Question 1

A woman uses a home pregnancy test that detects hCG hormone in urine. This test is an example of which type of antibody assay?

Accepted Answer

an immunochromatographic assay

Question 2

Which of the following statements regarding ELISAs is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

They can be used to detect antibody or antigen.

Question 3

Which of the following vaccines can produce contact immunity within a population?

Accepted Answer

attenuated

Question 4

Which of the following statements regarding inactivated vaccines is FALSE?

Accepted Answer

It is made from mutated forms of the pathogen.

Question 5

Clonal deletion of developing T lymphocytes takes place in which location(s) in the body?

Accepted Answer

the thymus

Question 6

Which of the following is an exogenous antigen?

Accepted Answer

a bacterium outside a cell

Question 7

Class I MHC molecules are essential for:

Accepted Answer

presentation of endogenous antigens.

Question 8

A child has anti-influenza and anti-RSV antibodies that are primarily IgM, and anti-RSV antibodies are also IgG. What is the most appropriate interpretation?

Accepted Answer

The child has a current RSV infection and was previously exposed to influenza.

Question 9

Which of the following is the result when a CTL (cytotoxic T lymphocyte) interacts with a virally infected cell?

Accepted Answer

The cell undergoes apoptosis.

Question 10

Vaccination triggers an immune response which produces _______ immunity.

Accepted Answer

artificial active

Question 11

Which of the following statements regarding phagocyte recognition of pathogens is TRUE?

Accepted Answer

TLRs in the phagocyte cytoplasmic membrane bind surface structures of microbes.

Question 12

The alternative pathway of complement cascade activation begins with _______ binding to the surface of a microbe.

Accepted Answer

$C3b$

Question 13

Which of the following substances contributes to the edema associated with inflammation?

Accepted Answer

both leukotrienes and histamine

Question 14

A person produces a mutated C3 protein resulting in C5a failing to stick, but enzymatic function is not affected. Complement activation in this individual would result in which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Phagocytosis would be facilitated but chemotaxis by phagocytes would be reduced.

Question 15

Protection from infection known as species resistance is a result of:

Accepted Answer

both the absence of necessary receptors and lack of suitable environment in the body.

Question 16

Sebum contains ________, which contributes to creating an inhospitable environment on the surface of the body.

Accepted Answer

salts

Question 17

What antibacterial chemical is present in tear fluid?

Accepted Answer

lysozyme

Question 18

Cells of the second line of defense called ______ recognize and kill virus-infected cells.

Accepted Answer

NK cells

Question 19

Fever is beneficial during viral infection because the higher temperature:

Accepted Answer

increases the effectiveness of interferons.

Question 20

Which of the following statements about eosinophil function is CORRECT?

Accepted Answer

They attach to the surface of parasitic helminths and release toxins that kill the parasite.

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