Test Your Knowledge!

See how well you score on this quiz covering knowledge of definitions, transmission, testing, and protection.

Write down your answers as you go through the different sections of the quiz. There is an Answers section at the end.

And don't forget that you can comment on the quiz at the bottom.

~Special thanks to Geneviève for putting this together!~

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QUIZ #1

Definitions

1. What does STI stand for?

a. Sexual Tension Infusion
b. Sexually Transmitted Infection
c. Sensual Tendious Indulgence
d. Standard Temptation Insufficience

2. What does AIDS stand for?

a. Adhoc Inoculation Disease Signage
b. Adolescent Indicative Density Sensation
c. Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome
d. Apparent Inhibited Disease Symptom

3. Is there a difference between HIV and AIDS?

a. Yes, HIV is the virus that causes AIDS
b. No, AIDS and HIV are the same

4. What kind of infection is HIV?

a. Bacterial
b. Fungal
c. Viral
d. Algal

5. HIV belongs to the subtype 'retrovirus' which means...

a. it infects 2 types of cells of the immune system, the CD4 cells and T4 lymphocytes
b. it is an ancient virus
c. it makes the cells go back to their first stage of birth

6. What is the period between the HIV infection and outbreak of AIDS called?

a. Threshold period
b. Dormancy period
c. Latency period
d. Window

7. What is the Acute HIV syndrome?

a. The final and fatal stage of AIDS
b. The phase soon after being infected by HIV, when some people develop flu-like symptoms which include fever, headache, tiredness, nausea, diarrhea and enlarged lymph nodes.
c. The phase when the virus is latent

8. Which cancer is developped due to an HIV infection?

a. Leukemia
b. Breast cancer
c. Cervical cancer
d. Typhoid cancer

Transmission

9. How is HIV/AIDS spread? (possible multiple answers)

a. Having unprotected sex with a HIV infected person
b. From a HIV infected mother to her child
c. Receiving blood tainted with the HIV
d. Through exchange of blood and body fluids

10. Which are the ways in which HIV/AIDS cannot be transmitted? (possible multiple answers)

a. Shaking hands with an HiV-infected person
b. Sharing forks and spoons with a HIV-infected person
c. From the toilet seat
d. Through the air
e. Through self-masturbation

11. How many people are living with HIV/AIDS worldwide (data from 2007)?

a. 8 million
b. 15.5 million
c. 25 million
d. 33.2 million
e. 50 million

12. What percentage of people living with HIV/AIDS live in sub-Saharan Africa?

a. 12%
b. 33%
c. 68%
d. 75%

13. How many people died from AIDS in 2007?

a. 100,000
b. 750,000
c. 1.2 million
d. 2.1 million

14. How many children have been orphaned by the AIDS crisis?

a. 1 million
b. 5 million
c. 15 million
d. 20 million

15. What percentage of new HIV infections worldwide do young people under age 25 represent?

a. 10 %
b. 20 %
c. 40 %
d. 50 %

Testing

16. How can you tell if somebody is infected by HIV?

a. They behave suspiciously
b. They look tired and ill
c. There is no way to tell. Most people with HIV infection look healthy
d. They cough blood
e. They are very thin

17. Which of these can be taken as symptoms of HIV/AIDS?

a. Whitish coating in the throat, tongue or vagina
b. Appearance of purple spots in the anus, mouth, nasal passages or on the skin
c. Both
d. Neither

18. How long after a person becomes infected with the HIV will HIV blood test become positive?

a. Immediately: the next day
b. Between a few days to a month
c. Between 1 to 3 months

19. HIV will always progress into AIDS and ultimately death.

a. True, despite medication premature death is unavoidable.
b. False, some HIV+ patients have maintained normal immune function

20. People with HIV can feel healthy for many years prior to experiencing any symptoms.

a. True
b. False

Protection

21. Who are protected from being infected by HIV

a. Men who have sex with men
b. Heterosexual individuals
c. Children
d. Married people
e. No one

22. What is the best way to protect against HIV transmission during sex?
a. Using a condom
b. Using the contraceptive pill
c. Using the coil (IUD)
d. Using the rhythm method

Now check your Answers

Questions were compiled and adapted from the following sources:
http://www.afa.org.sg/quiz.asp
http://www.quizmoz.com/quizzes/Medical-Quizzes/a/AIDS-Quiz.asp
http://www.medindia.net/medical-quiz/Quiz-on-aids.asp
http://www.lwr.org/advocacy/africa/aidsquiz.asp