TEST BANK
For Clinical Immunology & Serology A Laboratory
Perspective 5th Edition by Miller & Stevens, All 1-25
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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. 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
3. 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
,4. 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
D. Engulfment of target cells
CORRECT ANSWER... C
5. The most effective phagocytic and antigen-presenting cell is the:
A. neutrophil.
B. monocyte.
C. dendritic cell.
D. macrophage.
CORRECT ANSWER... C
6. 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
7. All of the following cells are considered part of natural immunity EXCEPT:
A. eosinophils.
B. B lymphocytes.
C. monocytes.
D. neutrophils.
CORRECT ANSWER... B
8. Which white cell in the peripheral blood migrates into tissue to become a macrophage?
A. Eosinophil
B. Basophil
C. Neutrophil