MCB 4211: Basic Immunology, Fall 2019
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Quiz #1 Version 1
Quiz 1. SELECT THE BEST ANSWER FROM THE FIVE ALTERNATIVES
PROVIDED: please read all the choices before selecting the correct answer.
1.
Xenografts are grafts exchanged between
a. Close friends
b. Identical twins
c. Xena the warrior princess and her enemies
d. Different individuals within a species
e. Different species
2.
Which of the following is characteristic of primary lymphoid tissue?
a. Responsive to foreign antigen when presented at a mucosal surface
b. Surgical removal leads to absence of cell lineage
c. Derived from mesodermal cells
d. A and C
e. All of the above
3.
Which of the following terms refers to the combined morphological changes and
role changes that occurs during hematopoiesis?
a. Differentiation
b. Determination
c. Division
d. Detonation
e. Delineation
4.
Which of the following cell types differentiate from a common lymphoid progenitor
cell?
a. Neutrophils
b. B cells
c. Red blood cells
d. Basophils
e. Megakaryocytes
5.
Which of the following phenomena are associated with the intensity of the
immune response that follows a second exposure to an antigen?
a. Shorter lag response
b. High intensity in immune response
c. More sustained immune response
d. B and C
e. All of the above
6.
Which isotypes can be found as monomers or as multimers (e.g. multiples) of the
standard 2 heavy chain and 2 light chain configuration?
a. IgG and IgM.
b. IgA and IgD.
c. IgX and IgZ.
d. IgA and IgM.
e. None of the above.