Module 3 Quiz

Which vaccine technology listed below is an ingredient added typically to inactivated vaccines to boost its immune response by targeting pathogen recognition receptors that are expressed on dendritic cells to trigger a pro-inflammatory response? Though this technology creates a more robust immune response, it can also increase local site reactions and systemic reactions, such as fevers, chills, and body aches.

Adjuvants

Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) is best categorized as what type of vaccine?

Inactivated polysaccharide vaccine

When administering measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) and pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) to a patient at their 15-month appointment, what must be considered regarding vaccine spacing?

MMR and PCV13 may be administered simultaneously or at any interval between doses

Which of the following vaccines listed is a live attenuated vaccine?

Varicella (VAR)

Which of the following is true regarding the use of mRNA in vaccine technology?

mRNA is the genetic blueprint that tells your body how to make a particular protein subunit of a virus which, after produced, will elicit an immune response