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This is not really a quiz. The questions will be asked and multiple choice
answers will be displayed, then you have to pick a choice. Regardless
whether your answer is correct or not, an "explanation" will follow each
question. The educational aspect is more important than the quiz aspect,
after all, nobody will check the results. I still decided to implement
scoring, to give the opportunity of "self-test".
Sometimes there will be more than one correct answer but one of those will
be the BEST answer and will give the most points.



The maximum possible score is 72 points

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Question 1:
Which statement below is TRUE

1) The virus is a kind of bacteria
2) The bacteria is a kind of virus
3) The are both a so called "one cell organism"
4) They both can make people ill
5) Common cold is caused by viruses

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The correct answers are 5 and 4
1. It is not
2. It is not
3. The virus has no cell in it and it is not a cell
4. That is true, but it is a general statement, the kind everybody knows
5. Common cold is caused by viruses, in fact a whole variety of them.
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Question 2:
Antibiotics can NOT cure

1) Tuberculosis
2) Syphilis
3) Gonorrhea
4) Herpes

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The correct answer is 4.
1. Tuberculosis can be cured with Streptomycin and with other antibiotics
2. Syphilis can be cured with plain old Penicillin and other antibiotics
3. Gonorrhea can be cured with Penicillin and with many other antibiotics
4. Antibiotics do nothing against Herpes, because Herpes is caused by virus
   and ALL antibiotics are ineffective against ALL viruses
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Question 3:
There is NO CURE for

1) Chicken pox
2) Typhoid fever
3) Heart attack
4) Tuberculosis

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The correct answer is 1. Answer 3 also got some points.
1. Chicken pox is caused by a virus. Mankind have yet to invent any
medication which CURES an illness caused by a virus. The is being cure done
by the body, the immune system. Chicken pox is a pretty innocent disease in
most of the times and the "victim" has to "wait it out" until it goes away.
2. Can be cured with antibiotics
3. Although heart attack can be "cured" by the relatively new enzyme
treatment (if received on time), the part of the heart muscle which "died"
as a result of the lack of oxygen, will never be replaced.
4. Can be cured with antibiotics
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Question 4:
Why is AIDS called AIDS?

1) Nobody really knows
2) It is plural of AID which stands for Anti Immune Disease
3) Because the victims needs a lot of aid.
4) The third letter D stands for the word Disease
5) The third letter D stands for something, which means:not enough
6) None of the above

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The correct answer is 5
AIDS is the abbreviation of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Only
question No.5 can possibly be correct, all other choices are far off the
target. The reason that No.6 was "rewarded" with 1 point, in case if a
linguists would want to argue that the word "deficiency" is not an equal of
"not enough"
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Question 5:
The once feared Smallpox pretty much disappeared. How come?

1) Cure was invented and made available for everybody
   who contracted the disease.
2) Penicillin did it.
3) The continuous mutation of the virus one day
   turned into an ineffective form, which no longer could make
   people sick.
4) Immunization was invented and made available for everybody
   as a result of a worldwide effort
5) It didn't disappear. It just seems to be that way, because of
   all the other horrible diseases around us.

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The correct answer is 4
1. There is no known CURE available against smallpox. It is caused by a virus
2. It is not true
3. The virus causing smallpox is not known to mutate (some others do)
4. That is exactly what happened.
5. It is not true
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Question 6:
Which statement is most TRUE about a virus (any virus)?

1) If it infects a person, the disease is always deadly
2) May not be a living creature
3) It is always transmitted by blood
4) The smallest one is about 1000 times larger than the largest bacteria
5) All virus caused diseases are more serious than bacteria caused
   diseases.

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The correct answer is 2
1. Most diseases caused by a virus are not deadly. Take common cold as an
example. Even Polio wasn't so much deadly, but caused severe forms of
paralysis, some which would have been deadly if it wasn't for the iron
lung. The invention of the vaccine made all the difference in the world.
2. Can be argued, it IS being argued, but all other choices are blatantly
wrong. Virus is the ONLY creature we know, which doesn't have both RNA and
DNA molecules in them, only one or the other. Viruses are unable to
multiply on their own, while most other living beings can. Much details.
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3) It is always transmitted by blood
4) The smallest one is about 1000 times larger than the largest bacteria
5) All virus caused diseases are more serious than bacteria caused
   diseases.


3. It is not true. Many viral infections spreads via air
(sneezing-droplets), via objects, etc.
4. Most viruses are much smaller than bacteria
5. It is not true. For example Tuberculosis, plague, etc. are much more
serious than common cold, flu, chicken pox and many others.
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Question 7:
Why it should have been obvious from day 1, that AIDS can't be
(exclusively) the disease of the homosexuals?

1) It wasn't obvious at all.
2) Because virus don't know sexual preference
3) Because even at the early days of AIDS, there were reported
   cases among heterosexuals.
4) It wasn't obvious and it still not obvious.
5) None of the above

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The correct answer is 2. Also scored:1,3
1. From DAY 1, it may not have been obvious, but from the day it was known
and proven that it is caused by a virus, it should have been obvious
2. The concept of "disease of the homosexuals" was downright silly. Viruses
are the most primitive "creatures", they have no "idea" who they infect.
Homosexuals are not a different "type" people. There is no way for a virus
to recognize homosexuality. The first known AIDS victim was a homosexual
and a very promiscuous one. Anal intercourse yields a much higher "mucosal
injury-->bleeding-->into mucosal injury than regular intercourse.
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3) Because even at the early days of AIDS, there were reported
   cases among heterosexuals.
4) It wasn't obvious and it still not obvious.
5) None of the above


3. That should have been a giveaway too. Even during the early days, there
were a few heterosexual cases, which should have ruled out the "exclusivity"
of AIDS to homosexuals
4. By now, it is obvious
5. 3 of the 4 "above" were correct to a certain degree.
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Question 8:
Why is it NOT likely that mankind will invent a cure for AIDS
any time soon?

1) Because there is not enough money given for research
2) Who said there is no cure for AIDS? How about AZT?
3) Because AIDS is caused by a virus and mankind have not
   yet invented a cure fore any disease, caused by a virus.
4) Wrong question. Most likely mankind will invent
   a cure pretty within the next 10 years.
5) All of the above

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The correct answer is 3
1. The most famous inventions, discoveries are known to be the result of
either dumb luck or the stroke of a genius. Neither which can be financed
in advance. Of course, more money into AIDS research WILL increase the
probability of "dumb luck" or by luring more people into the field, finding
a true genius who runs into some solution. However, it is not a direct link
and that is why the answer is inferior to No.3
2. AZT is not a CURE for AIDS. AZT simply slows down the disease.
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3) Because AIDS is caused by a virus and mankind have not
   yet invented a cure fore any disease, caused by a virus.
4) Wrong question. Most likely mankind will invent
   a cure pretty within the next 10 years.
5) All of the above



3. Unfortunately, this is the correct answer.
   By far, the most important to understand
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Up to date (10/26/91) there is not a single virus caused illness, which
mankind has a known CURE against. Meaning, if one catches the disease,
there is nothing to give or apply which would directly interact in some way
and kills the virus and eliminates the problems it caused.
There are supportive measures which PROTECT the individual until the
illness goes away on its' own (Viral hepatitis for example).
Of course there are the vaccinations, such as Polio, Measles, Rubella,
Smallpox etc., but they are not a CURE, but rather prevention.
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4) Wrong question. Most likely mankind will invent
   a cure pretty within the next 10 years.
5) All of the above



4. Such statement is grossly unfounded. There is no way to predict the
amount of time needed to INVENT something. It is not impossible that within
the next 10 years somebody will invent something (that is why the answer
is not WRONG), but it isn't "most likely" (that is why only a 1 pont answer)

5. It is not true because 2 and 5 is incorrect
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Question 9:
How does the AIDS virus kills people?

1) It doesn't.
2) The virus is toxic. Eventually the victims die in virus poisoning
3) All the virus accumulates in the lung and eventually the victim
   suffocates.
4) There is a certain chemical in the virus, which acts as a very strong
   diet pill. No matter how much the victims eat, they just getting thinner
   and thinner until they die.
5) By perforating the rectum
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The correct answer is 1
1. It is the only correct answer as a result of exclusion. The other four
choices are so ridiculous that it leaves No.1 as the only alternative.
The AIDS virus (HIV, the virus itself) does not kill people. Not even their
PRIMARY effect on the body. What finally kills the victims is the results
of the so called opportunistic infections or Kaposi sarcoma.
It is a tricky question and by no means it suggests that the AIDS virus is
not dangerous for any reasons.
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Question 10:
Which is the MOST infectious disease?

1) AIDS
2) Tuberculosis
3) Leprosy
4) Chicken Pox
5) Typhus

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The correct answer is 4
The expression "MOST infectious" refers to the so called: virulence.
Virulence is is the "degree of ease" a pathogen (not only virus) can
spread.
1. AIDS has a low degree of virulence, since it requires direct bodily 
fluid-to-blood contact. AIDS virus, if left outside of the human body, "dies" 
much faster than a great many pathogens. If the virulence of AIDS would be as 
high as chicken pox, it is quite likely that in 10 years it would have in fact
wiped out mankind or if not, the number of victims would be magnitudes more 
than it is today.
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2) Tuberculosis
3) Leprosy
4) Chicken Pox
5) Typhus




2. Tuberculosis is mostly a "via air, by droplet" type infection, medium
degree of virulence. Although direct contact with a victim is not always
required, but "near proximity" is.
3. Leprosy has a low degree of virulence. Direct contact with a victim is
     required.
4. Chicken pox has one of the highest virulence. It is enough to be in the
same room, for a few minutes, with a victim and if the person didn't have
chicken pox before, he/she most likely WILL.
5. Typhus is a digestive tract related illness and so is the spread.
Therefore in a way, the pathogen has to be "eaten". Low virulence.
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The "moral" of the question is, that the virulence or "how infectious" the
disease is, rarely correlates with the degree of seriousness. Common cold
is far more infectious than AIDS, yet not many people died in common cold.
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Question 11:
Which has the HIGHEST known mortality rate (deadliest)?

1) AIDS
2) Tuberculosis
3) Typhus
4) Bubonic Plague
5) Cholera

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The correct answer is 1
It is a true "one choice only" answer. The mortality (or deadliness) of
AIDS is unheard of. The mortality rate of AIDS is above 90% (undisputed),
around 95% but by some, believed to be 100%.
No other known disease by mankind had such a "kill rate". Bubonic plague
gets the nearest, but relying on "old reports", the survival rate was quite
higher than the survival rate of AIDS.
Cholera, Tuberculosis, Typhus can be quite deadly and serious, but their
mortality is far from 95+%. Many victims recovered spontaneously, even
before cures were invented.
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Question 12:

Which sport can be the MOST hazardous to contract AIDS if a team mate or an 
opponent is HIV positive?

1) Football
2) Tennis
3) Basketball 
4) Bowling
5) Boxing
6) Swimming

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This was the last question. Please remember your score.

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The correct answer is 3 
Basketball is a contact sport without any protection device.
Football is also a contact sport but the extensive protection devices make 
direct "blood-to-blood" contact much less likely than in basketball.
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If you picked Boxing, you got 1 point, because it is possible to have 
"blood-to-blood contact, but oddly enough it is rarely the case because the 
primary contact is between the glove and the body and not between the body and 
the body of the other. While not impossible, tennis, bowling and swimming are
not likely sports to contract HIV.
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                          Score evaluation

  70-72= Impossible
  50-69= Great
  40-49= Good
  30-39= Average
   0-29= Less than average
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