The Immune System and Vaccination Quiz
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1. Which of these is a non-specific defence against pathogens?
- A. Antibody production
- B. Vaccination
- C. Skin
- D. Monoclonal antibodies
2. What does a vaccine typically contain?
- A. Antibiotics
- B. A small amount of dead or inactive pathogen
- C. Only antitoxins
- D. Live, fully active pathogens
3. What is a monoclonal antibody produced from?
- A. A random mixture of white blood cells
- B. A single clone of hybridoma cells
- C. Red blood cells only
- D. A vaccine
4. A country vaccinates 95% of its population against a disease. Explain the most likely effect on disease spread.
- A. The disease will spread faster because more people are exposed to the vaccine
- B. Disease spread will be greatly reduced, protecting even unvaccinated individuals
- C. Vaccination has no effect on spread, only on individual symptoms
- D. Only the vaccinated 95% will ever be protected, spread is unaffected for them
5. A researcher wants to deliver a toxic drug directly to cancer cells without harming healthy tissue. Which technology is best suited to this, and why?
- A. Vaccination, because it stimulates general immunity
- B. Monoclonal antibodies, because they bind specifically to one antigen found on the target cells
- C. Antitoxins, because they neutralise all toxins
- D. Phagocytosis, because white blood cells destroy all foreign cells