Chapter 17 Quiz:

 Question 1
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ELISA can be used for all of the following applications EXCEPT:

Selected Answer: quantification of complement proteins.
 Question 2
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Multiple doses and reinoculation every 10 years are disadvantages of which of the
following types of vaccines?
Selected Answer: toxoid vaccines
 Question 3
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Serum that has a high antibody titer ____________________.

Selected Answer: Both A and C are correct.
 Question 4
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Edward Jenner's method of protecting against smallpox was called

____________________.
Selected Answer: vaccination.
 Question 5
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An anti-antibody is an antibody directed against ____________________.

Selected Answer: another antibody molecule.
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Attenuation is ____________________.
Selected Answer: the process of reducing a pathogen's virulence.
 Question 7
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Which of the following is evidence of viral neutralization?

 Selected Answer: absence of cytopathic effect
 Question 8
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Which of the following types of antibody is most effective in an agglutination test?

Selected Answer: IgM
 Question 9
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All of the following are examples of labeled antibody tests EXCEPT:

Selected Answer: the Ouchterlony test
 Question 10
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Which of the following techniques involves the separation of antigens based on their
sizes and electrical charges?
Selected Answer: immunoelectrophoresis
 Question 11
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The statement "Complex antigens are generally multivalent" means that complex
antigens ____________________.
Selected Answer: have many antigenic determinants.
 Question 12
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Which of the following stimulates antibody-mediated immunity?

Selected Answer: Both A and B are correct.
 Question 13
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Herd immunity can be stimulated by which of the following?

Selected Answer: live vaccines
 Question 14
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Immunodiffusion requires all of the following EXCEPT:

 Selected Answer: an electrical current.
 Question 15
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Why are monoclonal antibodies useful?

Selected Answer: They are pure preparations of a single antibody molecule.
 Question 16
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In a positive complement fixation test,

Selected Answer: Both A and B are correct.
 Question 17
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All of the following are associated with a western blot EXCEPT:

Selected Answer: sheep red blood cells.
 Question 18
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Oral poliovirus vaccines is no longer routinely used in the U.S. because

____________________.
Selected Answer: immunized individuals can develop polio.
 Question 19
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Which of the following is used to detect the presence of Mycobacterium

tuberculosis in sputum samples?
Selected Answer: a direct fluorescent antibody test
 Question 20
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Which of the following is commonly used as the basis for rapid pregnancy tests?
Selected Answer: an immunochromatographic assay

Chapter 18:

 Question 1
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Allergens cause which of the following types of hypersensitivity?

Selected Answer: Type I
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Hypersensitivity pneumonitis is which of the following types of hypersensitivity?

Selected Answer: Type III
 Question 3
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Which of the following is caused by differences in Rh antigens?

Selected Answer: hemolytic disease of the newborn
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All of the following are associated with type I hypersensitivity EXCEPT:

Selected Answer: glomerulonephritis.
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Which of the following is an autoimmune disease affecting nervous tissue?

Selected Answer: multiple sclerosis
 Question 6
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All of the following are privileged sites in the body EXCEPT:

Selected Answer: the uterus.
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What accounts for the time-delayed nature of type IV hypersensitivity?

Selected Answer: the migration and proliferation of macrophages and T cells
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 Which of the following autoimmune diseases results from a type III hypersensitivity
reaction?
Selected Answer: Both A and C are correct.
 Question 9
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Which of the following is an example of a secondary immunodeficiency disease?

Selected Answer: AIDS
 Question 10
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Type I diabetes mellitus is a result of ____________________.

Selected Answer: autoimmunity.
 Question 11
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All of the following might be used to treat type I hypersensitivity EXCEPT:

Selected Answer: Rhogam.
 Question 12
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A person with type B blood will have which of the following types of antibodies
present?
Selected Answer: anti-A
 Question 13
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Which of the following immunosuppressive drugs is a folic acid antagonist?

Selected Answer: methotrexate
 Question 14
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All of the following are examples of type IV hypersensitivity EXCEPT:

Selected Answer: transfusion reactions.
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 All of the following types of immune cells can produce the effects of allergy
EXCEPT:
Selected Answer: neutrophils.
 Question 16
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Which of the following can result from a bone marrow transplant?

Selected Answer: graft-versus-host disease
 Question 17
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Which of the following is the least useful type of graft in humans?

Selected Answer: a xenograft
 Question 18
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Bruton-type agammaglobulinemia is an immunodeficiency in which individuals lack

____________________.
Selected Answer: antibodies.
 Question 19
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Which of the following types of graft would provoke a type IV hypersensitivity

reaction?
Selected Answer: xenograft
 Question 20
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All of the following are possible explanations of the causes of autoimmune diseases
EXCEPT:
Selected Answer: clonal deletion of T cells in the thymus