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Chapter 18: Immunolgy II: Immunological Disorders and Tests
Question Type: Multiple Choice
1) Hypersensitivity or allergy refers to the immune system responding _____.
a) in an exaggerated way to a foreign substance
b) too little too late
c) inadequately to an antigen
d) to its own tissues as if they were foreign
Answer: a
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: LO 18.1 Explain the meaning of the terms hypersensitivity and immunodeficiency.
Section Reference 1: Section 18.1 Overview of Immunological Disorders
2) Immunodeficiency refers to the immune system responding _____.
a) in an exaggerated way to a foreign substance
b) so that there is too much of a good thing
c) inadequately to an antigen
d) to its own tissues as if they were foreign
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: LO 18.1 Explain the meaning of the terms hypersensitivity and immunodeficiency.
Section Reference 1: Section 18.1 Overview of Immunological Disorders
3) Which matches the correct hypersensitivity reaction with their type?
a) Immediate (type I) – immune complexes
b) Cytotoxic (type II) -- anaphylaxis
c) Immune complex (type III) – precipitation of antigen-antibody complexes
d) Cell-mediated (type IX) – blood transfusion
Answer: c
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: LO 18.1 Explain the meaning of the terms hypersensitivity and immunodeficiency.
Section Reference 1: Section 18.1 Overview of Immunological Disorders
4) Which of the following statements about immunological disorder is correct?
a) Bottle-fed infants are less likely to develop food allergies than are breast-fed infants.
b) Primary immunodeficiences include malnutrition and AIDS.
c) Autoimmune disorders are hypersensitivity reactions against self-antigens.
d) Secondary immunodeficiences are genetic or developmental defects.
Answer: c
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: LO 18.1 Explain the meaning of the terms hypersensitivity and immunodeficiency.
Section Reference 1: Section 18.1 Overview
Question Type: Multiple Choice
1) Hypersensitivity or allergy refers to the immune system responding _____.
a) in an exaggerated way to a foreign substance
b) too little too late
c) inadequately to an antigen
d) to its own tissues as if they were foreign
Answer: a
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: LO 18.1 Explain the meaning of the terms hypersensitivity and immunodeficiency.
Section Reference 1: Section 18.1 Overview of Immunological Disorders
2) Immunodeficiency refers to the immune system responding _____.
a) in an exaggerated way to a foreign substance
b) so that there is too much of a good thing
c) inadequately to an antigen
d) to its own tissues as if they were foreign
Answer: c
Difficulty: Easy
Learning Objective 1: LO 18.1 Explain the meaning of the terms hypersensitivity and immunodeficiency.
Section Reference 1: Section 18.1 Overview of Immunological Disorders
3) Which matches the correct hypersensitivity reaction with their type?
a) Immediate (type I) – immune complexes
b) Cytotoxic (type II) -- anaphylaxis
c) Immune complex (type III) – precipitation of antigen-antibody complexes
d) Cell-mediated (type IX) – blood transfusion
Answer: c
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: LO 18.1 Explain the meaning of the terms hypersensitivity and immunodeficiency.
Section Reference 1: Section 18.1 Overview of Immunological Disorders
4) Which of the following statements about immunological disorder is correct?
a) Bottle-fed infants are less likely to develop food allergies than are breast-fed infants.
b) Primary immunodeficiences include malnutrition and AIDS.
c) Autoimmune disorders are hypersensitivity reactions against self-antigens.
d) Secondary immunodeficiences are genetic or developmental defects.
Answer: c
Difficulty: Medium
Learning Objective 1: LO 18.1 Explain the meaning of the terms hypersensitivity and immunodeficiency.
Section Reference 1: Section 18.1 Overview