IMMUNE RESPONSE IN BIOCHEMISTRY QUIZ

In cellular immunity, T lymphocytes are responsible for the recognition and killing of foreign invaders. The cells are

cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL)

killer T cells

both (a) and (b)

None of these

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The immune response to a booster vaccine is called a(n)

innate response

secondary response

cellular response

primary response

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Immunological memory is due to

long lived B cells that secrete a specific antibody

short lived macrophage that can recognize specific pathogens

long lived B cells that secrete a specific antigen

short lived helper T cells that signal macrophage to divide

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To elicit the best antibodies to mouse MHC I, it should be injected into a

mouse of a different strain

mouse of the same genetic background (strain)

goat

rat

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Immunogenicity

is not a property of antibodies

is usually a property of self antigens such as eye tissue

is not a property of haptens

depends on the ability of the native antigen to be presented by MHC

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What are the solutions prepared from weakened or dead microorganisms, viruses, or toxins that provide some immunity from diseases?

Drugs

Antibiotics

Vaccines

Histamines

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If a person is vaccinated against a disease sometime in the past, which of the following is currently in your body?

A very high level of antibodies against the disease antigens

Memory B lymphocytes for the antigen of this disease organism

The disease organism itself and antigens for the disease organism

All of these

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During exposure to a foreign invader, there are more __________ present in the vertebrate body than before exposure

antibodies

lymphocytes

macrophages and antigens

all of these

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Antibodies bound to an invading microorganism activate the complement system via

classical pathway

Entner-Doudoroff pathway

metabolic pathway

Embden Meyerhof pathway

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Polysaccharides on the surface of infecting microorganisms can also activate complement directly in the absence of

antigen via the alternative pathway

None of these

antibody via metabolic pathway

antibody via the alternative pathway

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