Chapter 10 Quiz

A monoclonal antibody

Binds to a single epitope of an antigen

The overall strength of binding between an antibody and an antigen is called 

Avidity

Which of the following is a precipitation-based assay?

A secondary reaction assay

Certain controlled substances such as cocaine, can be classified as:

Haptens

Which of the following involves excess antigen?

Postzone

In this zone the antigen is in excess:

Postzone

When blood from an immuned host is removed and is allowed to clot the resulting liquid portion of the clot is called the:

Serum

Which class of immunoglobins is the most abundant in serum portion blood:

IgG

In a precipitin curve, the curves can be divided into which three zones:

Prozone, Zone of Equivalence, Postzone

How many major classes of immunoglobulins are there:

Five

In this zone, the ratio of antigen/antibody concentrations are low:

Prozone

Which of the following is true for a primary binding reaction?

Binding between a single epitope of an antigen and a single binding site of an antibody

The zone in which maximum precipitation occurs is called:

Zone of equivalence