Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. The penicillin molecule is an example of a hapten.
2. Autoimmune diseases are always the result of type II hypersensitivity reactions.
3. With respect to a particular pathogen, detection of antibodies in a patient's blood provides better proof of current infection than does detection of antigens.
4. If a person's immune system is not functioning properly, that person is said to be immunocompetent.
5. An IgM molecule can bind to 10 antigenic determinants, but they would all have to be the antigenic determinant that stimulated the production of that IgM molecule.


1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. FALSE
4. FALSE
5. TRUE

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