McGraw-Hill Online Learning Center Test<BLURT>

McGraw-Hill Online Learning Center Test

1. Review the animation and answer the following questions.

Defense against viral infection

A. only occurs in a specific manner.
B. must involve complement proteins.
C. can be nonspecific or specific.
D. protects infected cells as well as uninfected.

2. A nonspecific method of protecting uninfected cells from viral infection is A. secretion of interferon by uninfected cells.
B. secretion of interferon by infected cells.
C. destruction of uninfected cells in the immediate vicinity of an infected cell.
D. neutralization of the virus by antibody.

3. The secreted interferon will A. cause the death of the infected cell.
B. cause the death of the infected cell and adjacent uninfected cells.
C. protect the infected cell.
D. protect the uninfected cells nearby.

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