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1.
Discuss the benefits and dangers of immunization against bacterial and viral infections.
(Total 8 marks)
2.
3.
4.
Describe how human skin and mucous membranes act as barriers to pathogens.
(Total 4 marks)
5.
6.
(a)
(b)
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(3)
(c)
State two other substances, apart from antibodies, transported by the blood.
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(1)
(Total 5 marks)
8.
(a)
Explain how the skin and mucous membranes prevent entry of pathogens into the body.
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(3)
(b)
Explain why antibiotics are used to treat bacterial but not viral diseases.
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(2)
(Total 5 marks)
What name is given to the molecules that bind to foreign proteins that enter the body?
A.
Antigens
B.
Antibodies
C.
Allergens
D.
Antibiotics
(Total 1 mark)
2.
Which factors related to mucous membranes protect the body against microbes?
I.
Production of lysozyme
II.
III.
Trapping of microbes
A.
I and II only
B.
C.
D.
I, II and III
(Total 1 mark)
3.
Mucous membranes
A.
B.
C.
D.
4.
B.
C.
D.
5.
Which sequence of events correctly describes the destruction of pathogens in body tissues by
phagocytic leucocytes?
A.
B.
C.
D.
6.
Each type can recognize one specific antibody and produces a specific antigen against it.
B.
Each type can recognize one specific antigen and produces a specific antibody against it.
C.
D.
7.
B.
C.
D.
8.
B.
C.
D.
9.
What is a pathogen?
A.
B.
C.
D.
HL ONLY
10.
B.
C.
D.
11.
Colostrum, the first milk produced by the mother after giving birth, also contains antibodies that
can be absorbed into the babys blood. What type of immunity is the baby acquiring from its
mother?
A.
Passive
B.
Antigen
C.
Active
D.
Artificial
(Total 1 mark)
12.
A.
Isolate B-cells producing specific antibody inject antigens into animal fuse B-cells
with tumour cells harvest monoclonal antibodies.
B.
Inject antigens into animal isolate B-cells producing specific antibody fuse B-cells
with tumour cells harvest monoclonal antibodies.
C.
Isolate B-cells producing specific antibody fuse B-cells with tumour cells inject
antigens into animal harvest monoclonal antibodies.
D.
Inject antigens into animal fuse cultured B-cells with tumour cells isolate B-cells
producing specific antibody harvest monoclonal antibodies.
(Total 1 mark)
13.
Some infectious diseases are treated by injecting the patient with antibodies after they have been
exposed to the disease.
What type of immunity is this?
A.
B.
C.
D.
14.
B.
C.
D.
15.
Which of the following represents the correct sequence of events when the body is responding
to a bacterial infection?
I.
II.
Activation of B-cells
III.
A.
I, II, III
B.
I, III, II
C.
III, II, I
D.
II, III, I
(Total 1 mark)
16.
Tumour cells
II.
III.
Macrophages
A.
II only
B.
I and II only
C.
D.
I, II and III
(Total 1 mark)
17.
Fibrin
B.
Fibrinogen
C.
Hemoglobin
D.
Thrombin
(1)
18.
Which curve shows the response of the immune system to a vaccine, followed by an
infection?
A .
B .
L evel of
a n tib o d y
L evel of
a n tib o d y
T im e
V
T im e
C .
D .
L evel of
a n tib o d y
L evel of
a n tib o d y
T im e
V
V = V a c c in a tio n
19.
T im e
V
I = In fe c tio n
(Total 1 mark)
Antibiotics stimulate the immune system against bacteria but not viruses
B.
C.
D.
20.
Which types of cells in the immune system destroy body cells that have been infected by
viruses?
A.
Activated B-cells
B.
Cytotoxic T-cells
C.
Phagocytic macrophages
D.
21.
Cytotoxic T-cells
B.
Phagocytes
C.
Macrophages
D.
Memory cells
(Total 1 mark)
22.
Platelets
II.
Clotting factors
III.
Antibodies
IV.
Fibrinogen
A.
I and II only
B.
C.
I, II and IV only
D.