Name: __________________________ Date: __________________________

Results: __________________________ INSTRUCTIONS: Please choose the best answer(s) from the multiple choice questions below

PART I: What is AIDS/HIV?

1)______ Where did AIDS/HIV come from? a. Incorrect preparation and consumption of poisonous plants from the Amazon b. The initial disease was brought to the native peoples via missionaries and mutated into AIDS/HIV c. Humans hunted and ate infected chimpanzees ingesting the infected blood d. Scientists accidently developed the virus during their work with germ warfare 2)______ What does AIDS stand for, what does the acronym mean? a. Auto-Immune Disease & Syndrome b. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome c. Anti-Immunity Deficiency Systems d. Automatic Inoculated Deficiency Symptom 3)______ How long has the AIDS virus existed or been known to be here in the United States? a. Late 1970s b. Sometime between 1979-1981 c. 1982 d. 1920

PART II: How is AIDS/HIV spread?

1)______ How is HIV/AIDS transmitted ? choose all that apply a. From a mother to her baby during pregnancy, birth, or breastfeeding b. Through unprotected anal, vaginal and oral sex c. By sharing injecting equipment d. Being exposed to virus via airborne transmission through sneezing and coughing 2)______ Which statement(s) below are not correct about HIV and AIDS? a. If someone has been diagnosed with having AIDS, it means they have contracted a terminal illness

b. HIV and AIDS are different names for the same thing c. You should be tested if you feel you may have caught AIDS d. If your HIV test says you are positive, this means that you have HIV, if it is negative, you do not have HIV 3)______ Which statement(s) below are true about HIV or AIDS? a. HIV can be latent within your body for years or decades and you may not know it b. ART works to kill the HIV cells in your body c. Once HIV has invaded a cell, it remains within and part of the cell throughout the remainder of the cells lifetime. d. HIV is a bad infection

PART III: Facts about HIV and AIDS

1)______ A pregnant mother with HIV/AIDS is? a. Guaranteed to have a child with the virus b. Cannot become pregnant while having the virus c. Can easily obtain lifesaving treatment to prevent transmission from mother to child d. Must work hard to obtain treatment because of the limited treatments available for lower/middle income people 2)______ HIV caused by AIDS is the strongest risk factor for developing? a. STDs b. TB c. Hepatitis C d. ART 3)______ Which statements below are correct, please choose all that are correct a. There are 133 million people living with HIV in the world today b. The vast majority of people living with HIV/AIDS are in the southern hemisphere c. 2.1 million adolescents age 10-19 years are living with HIV/AIDS today d. Adolescents are particularly vulnerable to HIV/AIDS due to the amount of physical and emotional transitions they go through as well as the amount of high risk behaviors they exhibit during these years.