Chapter 23:
Immune Systems
Practice Test
1.
What is a lack of reaction to your own human leukocyte antigens (HLAs)?
a.
autoimmunity
b.
complement system
c.
tolerance
d.
clonal selection
Hint
2.
Which of these is a type of specific defense against pathogens?
a.
macrophages
b.
lymphocytes
c.
phagocytes
d.
leukocytes
Hint
3.
What is a nonspecific, general response to tissue damage and to antigens in foreign materials?
a.
immune memory
b.
cell-mediated immune response
c.
inflammation
d.
antibody-mediated immune response
Hint
4.
What type of B cell is like a tiny factory that produces antibodies identical to the B cell receptor that bound to the original antigen?
a.
memory cells
b.
T cells
c.
plasma cells
d.
macrophages
Hint
5.
What is the invasion of a body by pathogens?
a.
swelling
b.
inflammation
c.
infection
d.
pus
Hint
6.
What is the behavior in which T cells and B cells constantly travel throughout the body seeking out and destroying foreign substances?
a.
antibody-mediated immune response
b.
immune surveillance
c.
vaccination
d.
cell-mediated immune response
Hint
7.
In a fetus, where are lymphocytes produced?
a.
in the liver
b.
in the spleen
c.
in the heart
d.
in the bone marrow
Hint
8.
What are disease-causing microorganisms that cause disease?
a.
antigens
b.
pathogens
c.
lymphocytes
d.
macrophages
Hint
9.
What is the body system that protects organisms against the invasion of an organism by pathogens?
a.
the endocrine system
b.
the circulatory system
c.
the respiratory system
d.
the immune system
Hint
10.
What type of T cell secretes signaling proteins called cytokines?
a.
cytotoxic T lymphocytes
b.
helper T cells
c.
memory cells
d.
plasma cells
Hint
