ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Certification 2023/2024 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS)

ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Certification
2023/2024 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
WITH RATIONALES (VERIFIED ANSWERS)


The stem cell divides, producing undifferentiated stem cells that are of what lineage? -
Answer✅ myeloid or lymphoid


What cells do myeloid precursors turn into? -Answer✅ red blood cells, white blood cells, and
platelets


What cells do lymphoid precursors turn into? -Answer✅ specialized white blood cells called
lymphocytes


Granulocytes are -Answer✅ basophils, eosinophils, neutrophils


Agranuloyctes are -Answer✅ T lymphocytes, B lymphocytes, monocytes


What two type of immunity make up the immune system? -Answer✅ innate and adaptive


What line of defense is innate immunity? -Answer✅ first


What is the role of innate immunity? -Answer✅ is to mount a non-specific response to a non-
self entity that does not retain memory of the entity


What types of things does innate immunity respond to? -Answer✅ skin, mucous membranes,
normal flora of the skin and gut as barrier or bacterial protection against foreign substances
AND cellular components such as phagocytes, natural killer cells, granulocytes, and
macrophages


If innate immunity proves to be insufficient, what is mobilized? -Answer✅ adaptive immunity