Exam Flashcards
Question 1
All of the following are true of innate immunity EXCEPT this one:
Choose one answer.
a. Receptors are of limited diversity.
b. Receptors are encoded in germline.
c. Clones with distinct specificities express different receptors.
d. Identical receptors on all cells are of the same lineage.
C
Marks for this submission: 0/1. Question 2 Which one of the following is NOT a function of the helper T lymphocyte? Choose one answer. a. Activation of macrophages.
b. Inflammation.
c. Complement activation.
d. Activation of T and B lymphocytes.
C
Question 3
Which of the following types of cells express FcγRIIIA (CD16)?
Choose one answer.
a. NK cells.
b. Eosinophils.
c. Macrophages.
d. Neutrophils.
A
Question 4
If preformed antibodies react with alloantigens on the vascular endothelium of the graft to activate complement, trigger intravascular thrombosis and necrosis of the vessel wall, it is referred to as:
Choose one answer.
a. chronic rejection.
b. none of these.
c. all of these.
d. hyperacute rejection.
e. acute rejection.
D
Question 5
Natural killer (NK) cells are a type of:
Choose one answer.
a. granulocytes.
b. antigen presenting cells.
c. lymphocytes.
d. effector cells.
C
Question 6
Rearrange the following:
Choose one answer.
a. Cytosolic microbe → microbial protein → unfolded protein → peptides in cytosol → Class I MHC.
b. Peptides in cytosol → class I MHC → unfolded protein → cytosolic microbe → microbial protein.
c. Unfolded protein → cytosolic microbe → microbial protein → class I MHC → peptides in cytosol.
d. Class I MHC → peptides in cytosol → unfolded protein → microbial protein → cytosolic microbe.
e. Cytosolic microbe → Class I MHC → microbial protein → unfolded protein → peptides in cytosol.
A
Marks for this submission: 0/1. Question 7 Which treatment type for cancer helps activate phagocytes or complement system? Choose one answer. a. Chemotherapy.
b. Plasmid containing cDNA encoding a tumor antigen.
c. Monoclonal antibody treatment.
d. Adoptive cellular immunotherapy.
C
Question 8
Double positive immature T cells that express weak recognition of class I MHC and peptide would most likely undergo:
Choose one answer.
a. maturation as CD8+ T cells.
b. maturation as CD4+ T cells.
c. failure of positive selection.
d. negative selection.
see page 85
A
The success of an organ or tissue transplant depends on:
Choose one answer.
a. histocompatibility.
b. haptens.
c. genetic recombination.
d. cytokines.
A
Question 10
When mature B lymphocytes recognize self antigen, they express a new Ig light chain.
Answer:
True
False
False
If a microbial antigen cross-reacts with self antigen and activate T cells, it is called:
Choose one answer.
a. Anergy.
b. Deletion.
c. self-tolerance.
d. molecular mimicry.
D
Question 12
Which receptor type is involved in the protection of IgG from intracellular catabolism?
Choose one answer.
a. FcRn.
b. FcγRIII.
c. FcεRI.
d. FcγRI.
A
Question 13
Release of this cytokine is associated with macrophage activation and production of reactive oxygen intermediates.
Choose one answer.
a. IL-12.
b. IL-4.
c. IFN-γ.
page 32 and 34
d. TGF-β.
C
Question 14
Each MHC molecule can present only one peptide at a time but each MHC molecule is capable of presenting many different peptides.
Answer:
True
False
True
Question 15
Activation of CTLs results in the secretion of all of these EXCEPT:
Choose one answer.
a. granzymes.
b. perforins.
c. caspases.
d. secretion of IFN-γ.
C
Question 16
In the helper T cell-mediated activation of B cell, helper T cell expresses the following ligand in addition to secreting cytokines.
Choose one answer.
a. B7-2.
b. ICAM-1.
c. B7-1.
d. CD40.
D
Question 17
If graft alloantigens are presented by the allogeneic graft’s dendritic cells to activate T cells, it results in delayed hypersensitivity reaction.
Answer:
True
False
False
Eosinophils are activated by these cytokines:
Choose one answer.
a. IL-10.
b. IL-5.
c. IL-13.
d. IL-4.
e. IL-12.
B
Question 19
CLIP binds tightly to the peptide-binding cleft of the class I molecule.
Answer:
True
False
False
Question 20
The lectin pathway for the activation of complement begins with:
Choose one answer.
a. IgG antibody covering the surface of a microbe in such a way that the Fc portion of the antibody molecules can interact with complement factor 1 (C1).
b. C3b forming a stable attachment to proteins or polysaccharides on the surface of the microbe.
c. mannose binding protein finding a cell whose outer membrane or wall has terminal mannose residues on it and binding to them.
C