IMMUNE RESPONSE IN BIOCHEMISTRY QUIZ

Immunological memory is due to

long lived B cells that secrete a specific antigen

short lived macrophage that can recognize specific pathogens

long lived B cells that secrete a specific antibody

short lived helper T cells that signal macrophage to divide

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Which of the following immune cells would have an especially low count in a patient with advanced AIDS?

B lymphocytes

Killer T lymphocytes

None of these

Helper T lymphocyte

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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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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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What is the result of an abnormal response of the immune system to part of a person's own body?

An autoimmune disease

Cancer

An allergic response

Passive immunity

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

mouse of the same genetic background (strain)

rat

goat

mouse of a different strain

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To detect a humoral immune response to influenza virus, it is possible to measure

dividing T cells in the draining lymph nodes

serum antibody titer

plasma cytokine levels

cytotoxicity of virus-infected cells in tissue culture

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What is a protein produced by host cells infected by viruses?

Antiserum

Vaccine

Interferon

Histamine

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

killer T cells

cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL)

both (a) and (b)

None of these

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

secondary response

primary response

cellular response

innate response

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