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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
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.
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.
C. chemotaxis.
D. opsonization.
ANS: 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.
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
6. The most effective phagocytic and antigen-presenting cell is the: A.
neutrophil.
B. monocyte.
C. dendritic cell.
D. macrophage.
ANS: 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.
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.
ANS: B
9. Where does the specific immune response to a foreign antigen mainly
occur?
A. Lymph nodes
B. Blood
C. Bone marrow
D. Skin
ANS: A
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
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.
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.
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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.
C. chemotaxis.
D. opsonization.
ANS: 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.
ANS: C
5. Which of the following best describes diapedesis?
Linda E. Miller, Christine Dorresteyn Stevens. (2021), Clinical immunology and serology.
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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
6. The most effective phagocytic and antigen-presenting cell is the: A.
neutrophil.
B. monocyte.
C. dendritic cell.
D. macrophage.
ANS: 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.
ANS: D
Linda E. Miller, Christine Dorresteyn Stevens. (2021), Clinical immunology and serology.
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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.
ANS: B
9. Where does the specific immune response to a foreign antigen mainly
occur?
A. Lymph nodes
B. Blood
C. Bone marrow
D. Skin
ANS: A
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.
