseases have been ravaging crops
in the Philippines. Which of the following
is not a virus disease?
a. rice tungro c. abaca/banana
bunchy top
b. papaya ring spot d. coconut
cadang-cadang
13. Virus genome organization means the
arrangement of the
a. nucleic acid with its protein coat
b. amino acids in all its coat proteins
c. various genes along the whole nucleic
acid strand
d. sugars with its coat protein
14. Which of the following would contribute
highly to a fast characterization of a plant
virus? It being
a. a virus with known physical properties in
vitro
b. transmitted only by certain species of a
vector
c. infects specialized cells of its host
d. easily mechanically transmitted
15. The biological properties of a virus are
reflected through infectivity assays. In
this type of assay …
a. only purified viruses can be tested
b. both purified and viruses in sap can be
tested
c. only infectious particles cause infections
d. both infectious and non-infectious particles
necessary for infection
16. Plant viruses with genomes, whether
composed of one or more than one strand,
enclosed in a single coat protein is a
a. helper virus c. monocomponent
virus
b. dependent virus d. satellite virus
17. From the site of inoculation, plant
viruses spread through the plant in a slow
cell-to-cell spread through the
a. stomata c. plasmodesmata
b. xylem d. phloem
18. The survival and spread of certain plant
viruses depend on
a. amount of virus produced in infected
tissues
b. its degree of stability
c. persistence in its vector
d. all of the above
19. Which virus would most likely survive?
a. a virus that kills its host plants with a
rapidly developing systemic disease
b. a virus that causes only mild or moderate
disease that allows the plant to survive
and reproduce effectively
c. a virus that will not infect and cause any
disease
d. a virus not does not replicate in plants
20. Which of the following would not
contribute to plant virus disease
epidemics?
a. presence of active and mobile vectors
b. planting of susceptible hosts
c. monocropping
d. multicropping
21. Roguing as a virus disease control strategy is
worthwhile or effective if disease spread
a. is occurring rapidly relative to the lifetime of the
crop
b. is occurring slowly relative to the lifetime of the
crop
c. is occurring simultaneously on several hosts
d. is occurring at random
22. A seed infected with a virus is an important
source of infection since the seed introduces
a. the virus into the crop at a very early stage
b. a concentrated foci of infection throughout the
crop
c. the virus into the crop at all stages of the crop
d. the virus into the crop at a late stage.
23. A virus preparation which is not so pure
(i.e. contains host components) when
used to immunize a rabbit, the rabbit will
a. produce antibodies against the virus only
b. produce antibodies of the host plant
component only
c. produce antibodies to both the virus and
host component
d. not produce any antibody
24. Which of the following is a form of
susceptible response by the plant to a
virus infection?
a. production of local lesions
b. relatively fast appearance of severe
symptoms
c. slow virus multiplication and spread in it
d. slow appearance of symptoms
25. Which of the following is true of a virus
as an antigen?
a. induces the production of antibodies and
reacts specifically to the antibodies
b. should react to all antibodies produced
c. induces only the production of antibodies
in a warm-blooded animal
d. not recognized by antibodies in
immunized animals
26. The early definitions of a virus
mentioned which of the following
characteristic?
a. as obligate parasites
b. possession of RNA as genome
c. smaller than the pore size of bacterial
filters
d. cause mosaic symptoms
27. The virus capsid are made up of
subunits called
a. coat proteins c. polypeptides
b. amino acids d. capsomeres
28. DNA and RNA are the two types of
nucleic acids in viruses. These nucleic
acids can best be differentiated on which
of the following?
a. nitrogen bases c. phosphate
groups
b. sequence d. length
29. The main components of plant viruses
are
a. DNA + glycoprotein + lipids
b. Transfer RNA + protein + lipids
c. glyconucleoprotein + lipids
d. either DNA or RNA + protein
30. The structural protein component of
plant viruses is the one assembled to be
the capsid while the nonstructural
proteins are those that….
a. protect the nucleic acid genome
b. mediate replication of the genome
c. determine the type of relationship with its
vector
d. protect another protein
31. Which of the following mediates the
synthesis of RNA from a viral RNA
template?
a. DNA dependent DNA polymerase
b. DNA dependent RNA polymerase
c. RNA dependent RNA polymerase
d. RNA dependent DNA polymerase
32. The study of the reaction of the antibody
and antigen in vitro is called
a. Immunology c. serology
b. Hematology d. virology
33. With the use of insecticides to control a
persistently transmitted plant virus, the
following is/are not expected effect/s
a. reduction of total inoculum
b. reduction of disease spread
c. reduction of total insect vector
population
d. no reduction of disease spread
34. Which of the following should not be
considered in identifying or classifying a
plant virus?
a. genomic organization
b. shape of particle
c. type of nucleic acid
d. organization of protein
35. A persistently transmitted virus
a. induces foliar symptoms such as mosaic,
stunting or dwarfing
b. is lost by the vector after a few seconds
to minutes of vector probing/feeding
c. usually has no latent period
d. has a long latent period
36. A virus that does not persist in its insect
vector
a. infects specialized cells such as those in
the vascular system
b. is transmitted after several hours to a few
days of vector probing/feeding
c. is not lost after molting of the vector
d. is lost after molting of the vector