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HIV/AIDS: PROTECTING YOUR CLIENTS AND YOURSELF FOR BARBERS, 2ND EDITION Final Examination Questions Select the best answer for each question and mark your answers on the Final Examination Answer Sheet found on page 12, or complete your test online at EliteLearning.com/Book

1. Increased and ever evolving understanding of the virus and resulting illness has led to the development of medicines that are effectively treating the disease for those who take them regularly. a. True. b. False. 2. All findings point to the fact that starting treatment for HIV early (as soon as possible after diagnosis) significantly improves the patient’s health, reduces the risk of illness and death, and decreases the risk of onward transmission by 96%. a. True. b. False. 3. AIDS is the fifth and most severe phase of HIV infection. a. True. b. False. 4. To prevent transmission of HIV in the workplace, barbers, cosmetologists, and other health and human service providers must assume that blood and other body fluids from all patients are potentially infectious. a. True. b. False. 5. Service providers are required to disclose personal HIV status in the workplace. a. True. b. False.

6. Over time, if left untreated, HIV can destroy so many CD4 cells that the body can’t fight off infections and disease, allowing opportunistic infections or cancers to take advantage of a very weak immune system.

a. True. b. False.

7. The estimated number of new HIV infections in the U.S. in 2019 was 34,800, showing an increase when compared with 2015. a. True. b. False. 8. HIV is no longer considered an epidemic and major health issue in the U.S. a. True. b. False. 9. In the U.S., HIV is most commonly spread through sexual intercourse, be it anal or vaginal, and by sharing drug-use equipment (or works) with someone who is carrying the virus.

a. True. b. False.

10. Most people in the U.S. who are living with HIV and receiving treatment do not have AIDS and will never progress into the AIDS phase of the disease.

a. True. b. False.

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