Parasitology Exam 1
1) Which of the following is not associated with natural killer cells?
a. perforins
b. apoptosis
c. granzymes
d. phagocytosis
2) Which of the following is not an aspect of adaptive immunity?
a. memory
b. nonself recognition
c. antigen-specific
d. localized response
3) Which of the following is not associated with cytotoxic T cells?
a. T-cell receptor
b. kill infected cells
c. B-cell receptor
d. CD8 receptor
4) Which of the following is not a basic assumption in cladistics?
a. change in characteristics occurs in lineages over time
b. There is a bifurcating or branching pattern of cladogenesis
c. any group of organism are related by descent from a common ancestor
d. exclusively relies on analogous characters
5) Which of the following is not a characteristic of mutualism?
a. symbiont benefits
b. symbiotic interaction
c. host benefits
d. physiological necessary
e. none of the above
6) Which of the following is not an end result of complement activation?
a. membrane attack complex
b. fibrosis
c. opsinization
d. phagocytosis
e. none of the above
7) Which of the following is not a characteristic of protocooperation?
a. symbiotic interaction
b. mutually beneficial
c. physiologically necessary
, 8) Biochemical adaptation for parasite transmission would not include:
a. synthetic capacities are reduced
b. elaboration of transport mechanism
c. synthetic capacities are increased
d. catabolic pathways are usually reduced
9) Which types of host would a parasite develop to some extent but not to sexual maturity?
a. reservoir host
b. paratenic host
c. transport host
d. intermediate host
10) Which of the following distinguishes systematics from taxonomy?
a. provides scientific names for new species
b. investigates evolutionary histories
c. preserves collections
d. gathers date on their distribution
11) Which of the following is not a characteristic of commensalism?
a. host is not helped
b. symbiont benefits
c. physiologically dependent
d. host is not harmed
12) Which of the following do not express Fc receptors?
a. T cells
b. mast cells
c. basophils
d. Natural killers
e. none of the above
13) Complement that can be activated by antigen-antibody complex is known as ?
a. alternative pathway
b. classical pathway
c. innate pathway
d. lectin pathway
e. none of the above
14) Which of the following is not associated with B cells?
a. B-cell receptor
b. MHC II
c. IgD
1) Which of the following is not associated with natural killer cells?
a. perforins
b. apoptosis
c. granzymes
d. phagocytosis
2) Which of the following is not an aspect of adaptive immunity?
a. memory
b. nonself recognition
c. antigen-specific
d. localized response
3) Which of the following is not associated with cytotoxic T cells?
a. T-cell receptor
b. kill infected cells
c. B-cell receptor
d. CD8 receptor
4) Which of the following is not a basic assumption in cladistics?
a. change in characteristics occurs in lineages over time
b. There is a bifurcating or branching pattern of cladogenesis
c. any group of organism are related by descent from a common ancestor
d. exclusively relies on analogous characters
5) Which of the following is not a characteristic of mutualism?
a. symbiont benefits
b. symbiotic interaction
c. host benefits
d. physiological necessary
e. none of the above
6) Which of the following is not an end result of complement activation?
a. membrane attack complex
b. fibrosis
c. opsinization
d. phagocytosis
e. none of the above
7) Which of the following is not a characteristic of protocooperation?
a. symbiotic interaction
b. mutually beneficial
c. physiologically necessary
, 8) Biochemical adaptation for parasite transmission would not include:
a. synthetic capacities are reduced
b. elaboration of transport mechanism
c. synthetic capacities are increased
d. catabolic pathways are usually reduced
9) Which types of host would a parasite develop to some extent but not to sexual maturity?
a. reservoir host
b. paratenic host
c. transport host
d. intermediate host
10) Which of the following distinguishes systematics from taxonomy?
a. provides scientific names for new species
b. investigates evolutionary histories
c. preserves collections
d. gathers date on their distribution
11) Which of the following is not a characteristic of commensalism?
a. host is not helped
b. symbiont benefits
c. physiologically dependent
d. host is not harmed
12) Which of the following do not express Fc receptors?
a. T cells
b. mast cells
c. basophils
d. Natural killers
e. none of the above
13) Complement that can be activated by antigen-antibody complex is known as ?
a. alternative pathway
b. classical pathway
c. innate pathway
d. lectin pathway
e. none of the above
14) Which of the following is not associated with B cells?
a. B-cell receptor
b. MHC II
c. IgD
