Past exam Questions

Question 1

Which of the following foods has the highest proportion of unsaturated fats? milk, beef steak, salmon steak, chocolate, or coconut oil?

Answer 1

Coconut oil

Question 2

What are some examples of monosaccharides?

Answer 2

glucose (dextrose), fructose (levulose), and galactose.

Question 3

Are vitamins only soluble in water?

Answer 3

The majority are but not all

Question 4

Are vitamins complex organic molecules?

Answer 4

yes

Question 5

Can we store vitamins in our body for a long time?

Answer 5

Only those that are fat soluble

Question 6

Which supplement is most effective at fighting the common cold?

Answer 6

Zinc

Question 7

Which organ makes bile?

Answer 7

The liver

Question 8

What is the definition of obesity?

Answer 8

> 30

Question 9

Are B cells involved in innate immune responses?

Answer 9

no - the adaptive

Question 10

Are interferons produced by plasma cells?

Answer 10

no!

Question 11

What substances do effector cytotoxic T cells release?

Answer 11

Interferon

Question 12

Smallpox virus is related to?

Answer 12

Cowpox

Question 13

Antibodies are produced by?

Answer 13

plasma cells aka specialized white blood cells

Question 14

What happens during an inflammatory response in the body?

Answer 14

There is a leakage of fluids into connective tissue

Question 15

What is the best type of fat for the body?

Answer 15

Monounsaturated fats and polyunsaturated fats

Question 16

What is the worst type of fat for the body?

Answer 16

Saturated and Trans fats.

Question 17

How much sodium should you eat per serve?

Answer 17

stay within 800 milligrams of sodium per meal,

Question 18

How much fibre should you eat per serve?

Answer 18

14 grams for every 1,000 calories

Question 19

What are 3 chemical substances and two specific white blood cells involved in the innate immune response?

Answer 19

Macrophages release cytokines when finding intruders in the body which call for back up. aka neutrophils and natural killer cells which are all non specific.

Question 20

What is the role of dentritic cells in adaptive immune response?

Answer 20

Dendritic cells (DCs), named for their probing, ‘tree-like’ or dendritic shapes, are responsible for the initiation of adaptive immune responses

Question 21

What are the differences between primary and secondary immune responses?

Answer 21

Primary Immune Response is the reaction of the immune system when it contacts an antigen for the first time. Secondary Immune Response is the reaction of the immune system when it contacts an antigen for the second and subsequent times

Question 22

Mast cells release a signal in a form of what? when coming across intruder cells in the body.

Answer 22

Histamine, causing blood to rush to that area causing inflamation and the increase of white blood cells in that area

Question 23

Mast cells release a signal in a form of what? when coming across intruder cells in the body.

Answer 23

Histamine, causing blood to rush to that area causing inflammation and the increase of white blood cells in that area