CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN BIOLOGY TCU
EXAM 1 2026 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
SCRIPT WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
⩥ Malaria. Answer: caused by a protozoan that infects humans and
destroys red blood cells
⩥ chloroquine. Answer: medication to treat or prevent malaria
⩥ yes. Answer: have mosquitoes become resistant to pyrethroids
⩥ summer. Answer: when are rates of West Nile Virus the highest
⩥ to get protein to make eggs. Answer: why do ticks feed on blood?
⩥ nymph. Answer: stage of deer tick that transmits Lyme Disease
⩥ macrophages helper T cells B cells killer T cells memory cells.
Answer: cells of the immune system
⩥ microbe with protein coat. Answer: _______ enters the body and
starts to reproduce
, ⩥ macrophages. Answer: ________ circulate through body and digest
some of the microbes, alerting Helper T cells by presenting protein coat
⩥ Helper T cells. Answer: _____ recognize protein coat of microbe and
alert T and B cells by making cytokines
⩥ Killer T cells. Answer: ______ kill microbe or human cells infected
with microbes
⩥ B cells. Answer: _____ make antibodies that neutralize microbes
⩥ 1 week. Answer: after infection starts, it takes how long to make T
and B cells necessary to defeat the microbe
⩥ chickenpox virus that has hidden in the body. Answer: what causes
shingles
⩥ 200. Answer: how many viruses can cause the common cold?
⩥ binary fission. Answer: process where bacteria replicate
EXAM 1 2026 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
SCRIPT WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
⩥ Malaria. Answer: caused by a protozoan that infects humans and
destroys red blood cells
⩥ chloroquine. Answer: medication to treat or prevent malaria
⩥ yes. Answer: have mosquitoes become resistant to pyrethroids
⩥ summer. Answer: when are rates of West Nile Virus the highest
⩥ to get protein to make eggs. Answer: why do ticks feed on blood?
⩥ nymph. Answer: stage of deer tick that transmits Lyme Disease
⩥ macrophages helper T cells B cells killer T cells memory cells.
Answer: cells of the immune system
⩥ microbe with protein coat. Answer: _______ enters the body and
starts to reproduce
, ⩥ macrophages. Answer: ________ circulate through body and digest
some of the microbes, alerting Helper T cells by presenting protein coat
⩥ Helper T cells. Answer: _____ recognize protein coat of microbe and
alert T and B cells by making cytokines
⩥ Killer T cells. Answer: ______ kill microbe or human cells infected
with microbes
⩥ B cells. Answer: _____ make antibodies that neutralize microbes
⩥ 1 week. Answer: after infection starts, it takes how long to make T
and B cells necessary to defeat the microbe
⩥ chickenpox virus that has hidden in the body. Answer: what causes
shingles
⩥ 200. Answer: how many viruses can cause the common cold?
⩥ binary fission. Answer: process where bacteria replicate
