Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective

Denise Anderson, Sarah Salm, Deborah Allen

Chapter 18

Applications of Immune Responses - all with Video Answers

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Chapter Questions

Problem 1

Which is an example of immunization that elicits active immunity?
a) Giving antibodies against diphtheria
b) Immune globulin injections to prevent hepatitis
c) Inactivated polio vaccine
d) Rabies immune globulin
e) Tetanus immune globulin

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Problem 2

Breast feeding provides which of the following to an infant?
a) Artificial active immunity
b) Artificial passive immunity
c) Natural active immunity
d) Natural passive immunity

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Problem 3

Vaccines ideally should be all of the following, except
a) effective in protecting against the disease.
b) inexpensive.
c) stable.
d) living.
e) easily administered.

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Problem 4

Severely immunosuppressed people should not receive the measles vaccine. Based on this information, the vaccine is
a) an inactivated whole agent.
b) a toxoid.
c) a subunit vaccine.
d) a genetically engineered vaccine against hepatitis B.
e) an attenuated vaccine.

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Problem 5

All of the following are attenuated vaccines except
a) chickenpox.
b) mumps.
c) rubella.
d) pertussis.
e) yellow fever.

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Problem 6

An important subunit vaccine that is widely used is the
a) pertussis vaccine.
b) oral polio vaccine.
c) inactivated polio vaccine.
d) measles vaccine.
e) mumps vaccine.

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Problem 7

In quantifying antibodies in a patient's serum
a) total protein in the serum is measured.
b) the antibody is usually measured in grams per ml.
c) the serum is serially diluted.
d) both antigen and antibody are diluted.
e) the titer refers to the amount of antigen added.

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Problem 8

Which of the following about immunological testing is false?
a) Polyclonal antibody preparations recognize multiple epitopes.
b) Monoclonal antibodies recognize a single epitope.
c) Serum and plasma can both be tested for antibodies.
d) The direct ELISA uses anti-human IgG antibodies.
e) A rise in specific antibody titer indicates an active infection.

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Problem 9

All of the following are matching pairs except
a) ELISA-radioactive label
b) fluorescence-activated cell sorter - flow cytometry.
c) fluorescent antibody test-microscopy.
d) Western blot - gel electrophoresis.

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Problem 10

Which of the following would be most useful for screening thousands of specimens for antibodies that indicate a certain disease?
a) Western blot
b) Fluorescent antibody
c) ELISA
d) All of the above
e) None of the above

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