Immunology Chapter 4 Quiz

This flashcard set explores B cell development and function, emphasizing the role of plasma cells as fully differentiated B cells that produce antibodies. It aids in understanding adaptive immune responses and antibody secretion.

The five isotypes of immunoglobulin differ from each other in their _____.

a. a. light-chain constant regions
b. heavy-chain constant regions
c. light-chain variable regions
d. heavy-chain variable regions
e. heavy-chain variable and constant regions.

The immunoglobulin heavy-chain gene consists of _______ segments, whereas the immunoglobulin light-chain gene consists of _______ segments.

a. κ;λ
b. VDJ; VJ
c. VJ; VDJ
d. P; N
e. RAG-1; RAG-2.

Which of the following describes two recombination signal sequences required for a permitted somatic recombination event?

a. VH 7-12-9::9-23-7 JH
b. Vλ7-23-9::9-23-7 Jλ
c. DH 7-12-9::9-23-7 JH
d. Vκ7-12-9::7-23-9 Jκ
e. VH 9-23-7::7-12-9 DH

Which of the following corresponds to the antigen-binding site of immunoglobulins?

a. VH:CH
b. VH:VL
c. VL:CL
d. CH:CL
e. VH:CL

Another term commonly used to describe hypervariable loops is ___________.

a. multivalency
b. framework regions
c. hinge region
d. complementarity-determining regions (CDR)
e. signal joint

All of the following are utilized in the binding of antibodies to antigens except:

a. interchain disulfide bonds
b. hydrogen bonding
c. hydrophobic interactions
d. electrostatic forces (salt bridges)
e. van der Waals interactions

With the exception of B cells, all other cells of the body have the immunoglobulin genes in the ______________.

a. germline configuration
b. monoclonal form
c. recombined configuration
d. expressed configuration
e. chimeric form

Indicate which of the following statements is false.

a. Light chains contain V and J segments, whereas heavy chains contain V, D, and J segments.
b. The Vκ gene segments are duplicated in about 50% of the human population.
c. All immunoglobulin loci include a leader sequence.
d. On the heavy-chain locus, V rearranges to D first, and then J joins the combined VD sequence.
e. Immunoglobulin heavy-chain loci undergo two rounds of somatic recombination, whereas light-chain loci undergo only one.

Which of the following enzymes facilitates the process of affinity maturation?

a. DNA ligase
b. V(D)J recombinase
c. terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase
d. activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID)
e. exonuclease

The process of gene rearrangement in immunoglobulin and T-cell receptor genes is called _________________.

a. somatic hypermutation
b. isotype switching
c. somatic recombination
d. apoptosis
e. clonal selection.

Junctional diversity during gene rearrangement results from the addition of __________________.

a. switch region nucleotides
b. P and N nucleotides
c. V, D, and J nucleotides
d. recombination signal sequences
e. mutations in complementarity-determining regions

A circulating B cell that has never before encountered antigen expresses _____ on the cell surface.

a. IgM and IgD
b. IgM
c. IgD
d. IgM and IgG
e. IgG

All of the following processes occur in mature B cells after antigen encounter except:

a. alternative splicing
b. affinity maturation
c. proliferation
d. somatic recombination
e. isotype switching

Which of the following does not describe B-cell receptors?

a. B-cell receptors are membrane-bound and secreted.
b. B-cell receptors consist of a variable region and a constant region.
c. B-cell receptors lack specificity and can bind to a number of different antigens.
d. B-cell receptors possess specificity and can therefore bind only to unique epitopes.
e. B cell receptors undergo affinity maturation as a consequence of somatic hypermutation.

Which of the following determines the isotype of an immunoglobulin?

a. the composition of the hypervariable regions
b. whether the immunoglobulin is membrane-bound or secreted
c. its light chain
d. its heavy chain
e. the composition of the cytoplasmic tails of Igα and Igβ

The highest degree of diversity resulting from somatic recombination is concentrated ____________ of the VH and VL domains, whereas the point mutations caused by somatic hypermutation are found ____________.

a. in CDR3; throughout the V region

b. in CDR3; in CDR1 and CDR2 of VH and VL domains

c. in CDR1 and CDR2; in CDR3

d. in CDR1 and CDR2; throughout the V region

e. in all three CDRs; in C regions

As an adaptive immune response progresses, the production of variant antibodies that compete more effectively for antigen occurs, and B cells producing these antibodies are preferentially selected on the basis of their improved binding to antigen. This phenomenon is referred to as _______.

a. isotype switching

b. neutralization

c. allelic exclusion

d. affinity maturation

e. somatic rearrangement

Which of the following statements about the production and use of monoclonal antibodies is incorrect?

a. Production of monoclonal antibodies requires a purified form of antigen.

b. A monoclonal antibody has specificity for only one epitope of an antigen.

c. B cells are fused with a tumor cell called a myeloma, to immortalize the resulting hybridoma.

d. Monoclonal antibodies made in mice have limited therapeutic potential.

e. Humanized monoclonal antibodies reduce complications associated with using mouse monoclonal

antibodies.

The mutational mechanism that results in the production of antibodies that bind antigen with higher affinity is called _____.

a. somatic recombination

b. isotype switching

c. somatic hypermutation

d. clonal selection

e. antigen processing

The process of _____ results in change in the constant region of the heavy-chain of antibodies, causing a change in the effector function and transport properties of antibodies.

a. complement fixation

b. neutralization

c. isotype switching

d. somatic hypermutation

e. somatic recombination

The process used to produce either surface or secreted forms of the immunoglobulin heavy chain is called __________________.

a. alternative RNA processing

b. isotype switching

c. somatic recombination

d. somatic hypermutation

e. opsonization

Which immunoglobulin is transported most efficiently across mucosal epithelium?

a. IgA

b. IgD

c. IgE

d. IgG

e. IgM

A newborn derives passive immunity from its mother as a result of placental transfer of _____ during pregnancy.

a. IgA

b. IgD

c. IgE

d. IgG

e. IgM

The process of _ results in the amplification of particular B cells with specificity for antigen.

a. germline recombination

b. somatic recombination

c. clonal selection

d. antigen processing

e. antigen presentation