EXERCISES, LESSON 3
INSTRUCTIONS: Answer the following exercises by marking the lettered response that
best answers the question or best completes the incomplete statement or by writing the
answer in the space provided.
After you have completed all the exercises, turn to "Solutions to Exercises" at the
end of the lesson and check your answers. For each exercise answered incorrectly,
reread the material referenced with the solution.
1.
The letters HIV stand for ____________________________________________.
2.
HIV may be defined as ______________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
3.
The letters AIDS stand for ___________________________________________.
4.
AIDS may be defined as ____________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
5.
List the four routes of transmission of HIV.
a. _____________________________________________________________.
b. _____________________________________________________________.
c.
_____________________________________________________________.
d. _____________________________________________________________.
6.
AIDS is caused by the action of a virus (HIV) on the body's _________________
7.
The result of the action in test item #6 is that the body's ______________ system
is weakened or becomes useless, and the patient becomes susceptible to
_____________________infections and unusual ____________________.
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