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  • During the lag period between antigen contact and detection of adaptive immunity,


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  • A. antigen is hidden from the immune system in macrophages
  • B. innate immune effectors are eliminating antigen
  • C. innate immunity blocks the activation of adaptive immune effector cells
  • D. new B and T cells with the appropriate antigen specificity must be produced in the bone marrow

  • Correct Answer
  • innate immune effectors are eliminating antigen 


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    • 1. The ability of an antigen to induce an immune response does not depend on the antigen's

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    • A. ability to enter the thyroid
    • B. degree of aggregation
    • C. dose
    • D. size
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    • 2. A molecule that can be covalently linked to a non-immunogenic antigen to make it an immunogen is called a (n)

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    • A. adjuvant
    • B. carrier
    • C. hapten
    • D. mitogen
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    • 3. CD antigens

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    • A. allow leukocytes to recognize antigen
    • B. are each expressed on only one cell type
    • C. are expressed on immune cells to mark them for separation
    • D. function as receptors for cytokine and CAMs
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    • 4. Very low doses of antigen may induce

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    • A. hypersensitivity
    • B. immunological ignorance
    • C. low zone tolerance
    • D. low zone immunity
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    • 5. Which of the following is incorrect with regard to antigen epitopes?

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    • A. An epitope may be shared by two different antigens
    • B. A protein molecule usually contains multiple epitopes
    • C. B cells bind only processed antigen epitopes
    • D. Epitopes may be linear or assembled
    • Discuss
    • 6. For specific antigen recognition by T cells,

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    • A. antigen is bound by a T cell membrane antibody
    • B. denaturation of antigen does not reduce epitope recognition
    • C. MHC molecules are not required
    • D. antigen exposure during T cell maturation is required
    • Discuss
    • 7. A pathogen can be a (n)

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    • A. agent that causes a disease
    • B. virus
    • C. bacteria
    • D. All of these
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    • 8. The antibiotic penicillin is a small molecule that does not induce antibody formation. However, penicillin binds to serum proteins and forms a complex that in some people induces antibody formation resulting in an allergic reaction. Penicillin is therefore

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    • A. an antigen
    • B. a hapten
    • C. an immunogen
    • D. both an antigen and a hapten
    • Discuss
    • 9. Antigen, when injected in the body activates its specific lymphocytes in the

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    • A. blood circulation
    • B. draining lymph nodes
    • C. MALT (mucosa associated
    • D. spleen lymphoid tissue
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    • 10. Lymphocytes are activated by antigen in the

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    • A. blood stream
    • B. bone marrow
    • C. liver
    • D. lymph nodes
    • Discuss


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