VIRUSES lesson 10: Vaccines and anti-virals Quizellenj2023-07-28T14:36:35-04:00 Please sign up for the course before taking this quiz. 1. How can viruses become resistant to anti-viral medicines?1 Through mutations to the genome which cause tiny changes in the shapes of their proteins. By acquiring more protein tools inside their capsids. By changing their genomes from RNA to DNA, or vice versa. Their protease "scissors" develop the ability to shred the medicine molecules. 2. Sabin knew exactly how his vaccine worked.1 True False 3. Immune cells must have whole virus capsids in order to make antibodies.1 True False 4. What is the purpose of an adjuvant?1 To add an additional chemical that will help to poison the virus. To get other types of immune cells to help with the antibody repsonse by T and B cells. To prevent other immune cells from hindering the antibody repsonse by T and B cells. To be a preservative that will increase the shelf life of the vaccine. 5. Polio’s genome has been completely mapped out, down to every last rung of its RNA.1 True False 6. The goal of an anti-viral medicine is to block or break a viral part without harming the body cell.1 True False 7. There is just one type of influezna vaccine.1 True False 8. What does the word “attenuated” mean?1 mutated weakened killed recycled 9. There are still some viruses for which we have neither vaccine nor anti-viral medicine.1 True False 10. Only B cells can become memory cells.1 True False 11. Which one is true of Acyclovir?1 It binds to neuraminidase. It blocks the M2 channel. It mimics a guanine rung. It prevents fusion with the cell membrane. 12. Sabin’s attenuated polio vaccine could still infect intestinal cells.1 True False 13. Only guanine rungs can be mimicked by anti-viral analogue medicines.1 True False 14. Only immune system cells have MHC-2 receptors.1 True False 15. Which researcher used chemicals to damage the polio virus?1 Salk Sabin VIRUSES lesson 9: The Body Fights Back VIRUSES: Bonus info and extra resources Back to: VIRUSES lesson 10: Vaccines and anti-virals
