Answer each of the
following questions (there is only one correct answer to each question).
1
The CDC reported the mortality rate of AIDS
syndrome cases is approximately
A. 40 percent
B. 50 percent
C. 60 percent
D. 70 percent
2
A major goal of this course is to provide:
A. difficult, confusing information to
mislead client and health care
B. details of all aspects of the HIV/AIDS
disease
C. information necessary to ally apprehensions
and dispel myths
D. education that is difficult and hard to convey
to clients
3
After January 1, 1993 the CDC AIDS diagnosis applied
to all persons who:
A. had been exposed to HIV
B. experienced fever or night sweats
C. had sex with a person with AIDS
D. were HIV+ and had CD4 T-lymphocytes count
below 200/ml of blood
4
In which of the following group(s) has the transmission
of HIV been greatly reduced?
A. Perinatal (mother-child)
B. Teens and early 20 year olds
C. Men who have sex with men
D. Injecting drug users
5
What is autoimmune deficiency syndrome?
A. a single disease
B. a disease with specific, identifying characteristics
C. a severe manifestation
of the HIV virus, with various disease infections
D. a disease that follows
a predictable, orderly progression
6
Some of the signs and symptoms
associated with AIDS are
A. fever and night sweats
B. severe fatigue and diarrhea
C. coughing and shortness of breath
D. all of the above
7
The most frequent life-threatening opportunistic infection
occurring in patients with HIV is:
A. Candida albicans
B. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
C. Kaposi's sarcoma
D. Persistent generalized lymphadenopathy
8
Researchers have determined HIV
can only be transmitted by contact with
A. blood and/or semen
B. feces and/or urine
C. tears and/or perspiration
D. all of the above
9
Which of the following best describes how AIDS is NOT
transmitted?
A. by shaking hands
B. by insects such as mosquitoes
C. by sharing eating utensils
D. all of the above
10
Which of the following behaviors can put you at risk
for contracting the AIDS virus?
A. unprotected sex with someone whose HIV status
is known
B. unprotected sex with multiple partners
C. use of drugs/sharing needles (drug "works")
D. all of the above pose risk of contracting
HIV
11
Which of the following body fluids
has been removed from the CDC list of body fluids for which caregivers
must use standard/special precautions?
A. Urine
B. Tears
C. Saliva contaminated
with blood
D. Perspiration
12
What does the CDC recommend concerning the recapping
of needles?
A. do not recap with both hands.
B. recap immediately after use.
C. recap immediately prior to disposal.
D. recap only with the aid of a helper.
13
Recommendations for PEP have been
modified to include:
A. A basic 4-week regimen
B. Two drugs (zidovudine
& lamivudine) for most HIV exposures
C. An expanded regimen
that includes a protease inhibitor (idinavir or nelfinavir)
D. All of the above
14
Which of the following selections
indicates those hospital inpatients who should be isolated according
to the CDC?
A. Those with infectious
diarrhea
B. Those with tuberculosis
C. Those with other infectious
diseases
D. All of the above inpatients
should be isolated
15
One of the most important roles
of a caregiver in the admission of an AIDS client is
A. support and reassurance
B. teaching facts about
HIV/AIDS avoidance
C. the inventory of the
client's valuables
D. coordinating with the
client's family members
16
When planning the care of an AIDS
client, one of the objectives of treatment is
A. to eradicate AIDS
B. to adjust the client's
moral approach
C. to identify and treat
infections
D. to test new drugs
17
The drug approved by the FDA as
a once-daily treatment for HIV is:
A. idinavir
B. ZVD plus 3TC
C. efavirenz
D. nelfinavir
18
Reverse transciptase inhibitors
work by
A. attacking the HIV at
different stages of the life cycle
B. mimicking nucleotides
(building blocks of DNA)
C. inhibits the replication
of the HIV
D. slowing the spread of
HIV to delay opportunistic infections
19
Policies for recommended precautions
should exist for:
A. Continuing education
of all employees stressed at orientation
B. Provide at the cost
of the employer necessary equipment, supplies, and vaccines to minimize
risk of infection
C. Provide a monitoring
program to assure protective measures are followed
D. Policies should exist
for all of these areas
20
Equipment or devices that do not
touch the patient's skin or touch only intact skin are
A. cleaned with a detergent
or according to manufacturer's instructions.
B. autoclaved in the steam
or chemical sterilizer for 20 minutes.
C. sterilized only when
time permits.
D. rinsed under running
hot water.
21
Which solution is recommended
for use as a germicide to inactivate the HIV?
A. 70 percent Isopropyl
alcohol
B. 70 percent benzalkonium
chloride
C. 10 percent household
bleach
D. 10 percent Betadine
22
Which one of the following approaches
should be used to decontaminate spilled blood or body fluids?
A. A germicide approved
by the EPA as tuberculocidal
B. Hot water
C. Cold water only
D. All of the above
23
Which one of the following selections
is best concerning the handling and processing of soiled linen?
A. It is not necessary
to always wear gloves.
B. Always bag soiled linen
on location.
C. Always rinse or sort
soiled linen in client care areas.
D. Soiled linen is always washed
in cold water.
24
Hospital infective waste is disposed
into a sanitary landfill after it has been
A. washed in soap and hot
water
B. brushed of all debris
C. dried and folded
D. incinerated or autoclaved
25
According to the text, balancing the interest of HIV
patients with the interest of healthcare providers has created many:
A. social issues
B. moral issues
C. legal issues
D. spiritual issues
26
What behavior adjustments by the caregiver have been
results of the AIDS epidemic?
A. more education in courses relating to AIDS
B. increased attention to detail in daily client
procedures
C. a general reappraisal of behavior and attitude
D. all of the above
27
Signed into law on July 26, 1990, the ADA legislation
supports:
A. accidents on the job
B. American society more
accessible to those with disabilities (including HIV)
C. illegal alien job rights
D. corporate rights of
employers vs employees
28
What is included, in writing,
for consent to disclose health information?
A. What information will
be released
B. To whom
C. How long the consent
is valid
D. All of the above is
included
29
People with HIV/AIDS use complementary
approaches to:
A. Improve their overall
health
B. Prevent opportunistic
infections
C. Reduce side effects
from allopathic treatments
D. All of the above are
used
30
Goals for nutritional management of AIDS are:
A. preservation of lean body mass
B. providing adequate levels of nutrition
C. decreasing malabsorption
D. all of these are goals
for nutritional management
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