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WHAT DO YOU
KNOW ABOUT HIV/AIDS – QUIZ YOURSELF
Increase your awareness of Acquired
Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The exercise also covers some common
misconceptions, which may be held by some of your workers. Dispelling
these myths can help reduce HIV/AIDS-related workplace problems before
they have a chance to develop.
AIDS 101
Quiz - Questions
Take this quiz to find out if you are
knowledgeable about the basics of HIV/AIDS. |
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a recognized infectious
disease in which the body's immune system is damaged and causes those with
AIDS to be vulnerable to a number of serious, often fatal, opportunistic
infections and cancers. |
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False |
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Signs and symptoms of AIDS or other AIDS-related conditions may include
loss of appetite, weight loss, fever, night sweats, skin rashes, diarrhea,
tiredness, lack of resistance to infection or swollen lymph nodes. |
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False |
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Casual contact with people with AIDS, or those who are HIV-infected can
place others at risk for acquiring AIDS. The virus can be spread by casual
contact such as hugging, handshaking, riding in the same car, touching the
same papers or using the same office furniture, typewriter or telephone. |
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False |
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The
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is spread through sexual intercourse,
anal or oral sex acts, sharing of hypodermic needles, syringes or other
drug paraphernalia by infecting drug users, mother-to-child transmissions
during pregnancy or childbirth, or rarely, through transfusions of
HIV-infected blood or its components, or other exchanges of HIV-infected
blood. |
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False |
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AIDS
or its virus cannot be transmitted by using bathroom facilities, sinks,
bathtubs, toilets, drinking from the same water fountain, using dishes,
utensils, or food handled by a person with AIDS, or from sneezing, or
coughing. |
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False |
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There is a virus antibody test that tells if someone has been infected
with the virus (i.e., has a positive test result). This does not mean this
individual has AIDS. In fact, many who have HIV may feel well, show no
disease symptoms, and may not come down with AIDS for many years. |
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False |
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There is no risk at all that a donor could acquire HIV or AIDS by giving
blood. |
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False |
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Dogs, cats, and domestic animals are not a source of infection; but
transmission by insects, such as mosquitoes, is a means by which the virus
may be acquired. |
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False |
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There is a high risk of contracting HIV or AIDS by being or working around
someone with either condition on a daily basis over a long period of time. |
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False |
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You
will need to take special measures at the workplace to protect yourself or
those you work with from infection by HIV. |
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False |
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Information for this exercise
is drawn from materials prepared by the American Red Cross and the Surgeon
General's Report. |
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