NURSING PATHOPHYSIOLOGY EVALUATION TEST
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔If a person is exposed to antigen X and is later exposed to antigen X again, which of
the following immune responses will occur?
A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Determinant
D) Immunosuppressive - ✔✔b
✔✔What type of immunity is conferred when an individual is given a vaccine?
A) Natural immunity
B) Passive acquired immunity
C) Active acquired immunity
D) Alloimmunity - ✔✔c
✔✔Which of the following is not a function of antibodies?
A) Neutralizing bacterial toxins
B) Preventing viruses from entering tissue cells
C) Direct cell killing through the release of toxic chemicals
D) Opsonizing foreign antigen - ✔✔c
✔✔Which is the main antibody transferred from a mother to an infant in breast milk?
A) IgG
B) IgM
C) IgE
D) IgA - ✔✔d
✔✔When a person has an allergic reaction to bee stings, which antibody causes the
life-threatening hypersensitivity response?
A) IgM
B) IgA
C) IgE
D) IgG - ✔✔c
, ✔✔Cytotoxic T (Tc) cells can destroy infected or cancer cells by which of the following
mechanisms?
A) Producing toxins
B) Stimulating apoptosis
C) Producing antibodies
D) Both A and B - ✔✔d
✔✔How do natural killer (NK) cells differ from cytotoxic T (Tc) cells?
A) NK cells lack antigen-specificity and can target any infected or malignant cell.
B) NK cells are phagocytic.
C) NK cells can opsonize bacteria and viruses.
D) NK cells release toxins that kill the target cell. - ✔✔a
✔✔A 20-year-old female has been diagnosed with AIDS. Laboratory testing would
reveal diminished levels of:
A) cytotoxic T cells.
B) B cells.
C) helper T cells.
D) T suppressor cells. - ✔✔c
✔✔A 10-year-old male is diagnosed with a large tapeworm. Which of the following cells
would be produced in response to this worm?
A) Monocytes
B) Eosinophils
C) Neutrophils
D) Natural killer cells - ✔✔b
✔✔When a person has an allergic reaction to a bee sting, which type of hypersensitivity
response is occurring?
A) Type I
B) Type II
C) Type III
D) Type IV - ✔✔a
✔✔Type I hypersensitivity is mediated by which of the following antibodies?
A) IgG
B) IgD
C) IgM
D) IgE - ✔✔d
✔✔The most severe type I hypersensitivity response is:
A) eczema.
B) allergic rhinitis.
ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔If a person is exposed to antigen X and is later exposed to antigen X again, which of
the following immune responses will occur?
A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Determinant
D) Immunosuppressive - ✔✔b
✔✔What type of immunity is conferred when an individual is given a vaccine?
A) Natural immunity
B) Passive acquired immunity
C) Active acquired immunity
D) Alloimmunity - ✔✔c
✔✔Which of the following is not a function of antibodies?
A) Neutralizing bacterial toxins
B) Preventing viruses from entering tissue cells
C) Direct cell killing through the release of toxic chemicals
D) Opsonizing foreign antigen - ✔✔c
✔✔Which is the main antibody transferred from a mother to an infant in breast milk?
A) IgG
B) IgM
C) IgE
D) IgA - ✔✔d
✔✔When a person has an allergic reaction to bee stings, which antibody causes the
life-threatening hypersensitivity response?
A) IgM
B) IgA
C) IgE
D) IgG - ✔✔c
, ✔✔Cytotoxic T (Tc) cells can destroy infected or cancer cells by which of the following
mechanisms?
A) Producing toxins
B) Stimulating apoptosis
C) Producing antibodies
D) Both A and B - ✔✔d
✔✔How do natural killer (NK) cells differ from cytotoxic T (Tc) cells?
A) NK cells lack antigen-specificity and can target any infected or malignant cell.
B) NK cells are phagocytic.
C) NK cells can opsonize bacteria and viruses.
D) NK cells release toxins that kill the target cell. - ✔✔a
✔✔A 20-year-old female has been diagnosed with AIDS. Laboratory testing would
reveal diminished levels of:
A) cytotoxic T cells.
B) B cells.
C) helper T cells.
D) T suppressor cells. - ✔✔c
✔✔A 10-year-old male is diagnosed with a large tapeworm. Which of the following cells
would be produced in response to this worm?
A) Monocytes
B) Eosinophils
C) Neutrophils
D) Natural killer cells - ✔✔b
✔✔When a person has an allergic reaction to a bee sting, which type of hypersensitivity
response is occurring?
A) Type I
B) Type II
C) Type III
D) Type IV - ✔✔a
✔✔Type I hypersensitivity is mediated by which of the following antibodies?
A) IgG
B) IgD
C) IgM
D) IgE - ✔✔d
✔✔The most severe type I hypersensitivity response is:
A) eczema.
B) allergic rhinitis.
