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CEUFAST - TEST RESULTS HIV AIDS COMPETENCY TEST1981 marks which of the following events in regard to HIV?
A) HIV is named the "Scourge of Our Times"
B) The AIDS epidemic is officially named
C) HIV is discovered among the primates in Africa
D) The CDC publishes a description of rare lung infection cases - ANSD) The CDC
publishes a description of rare lung infection cases
A high viral load indicates:
A) More HIV is present
B) An abundance of viral breakdown products in the blood serum due to destruction of
the HIV virus particles
C) Presence of a plethora of complex antiretroviral molecules
D) An opportunistic viral infection has taken residence due to the immunosuppression
caused by HIV - ANSA) More HIV is present
A relatively symptom-free interval may be extended up to several decades by initiation
and diligent adherence to which of the following?
A) Comprehensive nutritional therapy focusing on a strict vegan, low protein regimen
B) Antiretroviral therapy
C) Daily colonics utilizing high electrolyte solutions
D) Prophylactic antibiotics to ward off opportunistic infections - ANSB) Antiretroviral
therapy
Adherence to HIV treatment regimens is best encouraged by:
A) Being consistent in addressing adherence every time the individual visits in a calm,
matter of fact manner.
B) The white coat phenomenon
C) Utilizing your authority status to overwhelm any objections or hints that complete
compliance is lacking.
D) Candidly informing the HIV sufferer that due to the status HIV has as a public health
danger mandatory isolation and forced treatment is an available option should voluntary
cooperation be lacking. - ANSA) Being consistent in addressing adherence every time
the individual visits in a calm, matter of fact manner.
AIDS and HIV are two separate and distinct viral diseases.
A) True
B) False - ANSB) False
AIDS is officially diagnosed in the HIV infected individual when the CD4 count falls
below:
A) 200 cells/mm3
B) 300 cells/mm3
C) 100 cells/mm3
D) 500 cells/mm3 - ANSA) 200 cells/mm3
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AIDS is the final stage of HIV infection.
A) True
B) False - ANSA) True
As long as it is fully healed, a circumcision reduces the risk of acquiring and/or
transmitting the HIV virus.
A) True
B) False - ANSA) True
Atazanavir is which type of antiretroviral medication?
A) HIV integrase inhibitor
B) Protease inhibitor
C) Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor
D) Fusion inhibitor - ANSB) Protease inhibitor
CDC reports indicate HIV rates have recently stabilized to around how many new
cases?
A) More than 80,000
B) Less than 10,000
C) Around 100,000
D) Around 50,000 - ANSD) Around 50,000
Comprehensive consent to medical treatment serves as consent for testing of HIV, as
long as, the individual is informed that it is included.
A) True
B) False - ANSA) True
Condoms provide a 100% failsafe prevention of HIV.
A) True
B) False - ANSB) False
Direct blood exposure is best demonstrated by which of the following:
A) Breast milk
B) Pre-semina fluid
C) Unsterilized body piercing tools
D) Vaginal fluids - ANSC) Unsterilized body piercing tools
Drug-to-drug interactions are frequent and a very real management concern during HIV
treatment.
A) True
B) False - ANSA) True
During periods of active HIV proliferation a single milliliter of blood may contain how
many copies of the virus?
A) As many as a thousand viral bodies
B) As many as five thousand viral bodies
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C) As many as twelve thousand viral bodies
D) As many as a million viral bodies - ANSD) As many as a million viral bodies
Health authorities recommend HIV screening for which of the following comprehensive
groups?
A) All adolescents and adults ages 13-75
B) Postmenopausal sexually active women
C) All immigrants applying for citizenship
D) All military service personnel - ANSA) All adolescents and adults ages 13-75
HIV can be spread by insects, including bed bugs, ticks, or mosquitoes.
A) True
B) False - ANSB) False
HIV can only be passed by direct blood exposure from the blood of an infected
individual to the blood of a receiving individual.
A) True
B) False - ANSB) False
HIV infected individuals in the chronic/asymptomatic stage can still infect others.
A) True
B) False - ANSA) True
HIV infected individuals often look and feel healthy during which stage of HIV infection?
A) Acute HIV infection
B) AIDS
C) Chronic HIV infection
D) HIV is symptomatic in all of its stages with debilitating illness - ANSC) Chronic HIV
infection
HIV infection is a reportable condition allowing public health authorities to track
incidence and rate of spread of the condition.
A) True
B) False - ANSA) True
HIV is a curable disease.
A) True
B) False - ANSB) False
HIV is a preventable disease.
A) True
B) False - ANSA) True
HIV prevention counseling must occur prior to any type of HIV diagnostic testing in
order to be compliant with CDC recommendations and federal law.
A) True
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B) False - ANSB) False
How many Americans age 14 and older live with HIV according to the CDC?
A) 20,000
B) 850,000
C) Less than one million
D) More than one million - ANSD) More than one million
Identification of the HIV virus occurred in which year?
A) 1981
B) 1983
C) 1959
D) 1997 - ANSB) 1983
In 2015, individuals who are immigrating to the United States are denied entry if they
have a positive test for HIV.
A) True
B) False - ANSB) False
In the stage called AIDS, the body's immune system has been damaged sufficiently to
make the infected individual vulnerable to all of the following except:
A) Disease
B) Allergy induced eczema
C) Infections
D) Infected related cancers - ANSB) Allergy induced eczema
Kissing an HIV infected individual is a common way that the HIV virus is transmitted
A) True
B) False - ANSB) False
Lifestyle changes and consistent compliance with antiretroviral medications can reduce
the chance of transmitting HIV to others by as much as:
A) 60%
B) 33%
C) 100%
D) 90% - ANSD) 90%
Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, "Nukes", work by which of the following
mechanism of action?
A) Nukes utilize high frequency isotopic components to bind HIV viral particles inside of
the host cell preventing them from progressing in their infective cycle.
B) Nukes interfere with the process of newly formed HIV virus using the enzyme
protease to gather components it needs to mature.
C) Nukes block HIV genetic material from creating altered DNA from viral RNA.
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