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Test Bank for Clinical Immunology and Serology a Laboratory Perspective, 5th Edition
(LATEST) by Christine Dorresteyn Stevens, Linda E. Miller |ALL CHAPTERS| Expert
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Chapter 1. Introduction to Immunity and the Immune System
Multiple Choice
1. Eosinophils are involved in the immune response against:
A. viruses.
B. intracellular bacteria.
C. parasites that cannot be phagocytized.
D. extracellular bacteria.
CORRECT ANSWER:C
2. Which of the following are components of both innate and adaptive immune responses?
A. Immunoglobulins
B. T helper cells
C. Macrophages
D. B cells
CORRECT ANSWER:C
3. The process by which leukocytes are attracted to a specific area by chemical messengers is called:
A. diapedesis.
B. degranulation.
C. chemotaxis.
D. opsonization.
CORRECT ANSWER:C
4. Which of the following is a characteristic of natural killer cells?
A. They mature in the thymus.
B. They are smaller than B and T cells.
C. They are a type of lymphocyte.
D. They are part of the adaptive immune system.
CORRECT ANSWER:C
5. Which of the following best describes diapedesis?
A. Movement toward increasing concentrations of a cytokine
B. Attachment of immunoglobulin to target cells
C. Movement through blood vessel walls as cells exit the circulation
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D. Engulfment of target cells
CORRECT ANSWER:C
6. The most effective phagocytic and antigen-presenting cell is the:
A. neutrophil.
B. monocyte.
C. dendritic cell.
D. macrophage.
CORRECT ANSWER:C
7. Which of the following is characteristic of natural immunity?
A. It involves memory.
B. T lymphocytes play a major role.
C. It involves specificity.
D. Mechanisms are always present and fully functional.
CORRECT ANSWER:D
8. All of the following cells are considered part of natural immunity EXCEPT:
A. eosinophils.
B. B lymphocytes.
C. monocytes.
D. neutrophils.
CORRECT ANSWER:B
9. Where does the specific immune response to a foreign antigen mainly occur?
A. Lymph nodes
B. Blood
C. Bone marrow
D. Skin
CORRECT ANSWER:A
10. Which white cell in the peripheral blood migrates into tissue to become a macrophage?
A. Eosinophil
B. Basophil
C. Neutrophil
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D. Monocyte
CORRECT ANSWER:D
11. A white blood cell that is 16 to 18 micrometers in diameter, has a horseshoe-shaped nucleus, and is
capable of phagocytosis is a:
A. neutrophil.
B. eosinophil.
C. basophil.
D. monocyte.
CORRECT ANSWER:D
12. Pasteur's discovery that older bacterial cultures would not cause disease in chickens but would
protect them from subsequent infection with more virulent strains is an example of:
A. attenuated vaccine.
B. natural immunity.
C. passive immunity.
D. cross-immunity.
CORRECT ANSWER:A
13. Antibodies are secreted by:
A. plasma cells.
B. B cells.
C. T cells.
D. dendritic cells.
CORRECT ANSWER:A
14. Which of the following is characteristic of mucosal-associated lymphoid tissue?
A. It is one of the primary lymphoid organs.
B. It clears pathogens from the bloodstream.
C. It includes the tonsils and the appendix.
D. It includes the liver and spleen.
CORRECT ANSWER:C
15. Acquired (adaptive) immunity can be characterized as:
A. nonspecifically activated.
B. immediately responsive.
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Test Bank for Clinical Immunology and Serology a Laboratory Perspective, 5th Edition
(LATEST) by Christine Dorresteyn Stevens, Linda E. Miller |ALL CHAPTERS| Expert
Verified Answers| Grade A+
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,TESTBANKS BY NURSINGNERD
Chapter 1. Introduction to Immunity and the Immune System
Multiple Choice
1. Eosinophils are involved in the immune response against:
A. viruses.
B. intracellular bacteria.
C. parasites that cannot be phagocytized.
D. extracellular bacteria.
CORRECT ANSWER:C
2. Which of the following are components of both innate and adaptive immune responses?
A. Immunoglobulins
B. T helper cells
C. Macrophages
D. B cells
CORRECT ANSWER:C
3. The process by which leukocytes are attracted to a specific area by chemical messengers is called:
A. diapedesis.
B. degranulation.
C. chemotaxis.
D. opsonization.
CORRECT ANSWER:C
4. Which of the following is a characteristic of natural killer cells?
A. They mature in the thymus.
B. They are smaller than B and T cells.
C. They are a type of lymphocyte.
D. They are part of the adaptive immune system.
CORRECT ANSWER:C
5. Which of the following best describes diapedesis?
A. Movement toward increasing concentrations of a cytokine
B. Attachment of immunoglobulin to target cells
C. Movement through blood vessel walls as cells exit the circulation
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D. Engulfment of target cells
CORRECT ANSWER:C
6. The most effective phagocytic and antigen-presenting cell is the:
A. neutrophil.
B. monocyte.
C. dendritic cell.
D. macrophage.
CORRECT ANSWER:C
7. Which of the following is characteristic of natural immunity?
A. It involves memory.
B. T lymphocytes play a major role.
C. It involves specificity.
D. Mechanisms are always present and fully functional.
CORRECT ANSWER:D
8. All of the following cells are considered part of natural immunity EXCEPT:
A. eosinophils.
B. B lymphocytes.
C. monocytes.
D. neutrophils.
CORRECT ANSWER:B
9. Where does the specific immune response to a foreign antigen mainly occur?
A. Lymph nodes
B. Blood
C. Bone marrow
D. Skin
CORRECT ANSWER:A
10. Which white cell in the peripheral blood migrates into tissue to become a macrophage?
A. Eosinophil
B. Basophil
C. Neutrophil
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D. Monocyte
CORRECT ANSWER:D
11. A white blood cell that is 16 to 18 micrometers in diameter, has a horseshoe-shaped nucleus, and is
capable of phagocytosis is a:
A. neutrophil.
B. eosinophil.
C. basophil.
D. monocyte.
CORRECT ANSWER:D
12. Pasteur's discovery that older bacterial cultures would not cause disease in chickens but would
protect them from subsequent infection with more virulent strains is an example of:
A. attenuated vaccine.
B. natural immunity.
C. passive immunity.
D. cross-immunity.
CORRECT ANSWER:A
13. Antibodies are secreted by:
A. plasma cells.
B. B cells.
C. T cells.
D. dendritic cells.
CORRECT ANSWER:A
14. Which of the following is characteristic of mucosal-associated lymphoid tissue?
A. It is one of the primary lymphoid organs.
B. It clears pathogens from the bloodstream.
C. It includes the tonsils and the appendix.
D. It includes the liver and spleen.
CORRECT ANSWER:C
15. Acquired (adaptive) immunity can be characterized as:
A. nonspecifically activated.
B. immediately responsive.
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