Exercise: Immune Response

Questions for: Immune Response

What is the result of an abnormal response of the immune system to part of a person's own body?
A:
Passive immunity
B:
Cancer
C:
An allergic response
D:
An autoimmune disease
Answer: D
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Immunological memory is due to
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
Answer: B
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The immune response to a booster vaccine is called a(n)
A:
cellular response
B:
innate response
C:
primary response
D:
secondary response
Answer: D
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Antibodies bound to an invading microorganism activate the complement system via
A:
classical pathway
B:
metabolic pathway
C:
Embden Meyerhof pathway
D:
Entner-Doudoroff pathway
Answer: A
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Polysaccharides on the surface of infecting microorganisms can also activate complement directly in the absence of
A:
antibody via the alternative pathway
B:
antigen via the alternative pathway
C:
antibody via metabolic pathway
D:
none of the above
Answer: A
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