1. Select which of the following are mechanisms used by pathogens to avoid host defenses and to successfully colonize the host.
A. Producing siderphores to obtain iron from the host for growth
B. producing adhesins for damaging host cells
C. Avoiding IgA proteases for avoiding secretory IgA
D. Avoiding secretory IgA by rapid turnover of pili
E. Producing toxic substances to suppress host responses
2. People considered obese have a different normal flora in the gastrointestinal tract compared to people who are considered lean.
A. true
B. false
3. Which of the following is NOT a mechanism used by pathogens for avoiding or surviving phagocytosis?
A. Killing macrophages and neutrophils
B. Colonizing the phagocyte
C. inhibiting opsonization
D. Inhibiting phagocte chemotaxis
E. these are all methods of avoiding or surviving phagocytosis
4.Which of the following immune responses is best suited to prevent a virus from infecting a cell?
A. complement cascade
B. inflammation
C. Virus-specific antibodies
D. Fever
E. phagocytic cells
5. Which of the following is NOT a method used by pathogens for penetrating skin or mucous membranes?
A. Injection of effector proteins that induce endocytosis
B. Exploiting antigen-sampling processes
C. these are all mechanisms for penetrating skin or mucous membranes
D. Exploiting an injury
E. Production of endotoxin
6. Antibodies, which are produced as part of the adaptive immune response, can sometimes be damaging rather than beneficial. People suffering from an autoimmune disease called antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APS) make antibodies that bind to phospholipids. Some of the signs and symptoms affected individuals experience are blood clots, stroke, heart attack, and kidney damage. What is the likely cause of these symptoms?
A. the anti-phospholipid antibodies cuse immune complexes that lodge in the affected organs
B. The person fails to make protective antibodies
C. The anti-phospholipid antibodies weaken certain organs that contain fat
D. the person makes antibodies that bind inappropriately to bacterial capsules, preventing phagocytosis of these cells
E. Cell damage caused by binding of these antibodies initates inappropriate coagulation events which inferfere with blood flow in affected organs.
7. Only Gram-positive bacteria produce exotoxins
A. true
B. False
8. Which of the following members of the normal microbiota inhibit the growth of Candida albicans?
A. Lactobacilus species
B. Staphylococci species
C. E. coli
D. Neisseria species
E. Propionibacterium species
9. Would an antibody response against the B subunit of an A-B toxin protect against the effects of the toxin?
A. yes. if antibodies bind to the B protion, the toxin can no longer bind to target cells and will thus not affect those cells
B. No, even if antibodies bindto the B portion of the toxin, it is the A portion that actually causes damage to the cell
C. This question cannot be answer. The immune system does not mount a strong response against proteins, so this situation is unlikely to occur.
D. Yes, if antibodies bind to the B protein, that portion of the toxin does not become activated, and thus does not damage the host cell
E. No, even if antiibodies bind to the B portion of the toxin, the toxin is still taken into the host cell by phagocytosis, damaging that cell
10. Please select the correct definition of balanced pathogenicity.
A. A host-parasite relationship in which the parasite persists in the host, causing maximal harm. The pathogen becomes more virulent while the host becomes increasingly susceptible.
B. A mechanism that allows bacteria to transfer gene products directly into host cells, inducing changes such as altering the cell's cytoskeleton structure
C. A generated balance in the microbiome that may be caused by taking antimicrobial medication. it generally helps the host maintain optimal health
D. A situation in which an abnormally high number of T-helper cells are stimulated, causing a massive release of cytokines.
E. A host-parasite relationship in which the parasite persists in the host while causing minimal harm. The pathogen becomes less virulent while the host becomes less susceptible
11. Bacteria may survive phagocytosis by
A. preventing encounters with phagocytes AND preventing fusion of two pathogosomes
B. avoiding recognition and attachment of lymphocytes AND lysinf the phagosomes
C. preventing fusion of the lysosome with the phagosome AND mimicking host molecules
D. lysing the phagosome AND mimicking host molecules
E. preventing fusion of the lysosome with the phagosome AND lysing the phagosome
12. In two of Koch's postulates (#2 and #3), a pure culture of the organism is required. Which of the following would NOT be a possible consequence of using a contaminated culture?
A. these would all be consequences of using contaminated cultures
B. Even though there's a contaminating microbe present, as long as the original suspect microbe is also present, the disease should still manifest in test animals and the organism should still be recoverable from test animals. As such, there's really no consequence to using a contaminated culture
C. The problem is that one microbe may be toxic to other. It may have killed all of your suspect microbe in the culture. Therefore, you can't be sure that you're infecting your test animals with the microbe you suspect is causing the illness, or if it's only the sec. microbe.
D. you can't necessarily attribute the illness directly to the microbe in question; it may in fact be caused by the contaminating microbe
E. There's the possibility that the test animal might be acutely susceptible to the contaminating microbe, but completely resistant to the microbe you suspect causes the illness of interest. As such, when you introduce it into the test animal, it could confuse your final results.
