Week 8 Final: NR565 / NR-565
(Latest Update 2025 / 2026) Advanced Pharmacology Fundamentals | Test Module Questions & Answers | 100% Correct | Grade A - Chamberlain
Question:
What is herd immunity?
Answer:
The resistance to an infectious organism because a large group of people is immune to the infectious organism through immunization/vaccine. Herd or Community immunity is contingent on the likelihood individuals are prone to the infection will encounter the infected person.
For example, most of the people in the community are immune to an infectious disease, which means everyone does not need immunity to prevent the spread of the infection.
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Question:
What is active immunity?
Answer:
When the immune system produces antibodies in response to an antigen by the vaccine, or by the infection itself.
For example, if a person who has never had hepatitis B contracts hepatitis B and recovers from it, that person becomes immune to hepatitis B because of the immune system's antibody response to the hepatitis B virus.
Question:
What is passive immunity?
Answer:
The immunity that occurs naturally. This type of immunity is passed on when an antibody is produced in another host.
For example, immunity is passed on from a mother to her infant or by artificial administration of antibody-containing formulations.
Question:
Who should receive the Tdap vaccine?
Answer:
Used as a booster in adolescents and adults to protect against all three diseases
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