NUR 114 Immunity Practice Questions
and Correct Answers
What is a quality or state of being immune, as well as being able to resist a particular
disease especially through preventing development of a pathogenic microorganism or
by counteracting the effects of its products? ✅Immunity
What contains innate and adaptive components? ✅Immune system
What things are associated with immunity? ✅Nutrition
Inflammation
Tissue Integrity
Fatigue
Stress
Glucose
Regulation
Infection
What produces white blood cells, and that's a natural immunity for your body? ✅Bone
marrow
What is the function of the immune system? ✅To remove foreign antigens such as
viruses and bacteria to maintain homeostasis.
What is natural function of immune system? ✅Acquired at birth
What is acquired immune system? ✅Develops after birth
What is a disease that slowly and steadily destroys the immune system? ✅HIV/AIDS
What is a chronic, potentially life threatening condition caused by HIV? ✅AIDS
How can HIV be transmitted? ✅Sex without a condom.
Passed from mother to baby.
Sharing injecting equipment.
Contaminated blood transfusion and organ transplants.
Through body fluids.
Through breast milk.
What causes fever lasting over a month, diarrhea lasting a month, unexplainable weight
loss of 10 % of body mass or more, protracted pneumonia, constant cough, protracted
and relapsing virus, bacterial and parasitic disease? ✅HIV and AIDS
, How long after the virus enters the bloodstream does it take for the body to require the
number of antibodies necessary for detection? ✅Between 25 days and 3 months.
What does EIA detect? ✅HIV antibodies
What does a Western Blot detect? ✅HIV antibodies and confirms EIA
What is a Viral load? ✅Measures HIV RNA in plasma
What is CD4/CD8? ✅Markers that are found on lymphocytes; results in significant
impairment of immune system. (T-helper cells will be down).
What is an OraQuick? ✅In-Home HIV test
What are systemic symptoms of HIV? ✅Fever and weight loss
What are pharyngitis symptoms of HIV infection? ✅Mouth sores and thrush
What are esophagus symptoms of HIV? ✅Sores
What are muscle symptoms for HIV? ✅Myalgia
What are liver and spleen symptoms of HIV? ✅Enlargement
What are central symptoms of HIV? ✅Malaise
Headache
Neuropathy
What are lymph nodes symptoms of HIV? ✅Lymphadenopathy
What is a skin symptom for HIV? ✅Rash
What is gastric symptoms for HIV? ✅Nausea and Vomiting
What is an immunologic clinical manifestation for AIDS? ✅Low white cell count.
Opportunistic infections.
Lymphadenopathy.
Fatigue.
What is an integumentary clinical manifestation of AIDS? ✅Poor wound healing.
Skin lesions.
Night sweats.
and Correct Answers
What is a quality or state of being immune, as well as being able to resist a particular
disease especially through preventing development of a pathogenic microorganism or
by counteracting the effects of its products? ✅Immunity
What contains innate and adaptive components? ✅Immune system
What things are associated with immunity? ✅Nutrition
Inflammation
Tissue Integrity
Fatigue
Stress
Glucose
Regulation
Infection
What produces white blood cells, and that's a natural immunity for your body? ✅Bone
marrow
What is the function of the immune system? ✅To remove foreign antigens such as
viruses and bacteria to maintain homeostasis.
What is natural function of immune system? ✅Acquired at birth
What is acquired immune system? ✅Develops after birth
What is a disease that slowly and steadily destroys the immune system? ✅HIV/AIDS
What is a chronic, potentially life threatening condition caused by HIV? ✅AIDS
How can HIV be transmitted? ✅Sex without a condom.
Passed from mother to baby.
Sharing injecting equipment.
Contaminated blood transfusion and organ transplants.
Through body fluids.
Through breast milk.
What causes fever lasting over a month, diarrhea lasting a month, unexplainable weight
loss of 10 % of body mass or more, protracted pneumonia, constant cough, protracted
and relapsing virus, bacterial and parasitic disease? ✅HIV and AIDS
, How long after the virus enters the bloodstream does it take for the body to require the
number of antibodies necessary for detection? ✅Between 25 days and 3 months.
What does EIA detect? ✅HIV antibodies
What does a Western Blot detect? ✅HIV antibodies and confirms EIA
What is a Viral load? ✅Measures HIV RNA in plasma
What is CD4/CD8? ✅Markers that are found on lymphocytes; results in significant
impairment of immune system. (T-helper cells will be down).
What is an OraQuick? ✅In-Home HIV test
What are systemic symptoms of HIV? ✅Fever and weight loss
What are pharyngitis symptoms of HIV infection? ✅Mouth sores and thrush
What are esophagus symptoms of HIV? ✅Sores
What are muscle symptoms for HIV? ✅Myalgia
What are liver and spleen symptoms of HIV? ✅Enlargement
What are central symptoms of HIV? ✅Malaise
Headache
Neuropathy
What are lymph nodes symptoms of HIV? ✅Lymphadenopathy
What is a skin symptom for HIV? ✅Rash
What is gastric symptoms for HIV? ✅Nausea and Vomiting
What is an immunologic clinical manifestation for AIDS? ✅Low white cell count.
Opportunistic infections.
Lymphadenopathy.
Fatigue.
What is an integumentary clinical manifestation of AIDS? ✅Poor wound healing.
Skin lesions.
Night sweats.
