MIC 130 UPDATED EXAMS PRACTICE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Population AIDS was First Detected - ✔✔Young, male homosexuals
✔✔Where and When HIV Entered Human Population - ✔✔1900-1920 in West Central
Africa
✔✔Ryan White - ✔✔13 yr old w/ hemophilia that was banned from school for being
HIV+, generated debate and media attention that helped change perception of
HIV/AIDS
✔✔Needle Exchange Program - ✔✔Give used needles to get new needles, spread
through Europe, prevents from sharing of needles, US didn't want to promote drug use
✔✔Controversies during 80s over AIDS - ✔✔Started to increase homophobia, some
thought infected should be quarantined/tattooed, competition for rights to diagnostic
tests between France and US, losing rights
✔✔Ryan White CARE Act - ✔✔1990- provides money for HIV drugs through Medicaid
✔✔ART - ✔✔Anti-retroviral therapy, first used in 1996, was very successful
, ✔✔Change of ART Over Time - ✔✔Started using ART for all people with HIV
regardless of disease status
✔✔Prophylatic Therapy - ✔✔Prevention option to all people at risk of acquiring HIV
✔✔Current Trends of HIV/AIDS Epidemic - ✔✔Infections are slowly declining, 1.2
million infected in US, 40.8 million infected globally
✔✔Population of Most New HIV/AIDS Infections in US - ✔✔African American gay and
bisexual men
✔✔HIV - ✔✔Human Immunodeficiency Virus, the virus that causes AIDS
✔✔AIDS - ✔✔acquired immune deficiency syndrome, have HIV and low T-helper cell
numbers, or a few different infections, wasting syndrome, or AIDS-Dementia complex
✔✔Progression of HIV/AIDS - ✔✔Acute phase first 10 weeks, asymptomatic for
average 8 yrs, develop AIDS after 8-12 yrs
✔✔Cell/Organs impacted by HIV - ✔✔Immune system, lymph nodes, spleen, and gut
(lymphoid tissue), T-cells
✔✔Common Medical Consequences of HIV Infection - ✔✔Lose ability to respond to HIV
and other infections, gets into nervous system, AIDS- Dementia complex, Wasting
Syndrome (10% loss of body weight in 30 days, chronic diarrhea, fever, and weakness),
Cancers
✔✔Opportunistic Infection - ✔✔AIDS makes immune system more susceptible to
infections
✔✔Caused Governments Slow Response to HIV Epidemic - ✔✔Victims were blamed
for their illnesses/deaths, negative attitudes towards gays
✔✔Consequences of blaming victims w/ HIV - ✔✔Eased fears of contracting the
disease, relieves responsibility for taking actions
✔✔Societal changes as a result of HIV/AIDS - ✔✔Shattered idea that IDs were
conquered, increased understanding of viral infections and host immunity, sex
education more common, sex patterns change, blood donation practices change,
needle exchange programs start, hastens LGBTQ+ rights, PPE become standard, End
of Life Care develops, medical history more thorough
✔✔ACT-UP - ✔✔AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (large, vocal, angry), wanted to
increase funding for research and fast-track drug approval
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Population AIDS was First Detected - ✔✔Young, male homosexuals
✔✔Where and When HIV Entered Human Population - ✔✔1900-1920 in West Central
Africa
✔✔Ryan White - ✔✔13 yr old w/ hemophilia that was banned from school for being
HIV+, generated debate and media attention that helped change perception of
HIV/AIDS
✔✔Needle Exchange Program - ✔✔Give used needles to get new needles, spread
through Europe, prevents from sharing of needles, US didn't want to promote drug use
✔✔Controversies during 80s over AIDS - ✔✔Started to increase homophobia, some
thought infected should be quarantined/tattooed, competition for rights to diagnostic
tests between France and US, losing rights
✔✔Ryan White CARE Act - ✔✔1990- provides money for HIV drugs through Medicaid
✔✔ART - ✔✔Anti-retroviral therapy, first used in 1996, was very successful
, ✔✔Change of ART Over Time - ✔✔Started using ART for all people with HIV
regardless of disease status
✔✔Prophylatic Therapy - ✔✔Prevention option to all people at risk of acquiring HIV
✔✔Current Trends of HIV/AIDS Epidemic - ✔✔Infections are slowly declining, 1.2
million infected in US, 40.8 million infected globally
✔✔Population of Most New HIV/AIDS Infections in US - ✔✔African American gay and
bisexual men
✔✔HIV - ✔✔Human Immunodeficiency Virus, the virus that causes AIDS
✔✔AIDS - ✔✔acquired immune deficiency syndrome, have HIV and low T-helper cell
numbers, or a few different infections, wasting syndrome, or AIDS-Dementia complex
✔✔Progression of HIV/AIDS - ✔✔Acute phase first 10 weeks, asymptomatic for
average 8 yrs, develop AIDS after 8-12 yrs
✔✔Cell/Organs impacted by HIV - ✔✔Immune system, lymph nodes, spleen, and gut
(lymphoid tissue), T-cells
✔✔Common Medical Consequences of HIV Infection - ✔✔Lose ability to respond to HIV
and other infections, gets into nervous system, AIDS- Dementia complex, Wasting
Syndrome (10% loss of body weight in 30 days, chronic diarrhea, fever, and weakness),
Cancers
✔✔Opportunistic Infection - ✔✔AIDS makes immune system more susceptible to
infections
✔✔Caused Governments Slow Response to HIV Epidemic - ✔✔Victims were blamed
for their illnesses/deaths, negative attitudes towards gays
✔✔Consequences of blaming victims w/ HIV - ✔✔Eased fears of contracting the
disease, relieves responsibility for taking actions
✔✔Societal changes as a result of HIV/AIDS - ✔✔Shattered idea that IDs were
conquered, increased understanding of viral infections and host immunity, sex
education more common, sex patterns change, blood donation practices change,
needle exchange programs start, hastens LGBTQ+ rights, PPE become standard, End
of Life Care develops, medical history more thorough
✔✔ACT-UP - ✔✔AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (large, vocal, angry), wanted to
increase funding for research and fast-track drug approval
