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This section includes 15 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Protein Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1. |
Protein-based subunit vaccines initiate T cell-dependent activation of B cells. |
A. | False |
B. | True |
Answer» C. | |
2. |
Most viral vaccines are thought to work by which of the following technique? |
A. | Inducing the production of antigens |
B. | Inducing the production of cell wall |
C. | Inducing the production of cytosolic proteins |
D. | Inducing the production of antibodies |
Answer» E. | |
3. |
The first recombinant vaccine produced targeted the surface antigen of which of the following virus? |
A. | DENV1 |
B. | Ebola virus |
C. | Hepatitis A virus |
D. | Hepatitis B virus |
Answer» E. | |
4. |
Which of the following is the only way to control pertussis? |
A. | Antibiotic treatment |
B. | Heavy medications |
C. | Accurate diagnosis |
D. | Vaccination |
Answer» C. Accurate diagnosis | |
5. |
Dengue virus belongs to which of the following category? |
A. | Lentivirus |
B. | Coronavirus |
C. | Filovirus |
D. | Flavivirus |
Answer» E. | |
6. |
Which of the following is not the way in which antibodies participate in host defense? |
A. | Opsonization |
B. | Enhance uptake by phagocytic cells |
C. | Activation of complement proteins |
D. | Directly destroy the antigen |
Answer» E. | |
7. |
Antibiotic treatment is very effective in clearing Bordetella pertussis and the disease caused by it. |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» C. | |
8. |
Which of the following is the pathogen of Pertussis? |
A. | <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> |
B. | <em>Salmonella typhi</em> |
C. | <em>Clostridium botulinum</em> |
D. | <em>Bordetella pertussis</em> |
Answer» E. | |
9. |
Influenza is a DNA virus that causes respiratory tract infections in mammals and some bird species. |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» C. | |
10. |
Which of the following toxin does not have ADP-ribosylation activity? |
A. | Pertussis toxin |
B. | E. coli heat-labile toxin |
C. | Cholera toxin |
D. | Botulinum toxin A |
Answer» E. | |
11. |
The chemical reaction in chemical detoxification should be reversible. |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» C. | |
12. |
Neutralizing antibodies do not abrogate viral infectivity by which of the following mechanisms? |
A. | Inhibiting viral uncoating |
B. | Blocking virus attachment to host cells |
C. | Inducing the formation of non-infectious viral aggregates |
D. | Degrading the virus directly |
Answer» E. | |
13. |
In chemically detoxified vaccines the structural epitopes of the pathogen should be destroyed. |
A. | True |
B. | False |
Answer» C. | |
14. |
Infection of HIV-1 is initiated by the binding of gp120 to CD4 and a co-receptor on host cells, triggering large scale conformational changes in gp41 that eventually lead to membrane fusion. |
A. | False |
B. | True |
Answer» C. | |
15. |
The chemically detoxified vaccines are very efficacious and inexpensive. |
A. | False |
B. | True |
Answer» C. | |