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Immune Response problems


  • 1. Antibodies bound to an invading microorganism activate the complement system via

  • Options
  • A. classical pathway
  • B. metabolic pathway
  • C. Embden Meyerhof pathway
  • D. Entner-Doudoroff pathway
  • Discuss
  • 2. During exposure to a foreign invader, there are more __________ present in the vertebrate body than before exposure

  • Options
  • A. antibodies
  • B. lymphocytes
  • C. macrophages and antigens
  • D. all of these
  • Discuss
  • 3. To elicit the best antibodies to mouse MHC I, it should be injected into a

  • Options
  • A. goat
  • B. mouse of the same genetic background (strain)
  • C. mouse of a different strain
  • D. rat
  • Discuss
  • 4. What is a protein produced by host cells infected by viruses?

  • Options
  • A. Interferon
  • B. Histamine
  • C. Antiserum
  • D. Vaccine
  • Discuss
  • 5. Immunological memory is due to

  • Options
  • A. short lived macrophage that can recognize specific pathogens
  • B. long lived B cells that secrete a specific antibody
  • C. long lived B cells that secrete a specific antigen
  • D. short lived helper T cells that signal macrophage to divide
  • Discuss
  • 6. What is the result of an abnormal response of the immune system to part of a person's own body?

  • Options
  • A. Passive immunity
  • B. Cancer
  • C. An allergic response
  • D. An autoimmune disease
  • Discuss

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