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4 Hour Salon Professional Certification

Salon Professionals for Initial License FL - 4 Hour HIV/AIDS Awareness Course

1. The HIV virus is what leads to AIDS.*
- True
- False
Your answer is correct. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), if not treated.
Your answer is incorrect. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), if not treated.
2. There are three stages of the HIV virus.*
- True
- False
Your answer is correct. When individuals who are infected with HIV reject or fail to receive treatment, they will typically progress through the three stages of the disease.
Your answer is incorrect. When individuals who are infected with HIV reject or fail to receive treatment, they will typically progress through the three stages of the disease.
3. You cannot infect other people when you are in the first stage of HIV.*
- True
- False
Your answer is correct. When individuals have stage one, acute HIV infection, they have larger amounts of virus in their blood and are very contagious.
Your answer is incorrect. When individuals have stage one, acute HIV infection, they have larger amounts of virus in their blood and are very contagious.
4. If antiretroviral therapy (ART) is taken the right way, every day, it can dramatically prolong the lives of many people living with HIV.*
- True
- False
Your answer is correct. Treatment for HIV is antiretroviral therapy or ART. If taken properly ART can dramatically prolong the lives of many people infected with HIV, keep them healthy, and greatly lower their chances of infecting others.
Your answer is incorrect. Treatment for HIV is antiretroviral therapy or ART. If taken properly ART can dramatically prolong the lives of many people infected with HIV, keep them healthy, and greatly lower their chances of infecting others.
5. There is now a prevention and post-exposure options to help stop the spread of HIV.*
- True
- False
Your answer is correct. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PREP) is when individuals with a very high risk for HIV take HIV medicine daily to lower their chance of getting infected. Post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is taking antiretroviral medicines (ART) after being potentially exposed to HIV to prevent becoming infected.
Your answer is incorrect. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PREP) is when individuals with a very high risk for HIV take HIV medicine daily to lower their chance of getting infected. Post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) is taking antiretroviral medicines (ART) after being potentially exposed to HIV to prevent becoming infected.
6. The HIV virus can live in a used needle for up to 42 days depending on the temperature and other factors.*
- True
- False
Your answer is correct. Sharing needles and syringes with someone who has HIV is not recommended. HIV can live in a used needle up to 42 days, depending on the temperature and other factors.
Your answer is incorrect. Sharing needles and syringes with someone who has HIV is not recommended. HIV can live in a used needle up to 42 days, depending on the temperature and other factors.
7. The HIV virus can survive and reproduce outside the human body.*
- True
- False
Your answer is correct. HIV does not survive long outside the human body and it cannot reproduce outside a human host.
Your answer is incorrect. HIV does not survive long outside the human body and it cannot reproduce outside a human host.
8. A person having other sexually transmitted diseases does not increase the risk of contracting and transmitting HIV.*
- True
- False
Your answer is correct. Having another sexually transmitted disease (STD) can increase the risk of getting or transmitting HIV to others.
Your answer is incorrect. Having another sexually transmitted disease (STD) can increase the risk of getting or transmitting HIV to others.
9. Abstinence is the only 100% effective way to prevent HIV, STD’s and pregnancy.*
- True
- False
Your answer is correct. Abstinence is the only 100% effective way to prevent HIV, other STDs and pregnancies.
Your answer is incorrect. Abstinence is the only 100% effective way to prevent HIV, other STDs and pregnancies.
10. There is both male and female condoms available to help preventing HIV.*
- True
- False
Your answer is correct. There are two types of condoms, male and female.
Your answer is incorrect. There are two types of condoms, male and female.
11. You should always use lubricants that are oil-based when using latex condoms.*
- True
- False
Your answer is correct. Do not use oil-based lubricants (for example, vaseline, shortening, mineral oil, massage oils, body lotions, and cooking oils) with latex condoms because they weaken the condom and cause it to break.
Your answer is incorrect. Do not use oil-based lubricants (for example, vaseline, shortening, mineral oil, massage oils, body lotions, and cooking oils) with latex condoms because they weaken the condom and cause it to break.
12. Now that there are better treatments, people with HIV are now living longer and with a better quality of life.*
- True
- False
Your answer is correct. Thanks to better treatments, people with HIV are now living longer, and with a better quality of life, than ever before.
Your answer is incorrect. Thanks to better treatments, people with HIV are now living longer, and with a better quality of life, than ever before.
13. An estimated 1.1 million people were living with HIV in the United States at the end of 2015, and 15% of these people don’t know they are infected.*
- True
- False
Your answer is correct. An estimated 1.1 million in the United States were living with HIV at the end of 2015, 15% of these people did not know they were infected.
Your answer is incorrect. An estimated 1.1 million in the United States were living with HIV at the end of 2015, 15% of these people did not know they were infected.
14. HIV disease continues to be a serious health issue for parts of the world. Worldwide there were roughly 1.7 new cases of HIV in 2018.*
- True
- False
Your answer is correct. HIV disease continues to be a serious health issue for parts of the world. Worldwide there were roughly 1.7 new cases of HIV in 2018.
Your answer is incorrect. HIV disease continues to be a serious health issue for parts of the world. Worldwide there were roughly 1.7 new cases of HIV in 2018.
15. People living with HIV have a greater chance to contract other diseases like Tuberculosis and Hepatitis.*
- True
- False
Your answer is correct. People that are HIV positive are more likely to get other infections and diseases as well.
Your answer is incorrect. People that are HIV positive are more likely to get other infections and diseases as well.
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