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Unit 4, AOS 1 - Acquiring immunity

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The specific defense system is the _______ defense system.
a)
adaptive
b)
innate
2.
Immunity conferred to a breastfeeding infant by his mother is:
a)
innate immunity
b)
active immunity
c)
passive immunity
d)
vaccination immunity
3.
A secondary immune response will be faster when...
a)
The individual has encountered the pathogen already
b)
The individual's macrophages are on high alert
c)
The individual has encountered the pathogen and has memory B cells circulating
d)
All of the above
4.
How does a person get immunity through PASSIVE immunity?
a)
you have been infected
b)
you have been vaccinated
c)
you made antibodies
d)
you got your mother's antibodies at birth
5.
What part is the variable region?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
6.
__________ immunity is when the bodies makes its own antibodies.
a)
passive
b)
active
c)
cell mediated
d)
false
7.

A Substance made of weakened, killed, or partial pathogens are designed to protect the body from future invasions of that pathogen.

a)

Vaccine

b)

Virus

c)

Disease

d)

Microbe

8.

Which best describes the relationship between antibodies and antigen?

a)

One antibody can affect several different antigens.

b)

Antibodies are specific to one antigen.

c)

Antigens are produced in response to antigen.

d)

Immunity develops when an antigen destroys an antibody.

9.

immunity that occurs when a person's own immune system produces antibodies in response to the presence of a pathogen when a person gets sick

a)

Natural Passive Immunity

b)

Natural Active Immunity

c)

Artificial Active Immunity

d)

Artificial Passive Immunity

10.

immunity in which antibodies are given to a person rather than produced within the person's own body

a)

Artificial Passive Immunity

b)

Natural Passive Immunity

c)

Artificial Active Immunity

d)

Artificial Passive Immunity

11.

Which immunity is present at birth and passed from the mother to the baby through milk and the placenta?

a)

Artificial Active Immunity

b)

Natural Active immunity

c)

Natural passive immunity

d)

Artificial passive immunity

12.

When the body launches an immune response against its own cells

a)

Koch's Postulates

b)

Immunity

c)

Vaccine

d)

Autoimmune disease

e)

AIDS

13.

You are a doctor and Little Billy is in your office with the flu. His mother wants you to prescribe an antibiotic. Which would be the best response?

a)

"Absolutely, get that kid an antibiotic!"

b)

"Actually, he just needs to take a painkiller."

c)

"Unfortunately, antibiotics do not work against viruses like the flu."

d)

"Give him a vaccine and he will feel better right away!"

14.

What diseases have vaccines stopped from spreading?

a)

measles

b)

polio

c)

small pox

d)

all of these

15.

What is in a vaccine that helps your immune system fight a particular pathogen?

a)

antigens

b)

the actual disease (whole bacteria or virus)

c)

antibiotic medicine

d)

candy

16.
Vaccines protect:
a)
vaccinated person
b)
those too young to be vaccinated
c)
those who have weak immune system
d)
all of the above
17.

In the first step of the allergen response (a)  

18.

During the allergic reaction, what do B cells form and what do they produce?

a)

The B cells form memory B cells with produce IgE antibodies

b)

The B cells form plasma cells with produce IgE antibodies

c)

The B cells form memory B cells with produce ImE antibodies

d)

The B cells form plasma cells with produce ImE antibodies

19.
The lymphatic structure that closely parallell veins are called?
a)
Capillaries
b)
Lymph
c)
Lymph Vessels
20.
What is the medical term for watery fluid inside the lympathic vessels?
a)
Plasma
b)
Lymph
c)
Blood
21.
What is the function of the lymphatic system?
a)
Drains tissue fluids, waste products & flights against infection.
b)
Prevent swelling
c)
Removes toxins & waste 
d)
Fights against infection 
22.

T cells recognise antigen

a)

in its native form

b)

in solution in the plasma

c)

following presentation by pattern recognition receptors

d)

when presented on the surface of antigen presenting cells

23.

Which type of antigen-presenting molecule is found on all nucleated cells?

a)

MHC class 1

b)

MHC class 2

c)

B cell receptor

d)

antibodies

24.

Which type of antigen-presenting molecule is found only on macrophages, dendritic cells, and B cells?

a)

MHC class 1

b)

MHC class 2

c)

T-cell receptor

d)

B-cell receptor

25.

Cytotoxic T cells will bind with their TCR to which of the following?

a)

free antigen in a soluble form

b)

antigens presented with MHC I molecules

c)

haptens only

d)

antigens presented with MHC II molecules

26.

The immune response that defends against antigens in body fluids, such as blood and lymph, is called

a)

inflammatory response

b)

interferons

c)

humoral response

d)

cell mediate response

27.

One of the following plays the major role in humoral immunity.

a)

bladder

b)

pathogens

c)

B cells

d)

none of the above

28.

That growth and division produces many B cells of two types:

a)

plasma cells

b)

memory T cells.

c)

memory B cells.

d)

phagocytes

29.
Destroy target cells and recognize cancerous cells 
a)
Helper T Cells
b)
T cells for delayed hypersensitivity
c)
Suppressor T Cells
d)
Cytotoxic T Cells
30.
Activate cytotoxic T cells and other helper T cells as well as activate B cells
a)
Helper T Cells
b)
T Cells for delayed hypersensitivity 
c)
Suppressor T Cells
d)
Cytotoxic T Cells