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Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding infection with parvovirus B19?

A) Parvovirus B19 causes severe anemia because it preferentially infects erythrocyte precursors B) Parvovirus B19 can cause hydrops fetalis via transplacental infection of a fetus in a seropositive mother
C) Parvovirus B19 can be diagnosed by detection of viral RNA using PCR or hybridization assays D) Parvovirus B19 replicates in the host cell nucleus utilizing a virally encoded DNA polymerase to create a double- stranded DNA intermediate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Parvovirus B19 causes severe anemia because it preferentially infects erythrocyte precursors

Explanation:

Parvovirus B19 causes severe anemia because it preferentially infects erythrocyte precursors.

 

a. Parvovirus B19 binds preferentially to the erythrocyte blood group P antigen on erythroid precursor cells.

Answers B, C, D are incorrect:

b. after entry the single-stranded viral DNA genome is transported to the cell nucleus where the host DNA polymerase synthesizes the complimentary DNA strand.

c. Parvovirus B19 infection can be diagnosed by direct detection of viral DNA not RNA.

d. the fetus of a seropositive mother is protected from infection by maternal circulating antibodies.

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 Which of the following is required for the DB2 optimizer to consider a hash join strategy?

A) Optimization level 1 or above B) Equijion predicates
C) Registry variable DB_ANTIJOIN=YES D) SORTHEAP large enough to contain the tables being joined
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Equijion predicates

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Why is secondary storage needed?

A) no need of power supply B) large storage capacity
C) Both A & B D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Both A & B

Explanation:

Secondary storage therefore needed because it is non-volatile, meaning it retains its contents without the need for a power supply. It also has the large storage capacity needed to store the operating system and all the programs and files needed by a modern computer system.

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When was the first time declared National Sports Day?

Answer

August 29, 1995 was for the first time declared National Sports Day, it being the 90th birthday of hockey wizard Dhyan Chand

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Suez Canal was completed in the year

A) 1859 B) 1869
C) 1871 D) 1889
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1869

Explanation:

Of the two international ship canals, the Suez is more important than the Panama. Constructed over a period of 10 years according to a plan of the French Engineer  Ferdinand de Lesseps, the Suez Canal was opened as early as 1869.

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Which among the following is not correctly matched?

A) Parachute: W H carothers B) Barometer: Torricelli
C) Cells: Robert Hooke D) X- Ray: W Roentgen
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Parachute: W H carothers

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Every hot object emits _________________

A) X -­ rays B) Visible light
C) Infrared rays D) Ultraviolet rays
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Infrared rays

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Which of the following uses a Non Renewable Energy Source?

A) Wind Mill Power Plant B) Hydro Electric Plant
C) Nuclear Power Plant D) Tidal Power Plant
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Nuclear Power Plant

Explanation:

Nuclear Power Plant uses a Non Renewable Energy Source.

 

Non-renewable energy is that source of energy which can not be used again and again. This sort of energy is sustainable to exhaustion.


Non renewable energy is that form of energy which is subject to deletion. This type of energy is of many uses to us. It can be used to produce electricity, heating, cooking, transportation and manufacturing. 85% of the energy used in the industrial processes is form the non-renewable type of energy.

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