Innovative Educational Services - Continuing Education for Healthcare Professionals

You will need to answer 7 questions correctly to pass the test.

1. Which statement regarding collected HIV data is true?

(A) Approximately 15% of all people living with HIV do not know they have the virus.

(B) Worldwide, the majority of people living with HIV are male.

(D) 84 million people have died from AIDS-related illnesses since the start of the epidemic.

2. HIV belongs to a subgroup of ______ known as ________.(p. 4)

(A) adenoviruses, reoviruses

(B) parvoviruses, herpesviruses

(D) hepadnaviruses, poxviruses

3. HIV DNA moves into the cell's nucleus and is spliced into the host's DNA during _________. (p. 5)

(A) reverse transcription

(B) integration

(D) translation

4. Which of the following body fluids typically has the highest concentrations of live HIV cells? (p. 6)

(A) Semen

(B) Breast milk

(D) Saliva

5. Which of the following is TRUE regarding HIV infection? (p. 6-7)

(A) Most people experience flu-like symptoms within a week or two after exposure to the virus.

(B) HIV is present in very low quantities in genital fluids during the first several months after infection.

(D) Persistent lymph node enlargement is often the first sign of HIV infection for many people.

6. An HIV infected individual who has fewer than ______ per cubic milliliter of blood is considered to have AIDS. (p. 7)

(A) 300 lymphocytes

(B) 200 CD4+T cells

(D) 26 leukocytes

7. Which test looks for actual virus in the blood (p.7-8)

(A) Antibody Test

(B) Antigen/Antibody Test

(D) None of the above

8. Which class of antiretroviral drug prevents the virus from entering the cell? (p. 9)

(A) Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors

(B) Protease inhibitors

(D) Integrase strand transfer inhibitors

9. To reduce and prevent accidental exposure to HIV, health care workers should ____________. (p. 10)

(A) Assume that body fluids from all patients are potentially infectious.

(B) Develop a system to discreetly identify infectious patients.

(D) Receive annual prophylactic gabba globulin injections.

10. Under the Omnibus AIDS Act, it is a ___________ for a health care worker to accidentally disclose a patient's HIV results. (p. 13)

(A) discretionary breach

(B) civil rights violation

(D) third degree felony

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