Chapter 16: Drugs for Immunization and Immunomodulation
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which type of immunity serves to protect against day-to-day pathogen exposure?
a. Innate immunity
b. Natural immunity
c. Acquired immunity
d. Supplemental immunity ANS: A
Innate immunity helps protect you from smaller day-to-day exposures to pathogenic organism
but cannot provide long-term immunity to any single specific disease-causing microorganism.
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2. In acquired immunity, what is the body’s response to antigen exposure?
a. The body initiates the clotting cascade.
b. The body produces additional antigens.
c. The body produces an antibody response.
d. The body increases antigen response through lymphocyte action.
ANS: C
Exposure to antigens is the trigger for lymphocytes to begin producing antibodies. These
antibodies can be made in such high amounts that, when you are reinfected by the same
microorganism, they attack and destroy it or rid the body of it before it can make you sick again.
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3. Which of the following is an example of acquired passive immunity?
, a. Immunity developed from microorganism exposure through vaccination.
b. Premade antibodies are transferred to you by another person or an animal.
c. Microorganism exposure that makes you sick, and then develop antibodies.
d. A pregnant woman who transfers antibodies to her baby during breast-feeding.
ANS: D
Natural acquired passive immunity is composed of the antibodies that a woman transfers to her
fetus during pregnancy and to her infant during breast-feeding. This immunity is short-term but
critically important in preventing young infants from many illnesses during the first 6 months
after birth.
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4. Which type of vaccine contains antigens that are killed by heat, radiation, or chemicals?
a. A toxoid
b. An antiserum
c. Inactivated vaccine
d. Attenuated vaccine ANS: C
Laboratories can produce inactivated vaccines that contain dead antigens so that people can be
immunized to prevent them from getting the disease.
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5. The parent of an infant you are caring for asks you for the correct schedule for the
diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DTaP) vaccine schedule. What is your best response?
a. “DTaP is given at 2, 4, and 6 months of age.”
b. “DTaP is given at 1, 3, and 5 months of age.”
c. “DTaP is given at 6, 12, and 18 months of age.”
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