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Body Defense Date :

1. What is a pathogen?

a) A small group of viruses b) The name given to colds and

flu's
c) A microorganism that causes d) A microbes that cause
disease infectious diseases

2. A vaccine contains...

a) cow pox b) an inactive strain of the

pathogen
c) a small amount of the d) small pox
pathogen

3. Why is it important to complete a course of antibiotics?

a) to prevent antibiotic resistance b) so you do not waste drugs

c) because antibiotics are good

for you

4. What do antibodies do?

a) bind and flag infectious agents b) destroys infectious agents

c) recognizes infectious agents

5. Which of the following is the body’s first line of defense against disease?

a) vaccines b) white blood cells

c) antibodies d) skin
6. When pollen enters some people’s bodies, their immune systems overreact, causing their eyes and the
membranes in their noses to swell. This reaction of the immune system is best described as _____.

a) an infection b) a germ

c) an immunity d) an allergy

7. What do white blood cells do?

a) Seek out and kill all living b) Seek out and kill pathogens
tissue
c) Transport food around the d) Repair cuts and injuries
body

8. How do phagocytes kill pathogens?

a) By consuming them b) By wrapping them up in

protein strings
c) By releasing antigens d) By ANY MEANS
NECESSARY

9. Which of the following is NOT a nonspecific defense?

a) mucus b) sweat

c) antibodies d) tears
10. What is the body's most important nonspecific defense?

a) passive immunity provided by b) skin

mom.
c) active immunity provided by d) inflammatory response
vaccines.

11. ___________ are proteins that tag pathogens for immune cell destruction.

a) Antigens b) Antibodies

c) interferons d) histamines.

12. What are the main working cells when it comes to immune response?

a) antigens and antibodies b) histamines and interferons

c) B cells and T cells d) self and nonself

13. When someone has memory B cells for a certain pathogen that person is less likely to get that same disease a
second time.

a) True b) False, T cells

c) False, medicine d) False, good genetics

14. A person who develops antibodies against the flu vaccine is generating

a) cell-mediated immunity. b) active immunity

c) passive immunity

15. What does HIV kill to weaken the immune system?

a) Killer T cells b) Helper T cells

c) Memory B cells d) antiobodies

16. What happens when someone who is allergic to pollen is exposed?

a) infected cells produce b) the immune system attacks

interferons body cells
c) smooth muscles constrict the d) mast cells release histamine
airway

17. Autoimmune diseases occur when the immune system

a) is weakened by asthma. b) overreacts to certain antigens.

c) fails to distinguish self from d) all of the above.

nonself.

18. The body’s nonspecific defenses against invading pathogens include

a) antibiotics. b) mucus, sweat and tears.

c) antibodies. d) Killer T cells.

19. A person who comes down with malaria can infer that he or she contracted it from

a) contaminated water supplies. b) infection by the animallike

protist Giardia.
c) the bite of the Anopheles d) the bite of the tsetse fly.
mosquito.

20. The inflammatory response can cause

a) permanent immunity. b) pain, swelling and fever.

c) antibodies to bind to antigens. d) killer T cells to attack infected

cells.

21. An immune response is triggered by a(an)

a) antibiotic. b) antibody.

c) antigen. d) histamine.

22. This protein protects cells from a viral invasion.

a) myelin b) pilus

c) interferon d) neutrophil

23. A vaccine contains...

a) cow pox b) an inactive strain of the

pathogen
c) a small amount of the d) small pox
pathogen

24. Which of the following is an example of an autoimmune disease?

a) Lupus b) Rheumatoid Arthritis

c) MS d) All of the above

25. Newborns can acquire ____ immunity through breast milk.

a) specific b) passive

c) active d) innate
Answer Key
1. d
2. b
3. a
4. a
5. d
6. d
7. b
8. a
9. c
10. b
11. b
12. c
13. a
14. b
15. b
16. d
17. c
18. b
19. c
20. b
21. c
22. c
23. b
24. d
25. b