Quiz: Test Your Knowledge About HIV
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- 1.What does the acronym HIV stand for?
- A.
Hemo-insufficiency virus
- B.
Human immunodeficiency virus
- C.
Human immobilization virus
- 2.What does the acronym AIDS stand for?
- A.
Active immunological disease syndrome
- B.
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
- C.
Acquired immunological derivative syndrome
- 3.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
- 4.HIV can make a person ill because
- A.
It makes a person lose weight very suddenly
- B.
It reduces the body's core temperature
- C.
It attacks the immune system
- 5.What does a standard HIV test identify?
- A.
Virus
- B.
T-cell count
- C.
Antibodies
- 6.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
- 7.In what year was the first World AIDS Day celebrated?
- A.
1984
- B.
1988
- C.
1992
- 8.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'
- 9.Approximately how many people in the world are living with HIV?
- A.
2,000,000
- B.
12,000,000
- C.
33,000,000
- 10.What is the main mode of transmission of HIV worldwide?
- A.
Unprotected heterosexual sex
- B.
Men who have sex with men
- C.
Injecting drug use
- 11.How much higher is the probability of MSM getting infected compared to the general population?
- A.
10 times higher
- B.
20 times higher
- C.
50 times higher
- 12.How many people are currently living with HIV in Eastern Europe and the CIS region?
- A.
500,000
- B.
1,500,000
- C.
2,500,000
- 13.How many people are currently living with HIV in Tajikistan (estimated)?
- A.
More than 50,000
- B.
More than 10,000
- C.
More than 3,000
- 14.In 2008, what percentage of people needing ARV treatment received it in countries of Eastern Europe and the CIS?
- A.
23%
- B.
51%
- C.
80%
- 15.What percentage of people living with HIV, globally, do not actually know their HIV status?
- A.
85%
- B.
40%
- C.
5%
- 16.Which ways may HIV be transmitted?
- A.
Mother to Child (blood, breast milk)
- B.
Unprotected sexual intercourse (sperm, vaginal fluids)
- C.
Contaminated injecting equipment (blood)
- 17.In which country (countries) the HIV prevalence is above 15 percent?
- A.
Botswana
- B.
Swaziland
- C.
South Africa
- 18.A person with AIDS always has HIV.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 19.Every two minutes a child under 15 dies of AIDS-related illness.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 20.Antiretroviral therapy (ARV) will cure an HIV positive person.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 21.Many people with sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, do not have symptoms.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 22.HIV can be easily spread through the bit of a mosquito or other insects.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 23.A person can look at someone and tell if he or she is living with HIV or has AIDS.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 24.A person can be infected with HIV for 10 or more years without developing AIDS.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 25.Kissing is a possible way of transmitting HIV.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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