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HIV/AIDS Quiz

How Much Do You Know About HIV/AIDS?

Choose the Correct Answer:

1.	What is the difference between HIV and AIDS?
	a) HIV is a virus and AIDS is a bacterial disease
	b) There is no difference between HIV and AIDS
	c) HIV is the virus that causes AIDS
2.	Is there a cure for AIDS?
	a) Yes
	b) No
	c) Only available on prescription
3.	Approximately how many people are living with HIV worldwide?
	a) 33 million
	b) 23 million
	c) 13 million
4	Can you get AIDS from sharing the cup of someone with HIV?
	a) Yes
	b) No
	c) Only if you don’t wash the cup
5.	Can insects transmit HIV?
	a) Yes
	b) No
	c) Only mosquitoes
6.	HIV affects a person's immune system, which makes them more vulnerable to infections, and can make them very ill.
	a) It makes a person lose weight very suddenly
	b) It reduces the body’s core temperature
	c) It attacks the immune system
7.	Does HIV only affect gay people?
	a) Yes
	b) No
	c) Only gay men
	d) Only gay women
8.	AIDS was first reported in the U.S. in...
	a) 1975
	b) 1981
	c) 1986
9.	HIV is believed to have evolved from a similar virus found in which animal?
	a) Baboon
	b) Chimpanzee
	c) Elephant
	d) Guinea Pig
10.	If someone with HIV has a CD4 count of 200 or less, what does this mean?
	a) Their immune system is very healthy
	b) They no longer have HIV
	c) They should probably start antiretroviral treatment
	d) They will die within a week
11.	What is the risk of transmitting HIV during oral sex?
	a) Just the same as anal or vaginal sex
	b) There is a 50% chance that HIV will be transmitted if one person is HIV positive
	c) The risk is very low, but increased if either person has cuts or sores on their mouth or genitals
12.	Which of these famous sports stars died of AIDS?
	a) 3-time tennis Grand Slam champ, Arthur Ashe
	b) Manchester United football legend, George Best
	c) Olympic sprint champion, Florence Griffith-Joyner, aka ‘Flo-Jo’
13.	Which of these drugs is most commonly used on its own to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission?
	a) Aspirin
	b) Tenofovir
	c) Paracetamol
	d) Nevirapine
14.	Which country has the highest number of people living with HIV?
	a) South Africa
	b) Nigeria
	c) India
15.	Which normally rare cancer is often associated with AIDS?
	a) Squamous Cell Carcinoma
	b) Mesothelioma
	c) Kaposi’s Sarcoma
16.	After taking a rapid HIV antibody test, how long must the patient wait for a result?
	a) 1 minute
	b) 30 minutes
	c) 24 hours
17.	In 2007, what percentage of people needing HIV treatment in lower- and middle-income countries received it?
	a) 31%
	b) 51%
	c) 71%
18.	What does PEP stand for in the context of HIV prevention?
	a) Prevention of Excessive Production
	b) Prohibitively Exorbitant Prescription
	c) Post Exposure Prophylaxis
19.	What does the standard HIV test identify?
	a) RNA strands
	b) T-cell count
	c) Antibodies
20.	Of people in Russia, that know their infection history, what is the leading cause of HIV?
	a) Mother-to-child transmission
	b) Sex with an infected person
	c) Sharing of drug taking equipment
21.	In what year was the first World AIDS Day?
	a) 1984
	b) 1988
	c) 1992
22.	AIDS is a disease without a cure spread mainly by unprotected sex or sharing needles with someone who has HIV
	a) True
	b) False
23.	If you were infected with HIV, you might show symptoms
	a) Within a few weeks
	b) Within a year
	c) In 10 or more years
	d) Any of the above
24.	New HIV/AIDS drug treatments have lowered the number of AIDS-related deaths in the United States.
	a) True
	b) False
25.	If you are HIV positive and pregnant, there are medicines you can take that can greatly decrease the chances of your baby having HIV.
	a) True
	b) False
26.	HIV is not present in
	a) Semen and Vaginal Secretions
	b) Sweat
	c) Blood
	d) Breast Milk
27.	Only drug users and gay men need to worry about becoming infected with HIV.
	a) True
	b) False
28.	You can become infected with HIV by
	a) sharing utensils with or drinking from the same cup as someone with HIV
	b) Mosquito bites
	c) Hugging someone with HIV
	d) None of the above
29.	Using protection such as a latex barrier when performing sex (vaginal, oral or anal) lowers the risk of HIV transmission.
	a) True
	b) False
30.	Women will not get HIV if they use birth control pills and/or a diaphragm.
	a) True
	b) False
31.	How many people worldwide are newly infected with HIV each day?
	a) Fewer than 500
	b) 1,000
	c) more than 5,000
	d) More than 15,000

Content current as of 28 January 2010

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