ANTIGEN QUIZ | EXAMIANS

Immunogenicity

is usually a property of self antigens such as eye tissue

is not a property of antibodies

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

is not a property of haptens

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

innate response

primary response

cellular response

secondary response

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

B lymphocytes

Helper T lymphocyte

None of these

Killer T lymphocytes

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

Vaccine

Antiserum

Histamine

Interferon

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

goat

mouse of a different strain

rat

mouse of the same genetic background (strain)

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Antibodies bound to an invading microorganism activate the complement system via

classical pathway

metabolic pathway

Embden Meyerhof pathway

Entner-Doudoroff pathway

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

Histamines

Drugs

Antibiotics

Vaccines

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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

An allergic response

Cancer

Passive immunity

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Which of the following is in the lymph nodes of a person battling a cold virus?

Huge numbers of white blood cells

All of these

Lymph ducts that enter and exit the nodes and Lymph fluid

Trapped viruses that have been roaming the body

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Immunological memory is due to

short lived macrophage that can recognize specific pathogens

long lived B cells that secrete a specific antigen

long lived B cells that secrete a specific antibody

short lived helper T cells that signal macrophage to divide

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