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TEST BANK FOR CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY AND
SEROLOGY A LABORATORY PERSPECTIVE, 4TH EDITION,
CHRISTINE DORRESTEYN STEVENS, LINDA E. MILLER
COMPLETE CHAPTERS
Chapter 1. Introduction to Immunity and the Immune System
M
ED
Multiple Choice
ST
1. Eosinophils are involved in the immune response against:
A. viruses.
B. intracellular bacteria.
U
C. parasites that cannot be phagocytized.
D
D. extracellular bacteria.
Y
ANS: C
2. Which of the following are components of both innate and adaptive
immune responses? A. Immunoglobulins
B. T helper cells
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C. Macrophages
D. B cells
ANS: C
3. The process by which leukocytes are attracted to a specific area by
chemical messengers is called: A. diapedesis.
B. degranulation.
M
C. chemotaxis.
D. opsonization.
ED
ANS: C
ST
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.
U
C. They are a type of lymphocyte.
D
D. They are part of the adaptive immune system.
Y
ANS: C
5. Which of the following best describes diapedesis?
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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
D. Engulfment of target cells
ANS: C
M
6. The most effective phagocytic and antigen-presenting cell is the: A.
neutrophil.
ED
B. monocyte.
C. dendritic cell.
D. macrophage.
ST
ANS: C
U
D
Y
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.
ANS: D
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8. All of the following cells are considered part of natural immunity
EXCEPT: A. eosinophils.
B. B lymphocytes.
C. monocytes.
D. neutrophils.
M
ANS: B
ED
9. Where does the specific immune response to a foreign antigen mainly
ST
occur?
A. Lymph nodes
B. Blood
U
C. Bone marrow
D
D. Skin
ANS: A
Y
10. Which white cell in the peripheral blood migrates into tissue to
become a macrophage? A. Eosinophil
B. Basophil
C. Neutrophil
Linda E. Miller, Christine Dorresteyn Stevens. (2021), Clinical immunology and serology.
TEST BANK FOR CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY AND
SEROLOGY A LABORATORY PERSPECTIVE, 4TH EDITION,
CHRISTINE DORRESTEYN STEVENS, LINDA E. MILLER
COMPLETE CHAPTERS
Chapter 1. Introduction to Immunity and the Immune System
M
ED
Multiple Choice
ST
1. Eosinophils are involved in the immune response against:
A. viruses.
B. intracellular bacteria.
U
C. parasites that cannot be phagocytized.
D
D. extracellular bacteria.
Y
ANS: C
2. Which of the following are components of both innate and adaptive
immune responses? A. Immunoglobulins
B. T helper cells
Linda E. Miller, Christine Dorresteyn Stevens. (2021), Clinical immunology and serology.
,MEDSTUDY.COM
C. Macrophages
D. B cells
ANS: C
3. The process by which leukocytes are attracted to a specific area by
chemical messengers is called: A. diapedesis.
B. degranulation.
M
C. chemotaxis.
D. opsonization.
ED
ANS: C
ST
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.
U
C. They are a type of lymphocyte.
D
D. They are part of the adaptive immune system.
Y
ANS: C
5. Which of the following best describes diapedesis?
Linda E. Miller, Christine Dorresteyn Stevens. (2021), Clinical immunology and serology.
,MEDSTUDY.COM
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
D. Engulfment of target cells
ANS: C
M
6. The most effective phagocytic and antigen-presenting cell is the: A.
neutrophil.
ED
B. monocyte.
C. dendritic cell.
D. macrophage.
ST
ANS: C
U
D
Y
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.
ANS: D
Linda E. Miller, Christine Dorresteyn Stevens. (2021), Clinical immunology and serology.
, MEDSTUDY.COM
8. All of the following cells are considered part of natural immunity
EXCEPT: A. eosinophils.
B. B lymphocytes.
C. monocytes.
D. neutrophils.
M
ANS: B
ED
9. Where does the specific immune response to a foreign antigen mainly
ST
occur?
A. Lymph nodes
B. Blood
U
C. Bone marrow
D
D. Skin
ANS: A
Y
10. Which white cell in the peripheral blood migrates into tissue to
become a macrophage? A. Eosinophil
B. Basophil
C. Neutrophil
Linda E. Miller, Christine Dorresteyn Stevens. (2021), Clinical immunology and serology.
