Microbiology 3453
Immunology
September, 1998
Practice Quiz
Complete the following.
1. The Turks conferred immunity by injecting ___________________ into the veins of
persons desiring immunity.
2. Edward Jenner immunized James Phipps with pustular material from Sarah Nelms
who had _________ sores. James became immune to
____________.
3. _________ is a measure of the disease-producing power of an organism.
4. __________ means lessening of virulence.
5. Louis Pasteur injected chickens with the cholera organism (now called Pasteurella
multocida) but the chickens did not die. At
a later date these same chickens were injected with a fresh
culture of Pasteurella multocida but again the chickens survived
because ______________________________.
6. Injection of dried rabies material for 14 days in succession induced ___________
before the viable rabis virus had its effects on the
dog-bitten Joseph Meister.
7. Match the following:
a. Naturally acquired active immunity ____ Anti-toxin to human who
stepped on a nail.
b. Naturally acquired passive immunity _____ Virus vaccine to human.
c. Artificially acquired active immunity _____Antibodies from the milk
of a mother.
d. Artificially acquired passive immunity _____ Immunity from having measles.
_____Injection of tetanus toxoid to a horse.
_____Antibodies that cross the placenta.
8. The fluid collected from clotted blood is called _________________.
The fluid of whole blood is called ___________________.
9. Attenuation can be accomplished by ___________________, _______________,
or by growing the microbe at a temperature
other than its normal temperature for
growth.
10. The first experience of an animal with an antigen results in a response called the
_________________________ in which low
levels of antibodies are produced. A
second experience with the same antigen results in an exaggerated response
which goes by the names ________________,
____________________,
______________________, or ________________________.
Microbiology 4453
Immunology
First One-Hour Exam
Practice Questions
Name: ________________________
Each question may have more than one correct answer. Read each item carefully and record the correct answers on a Scantron answer sheet. Wrong choices are deducted from your overall score.
a. conformation b. complexity c. color d. stability e. molecular weight