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Immunodeficiency & Hypersensitivity Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Immunodeficiency disease can result from ________________.

a)

a developmental defect of T lymphocytes.

b)

developmental defect of bone marrow stem cells.

c)

defect in phagocyte function.

d)

all of the options.

2.

Which of the following are effector cells during chronic asthma?

a)

Macrophages and neutrophils

b)

Mast cells and eosinophils

c)

T cells and B cells

d)

Natural killer cells

3.

HIV infected CD4+ T cells may lose the expression of_________ and this leads to killing by ______.

a)

Class II MHC, cytotoxic T cells

b)

Class I MHC, Natural Killer cells

c)

CD4, neutrophils

d)

CD8, macrophages

4.

What is/are the cardinal symptom(s) of immunodeficiency?

a)

Chronic diarrhea

b)

Chronic or recurrent severe infections

c)

Poor response to treatment of infections

d)

All of the options

5.

Which of the following statements on severe combined immune deficiency (SCID) is FALSE?

a)

Patients do not have functional T cells

b)

Patients do not have functional B cells.

c)

Patients are suffering from a secondary immunodeficiency

d)

Patients tend to have recurrent infection.

6.

Type III hypersensitivity is also known as ________________.

a)

Allergy

b)

Cytotoxic hypersensitivity

c)

Immune complex reaction

d)

Delayed-type hypersensitivity.

7.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is caused by a retrovirus that preferentially infects and kills _______ cells.

a)

helper T

b)

cytotoxic T

c)

NK

d)

Monocytic

8.

Which of the following is more likely a cause of secondary immunodeficiency?

a)

Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome

b)

Immunosuppressive drug taken by organ transplant recipients

c)

MHC class II deficiency

d)

Severe combined immunodeficiency

9.

______________hypersensitivity is known as delayed type hypersensitivity, whereas _____________ hypersensitivity is known as immediate hypersensitivity.

a)

Type II; Type IV

b)

Type IV; Type I

c)

Type III; Type I

d)

Type I; Type IV

10.

The presence of __________ and _______ are associated with Type III hypersensitivity reactions.

a)

basophils; mast cells

b)

antibodies; complement

c)

eosinophils; cytokines

d)

T-cells; interleukins

11.

Which one of the following is NOT the cause of secondary immunodeficiency?

a)

Genetic defects in phagocyte functions

b)

Metabolic diseases

c)

Age extremes

d)

Malnutrition

12.

Anaphylaxis can be triggered by IgE antibodies binding to receptors on _________.

a)

Mast cells

b)

B lymphocytes

c)

T lymphocytes

d)

Red blood cells

13.

People allergic to peanuts develop more severe symptoms over subsequent exposures. The reason is because ____.

a)

allergens induce tolerance in B cells

b)

Plasma B cells become activated to produce more IgG

c)

More allergen-antibody complexes are formed

d)

Class switching results in more IgE being made during secondary immune responses

14.

Which of the following is/are consequence(s) of mast cell activation during an asthma attack?

a)

Internal bleeding

b)

Airway obstruction

c)

Diarrhoea

d)

All of the options

15.

The transfusion of mismatched blood from donor to recipient will result in _________ hypersensitivity.

a)

Type I

b)

Type II

c)

Type III

d)

Type IV