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Chapter 15: Questions With Answers
The Immune System
1. The immune system is divided into..
a. Three groups; First, Second, and third lines of defense.
b. Two groups; General immunity and specific immunity
c. Two groups; nonspecific and specific
*d. all of the above
2. Which is NOT part of the first line of defense.
a. Portals of entry.
*b. Antibodies
c. Saliva, and tears
d. Nasal hairs
3. What causes Whooping cough?
a. High levels of lactic acid
*b. damaged cilia
c. dieing cells filled with keratin
d. too much MHC
4. Which is NOT a characteristic of the Lymphatic system?
a. acts as a drain
b. protects against foreign material
c. provides an auxiliary route for the return of extracellular fluid to the circulatory system
*d. sinuses lymph nodes and spleen
5. Lymph is...
*a. a plasma like liquid that re-enters the blood stream increasing blood pressure
b. made up of pyrogens
c. a protein that ingests and eliminates foreign material
d. a secondary response that is produced in response to viruses, RNA, Immune products, and various antigens.
6. When neutrophils and macrophages squeeze out of capillaries to fight off infection it is called:
a. phagocytosis
b. hemolysis
c. interleukin
*d. diapedesis
e. folliculitis
7. During a great battle between your WBC's and an aggressive microbe, an inflammatory response has been initiated. Redness and edema has kicked in, what else does the body do to protect itself?
a. Histamine cause vasodilation
b. Hypothalmus raises your body's thermostat
c. Neutrophils engulf and destroy the microbe
d. Living and dead WBC and bacteria accumulate
*e. All of the above
8. Specificity and memory are associated with which body defense mechanism?
a. inflammatory response
b. phagocytosis by macrophages and neutrophils
c. interferon
*d. T cell and B cell responses
e. anatomical barriers in the body
9. Which is an additional chemical defense found in tears and saliva?
a.T lymphocytes
b. saline
*c. lysozyme
d.EFC
10. A phagocytic white blood cell is best described as "large eater"is called a ______.
*a. Macrophage
b. Mast cell
c. Plasma cell
d. T-cell
e. None of the above
11. During a secondary immune response,
a. antibodies are made quickly and in great amounts.
b. antibody production lasts longer than in a primary response
c. antibodies of the IgG class are produced.
d. lymphocyte clones are believed to develop.
*e. all of these apply
12.Which of these cell types aids the activation of T lymphocytes by antigens?
*a. macrophages
b. neutrophils
c.mast cells
d. natural killer cells
13. A mother passing antibodies to her baby through breast milk would be considered what type of immunity?
*a. Passive Immunity
b.Artificial Immunity
c. Active immunity
d. Kentucky Fried Chicken
14. Which of the following would Not be considered an autoimmune disease?
a. systemic lupus erythematosus
b. multiple sclerosis
c. rheumatoid arthritis
*d. herpes simplex virus
15. Mycoses is caused by
*a. Fungi
b. Bacteria
c. Protozoans
d. none of the above
16. If you are experiencing rhinitis what is wrong with you
a. You are having trouble bending your knee
b. Unable to hear
*c. Runny nose
d. Stuffy nose
17. Antibodies prepared from a clone of cells derived from a single B cell are called______antibodies.
a. allergen
b. inerferon
*c. monoclonal
d. a and b
18. The bubble boy had what immune deficiency?
*a. SCID
b. SSGC
c. GCG
d. ABC
19. The 1st vaccine used was for which disease?
*a. small pox
b. chicken pox
c. measles
d. mumps
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