Sexually Transmitted Infections Quiz
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1. What is an STI?
- A. An infection transmitted through contaminated water
- B. An infection transmitted through sexual contact
- C. An infection transmitted only through blood transfusion
- D. An infection caused by a fungus
2. What type of pathogen causes HIV/AIDS?
- A. Bacterium
- B. Virus
- C. Fungus
- D. Protoctist
3. Which of these is NOT a way HIV can be transmitted?
- A. Unprotected sexual contact
- B. Sharing contaminated needles
- C. Casual contact such as shaking hands
- D. Mother to child during pregnancy or birth
4. A public health campaign aims to reduce the spread of HIV in a community. Which combination of measures would be most effective, and why?
- A. Banning all blood transfusions, since this stops all transmission routes
- B. Promoting condom use, needle exchange programmes and screening, since these directly target the known transmission routes
- C. Improving sewage treatment, since HIV spreads through contaminated water
- D. Vaccinating everyone against HIV, since a vaccine already exists
5. A patient is HIV-positive but has not yet developed AIDS. Which statement best explains their situation?
- A. They have already lost their immune system entirely
- B. They carry the virus but their immune system has not yet been severely weakened to the point of AIDS
- C. AIDS and HIV infection always occur at exactly the same time
- D. They cannot pass the virus on to anyone else