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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the main purpose of the immune system?support the body through bones and musclesget rid of waste from the bodyprotect the body from pathogensmove blood through the body - 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat type of microbe is used in a vaccine?it doesn't really mattera damaged onea weakened or inactivated onea normal one
- 3. Multiple ChoiceVaccines stimulate the body to produce...autoimmune diseaseshelper t-cellsfeverantibodies
- 4. Multiple ChoicePathogens are recognized by their...antigensantibodieskiller t-cellsB-cells
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat body system protects animals against invaders such as bacteria and viruses?Immune SystemIntegumentary SystemMammary SystemRespiratory System
- 6. Multiple ChoiceHow do human diseases caused by bacteria and diseases caused by viruses react to antibiotics?Neither responds to antibiotics.Both respond to antibiotics.Viral diseases respond to antibiotics; bacterial diseases do not.Bacterial diseases respond to antibiotics; viral diseases do not.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat does a vaccine contain that stimulates the immune system to develop antibodies for that disease?Live viruses or bacteriaProtein fragments from the virus or bacteriaA dead or weakened form of the virus or bacteriumBacteriophages with DNA or RNA from the virus or bacteria
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the function of innate immune response?Act very rapid as a first line of defense to eliminate the infectionTrap microbes so they cannot spread in our body freelyCoordinate and support adaptive immunityAll of the above
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat category of immune response would sneezing and mucus production fall under?Innate ImmunityAcquired ImmunityHumoral ImmunityCell Mediated Immunity
- 10. Multiple Choice
Phagocytes and lymphocytes are both types of
white blood cells
red blood cells
pathogens
lysozymes
- 11. Multiple Choice
Antibodies fight what type of infections?
Virus
Bacteria
Fungi
Prion
- 12. Multiple Choice
How do T cells differ from B cells?
T cells fight pathogens by killing pathogens directly, while B cells fight pathogens by making antibodies.
T cells only make memory cells, and B cells only make antigens
T cells fight pathogens by making antibodies, while B cells fight pathogens by killing pathogens directly.
T cells can only fight off pathogens the body has encountered once, and B cells can fight off any pathogen the body comes across.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements is TRUE about someone's immune system that has allergies?
Body cells are dividing at an uncontrolled rate.
The body is reacting to foreign antigens that are not dangerous to most people.
T cells and B cells in the body cannot be activated.
The body is mistaking its own cells for foreign antigens.
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe picture below illustrates one internal part of the body’s immune system. What process is illustrated in the picture?a skin cell destroying germs.inflammation near an opened wounda white blood cell destroying pathogensmucus in the lungs destroying pathogens
- 15. Multiple ChoicePathogens are recognized by their...antigensantibodieskiller t-cellsB-cells
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a protective protein produced by the immune system?AntibodyAntibioticAntigenAntimicrobial
- 17. Multiple Choice
To increase chances for a successful organ transplant, the person receiving the organ should be given special medications. The purpose of these medications is to
increase the immune response in the person receiving the transplant
decrease the immune response in the person receiving the transplant
decrease mutations in the person receiving the transplant
increase mutations in the person receiving the transplant
- 18. Multiple Choice
Select the immune response, chosen from the list below, that is most closely associated with that phrase.
Immune Response
(1) Active immunity
(2) Passive immunity
(3) Allergies
(4) Tissue rejection
A vaccine containing a weakened disease-causing organism is injected into the body.
1
2
3
4
- 19. Multiple Choice
In some individuals, the immune system attacks substances such as grass pollen that are usually harmless, resulting in
an allergic reaction
a form of cancer
an insulin imbalance
a mutation
- 20. Multiple Choice
Certain microbes, foreign tissues, and some cancerous cells can cause immune responses in the human body because all three contain
antigens
enzymes
fats
cytoplasm
- 21. Multiple Choice
The diagram below represents how HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, interacts with a certain type of white blood cell called a helper T-cell.
What is one possible result of the cellular activity represented in the diagram?
Immune responses of an infected individual will be weakened.
The red blood cells of a person infected with AIDS will no longer be able to make antibodies.
This virus will strengthen future immune responses against blood-related diseases.
Immune responses will prevent the spread of AIDS in humans.
- 22. Multiple Choice
Lymphocytes are blood cells that are most closely associated with
antibody production
oxygen transport
clot formation
carbon dioxide transport
- 23. Multiple Choice
Newborn infants nursing from their mother receive milk containing antibodies against diseases to which the mother is immune. The infants, however, remain immune to those diseases for only a short time. This situation is an example of
active immunity
passive immunity
an oral vaccine
a phagocytic activity
- 24. Multiple ChoiceAntibiotics work against mostBacteriaBacteria & VirusesVaccinesViruses
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhat are the 4 types of pathogens that could cause illness?animals, bacteria, fungi and plantsbacteria, fungi, nucleus, protistbacteria, fungi, viruses, protistbacteria, plants, fungi, protist
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhich disease is caused by a bacteria?MalariaThe fluStrep ThroatAthlete's foot
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhat chemical is released by the immune system in response to an allergen?DopamineHistamineInsulinNo clue
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhich is NOT considered FIRST line of defense?White Blood CellsSkinHairMucous Membranes
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhat are Lymphocytes?A type of red blood cellA nucleusA type of white blood cellBone Marrow
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhich is an autoimmune disease?LeukemiaAsthmaDermatitisHIV
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