immunology formative

Question 1

What are the two types of immune response in humans?
a) Immune surveillance
b) Intrinsic and extrinisic
c) Innate and acquired
d) Overt and covert

Question 2

What cell type is described below?

“They form the most abundant type of granulocytes and make up 40% to 70% of all white blood cells in humans.”

a) Macrophage
b) Neutrophil
c) Eosinophil
d) Mast cell
e) Fibroblast

Question 3

Which antigen presenting cell is considered a professional at activating lymphocytes?

a) Dendritic cells
b) Neutrophils
c) Mast cells
d) Macrophages
e) Monocyte

Question 4

Which of the following is not a component of innate immune mechanisms?
a) Mucosa
b) Inflammatory mechanisms
c) Antimicrobial peptides
d) Antibody production
e) Skin

Question 5

Antigen presenting cells process and present antigens for recognition by
a) Neutrophils
b) Red blood cells
c) T cells
d) Eosinophils

Question 6

Which of the following are features of the adaptive immune response

a) Does not require prior contact with the pathogen
b) It works with B and T lymphocytes
c) Lacks specificity
d) Distinguishes “self” from “non-self”
e) Enhanced by complement

Question 7

Which of the following are administered as a live attenuated vaccine in the UK

a) Hepatitis A
b) Tetanus
c) MMR
d) Flu
e) BCG (TB)

Question 8

Polysaccharide vaccines are composed of long chains of sugar molecules that make up the surface capsule of certain bacteria. These vaccines are available for the treatment of which of the following diseases?

a) Pneumococcal disease
b) Influenza type b
c) Rabies
d) Salmonella Typhi
e) Meningococcal disease

Question 9

Question 9
Which of the following are classical PAMPs?
a) Flagellin, a protein found in bacterial flagella;
b) Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from the outer membrane of gram-negative bacteria;
c) Peptidoglycan, found in bacterial cell walls
d) Lipoarabinomannan of mycobacteria
e) Interleukin 12

Question 10

Question 10
What does the “19” in “COVID-19” refer to?

a) There are 19 variants of the coronavirus.
b) There are 19 symptoms of coronavirus disease.
c) This is the 19th coronavirus pandemic.
d) The coronavirus and the disease it causes were identified in 2019.