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Clinical Immunology and Serology: A
Laboratory Perspective 5th Edition by Linda E.
Miller, Christine Dorresteyn Stevens test bank
ALL Chapters 1-25 with Answer | A+ Graded
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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.
ANS: C
2. Which of the following are components of both innate and adaptive immune responses?
A. Immunoglobulins
B. T helper cells
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.
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B. They are smaller than B and T cells.
C. They are a type of lymphocyte.
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D. They are part of the adaptive immune system.
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ANS: C
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5. 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 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
8. All of the following cells are considered part of natural immunity EXCEPT:
A. eosinophils.
B. B lymphocytes.
C. monocytes.
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D. neutrophils.
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ANS: B
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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
D. Monocyte ANS: D
11. A white blood cell that is 16 to 18 micrometers in diameter, has a horseshoe-shaped nucleus,
and is capable of phagocytosis is a:
A. neutrophil.
B. eosinophil.
C. basophil.
D. monocyte.
ANS: D
12. Pasteur's discovery that older bacterial cultures would not cause disease in chickens but
would protect them from subsequent infection with more virulent strains is an example of:
A. attenuated vaccine.
B. natural immunity.
C. passive immunity.
D. cross-immunity.
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ANS: A
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13. Antibodies are secreted by:
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Clinical Immunology and Serology: A
Laboratory Perspective 5th Edition by Linda E.
Miller, Christine Dorresteyn Stevens test bank
ALL Chapters 1-25 with Answer | A+ Graded
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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.
ANS: C
2. Which of the following are components of both innate and adaptive immune responses?
A. Immunoglobulins
B. T helper cells
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.
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B. They are smaller than B and T cells.
C. They are a type of lymphocyte.
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D. They are part of the adaptive immune system.
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ANS: C
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5. 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 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
8. All of the following cells are considered part of natural immunity EXCEPT:
A. eosinophils.
B. B lymphocytes.
C. monocytes.
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D. neutrophils.
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ANS: B
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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
D. Monocyte ANS: D
11. A white blood cell that is 16 to 18 micrometers in diameter, has a horseshoe-shaped nucleus,
and is capable of phagocytosis is a:
A. neutrophil.
B. eosinophil.
C. basophil.
D. monocyte.
ANS: D
12. Pasteur's discovery that older bacterial cultures would not cause disease in chickens but
would protect them from subsequent infection with more virulent strains is an example of:
A. attenuated vaccine.
B. natural immunity.
C. passive immunity.
D. cross-immunity.
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ANS: A
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13. Antibodies are secreted by:
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