ABO Blood Types Quiz
1. In the ABO blood system, you normally can be type:
A, B, AB, or O
8. Which of the following would be least likely to be accepted as legal proof of paternity?
ABO blood type evidence
4. Which of the following statements is true about the ABO blood system?
It was discovered by Karl Landsteiner
3. The universal blood donors for the ABO system are type:
O
6. In determining the phenotype for the ABO blood system
O is recessive
2. Which of the following statements is true regarding the ABO blood system?
People who have the A antigen normally would not produce the anti-A antibody.
5. An individual's ABO blood type is normally determined by
The inheritance of 1 of 3 possible alleles (A, B, or O) from each parent
9. Which of the following statements is true?
a) Specific ABO blood types are known to be linked with increased or decreased susceptibility to particular diseases. b) Antibodies to alien antigens in the ABO group may be present in one's body prior to the first contact with blood of a different ABO type. c) When our blood comes in contact with blood of a different type, our bodies can develop long-term immunity to the alien blood type. Right Answer --> d) All of the above are correct.
7. If one of your parents is blood type A and the other is type B, which of the following blood types would you likely be?
the answer is any of the above. Since you could inherit A or O alleles from one parent and B or O alleles from the other, you could be any of the 4 ABO types. Look at the other answers to see how this could be true.
