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Clinical Immunology and Serology: A Laboratory Perspective.
5th Edition.
Christine Dorresteyn Stevens, Linda E. Miller
2025|| Complete Chapters|| Latest Edition|| ISBN-13 978-0803694408
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LE
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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.
ANSWER: C
C
LE
2. Which of the following are components of both innate and adaptive immune
responses?
ST
A. Immunoglobulins
B. T helper cells
C. Macrophages
BE
D. B cells
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.
ANSWER: C
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,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.
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
C. Movement through blood vessel walls as cells exit the circulation
D. Engulfment of target cells LE
ANSWER: C
ST
6. The most effective phagocytic and antigen-presenting cell is the:
A. neutrophil.
B. monocyte.
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C. dendritic cell.
D. macrophage.
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.
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, D. Mechanisms are always present and fully functional.
ANSWER: D
8. All of the following cells are considered part of natural immunity EXCEPT:
A. eosinophils.
B. B lymphocytes.
C. monocytes.
D. neutrophils.
C
ANSWER: B
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9. Where does the specific immune response to a foreign antigen mainly occur?
ST
A. Lymph nodes
B. Blood
C. Bone marrow
BE
D. Skin
ANSWER: A
10. Which white cell in the peripheral blood migrates into tissue to become a
macrophage?
A. Eosinophil
B. Basophil
C. Neutrophil
D. Monocyte
ANSWER: D
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Clinical Immunology and Serology: A Laboratory Perspective.
5th Edition.
Christine Dorresteyn Stevens, Linda E. Miller
2025|| Complete Chapters|| Latest Edition|| ISBN-13 978-0803694408
C
LE
ST
BE
1
,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.
ANSWER: C
C
LE
2. Which of the following are components of both innate and adaptive immune
responses?
ST
A. Immunoglobulins
B. T helper cells
C. Macrophages
BE
D. B cells
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.
ANSWER: C
2
,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.
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
C. Movement through blood vessel walls as cells exit the circulation
D. Engulfment of target cells LE
ANSWER: C
ST
6. The most effective phagocytic and antigen-presenting cell is the:
A. neutrophil.
B. monocyte.
BE
C. dendritic cell.
D. macrophage.
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.
3
, D. Mechanisms are always present and fully functional.
ANSWER: D
8. All of the following cells are considered part of natural immunity EXCEPT:
A. eosinophils.
B. B lymphocytes.
C. monocytes.
D. neutrophils.
C
ANSWER: B
LE
9. Where does the specific immune response to a foreign antigen mainly occur?
ST
A. Lymph nodes
B. Blood
C. Bone marrow
BE
D. Skin
ANSWER: A
10. Which white cell in the peripheral blood migrates into tissue to become a
macrophage?
A. Eosinophil
B. Basophil
C. Neutrophil
D. Monocyte
ANSWER: D
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