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1. The bacterium causing gonorrhea was discovered by
August von Wassermann
Paul Ehrlich
Albert Neisser
2. The bacterium causing syphilis was discovered by
Girolamo Fracastoro
Fritz Schaudinn
Paul Ehrlich
3. A "pap smear" is a sample taken from
the penis
the throat
the cervix
4. Which of the following is not a bacterial infection?
gonorrhea
trichomoniasis
syphilis
5. Which of the following is not a viral infection?
LGV
HPV
genital herpes
6. The first cases of the current AIDS epidemic were reported
in the 1970s
in the 1980s
in the 1990s
7. Syphilis became curable
in the 18th century
in the 19th century
in the 20th century
8. Which of the following STDs is incurable?
HPV
LGV
Chlamydia
9. Which of the following STDs is curable?
HIV
Genital herpes
Syphilis
10. The number of new HIV infections world-wide in 2003 was ca.
200 000
700 000
5000 000
11. Penicillin was discovered by
Everett C. Koop
Alexander Fleming
Sachahiro Hata
12. The first "safe sex guidelines" distinguished between
unsafe, safe
unsafe, safe, safer
safe, possibly safe, unsafe
13. The stages of syphilis follow this sequence:
primary stage, secondary stage, latent stage, late stage
primary stage, latent stage, late stage
latent stage, primary stage, secondary stage
14. Which of the following is not an "opportunistic infection"?
Pneumocistis carinii
Oral thrush
LGV
15. Which of the following is not an STI?
Gonorrhea
Scabies
HPV
16. Which of the following is not a symptom of chlamydia?
vaginal discharge
genital warts
low fever
17. Which of the following is not a symptom of gonorrhea?
skin rash
discharge from the penis or the vagina
sore throat
18. Which of the following is not a slang term for gonorrhea?
the clap
the clam
the drip
19. After an infection, the symptoms of granuloma inguinale usually appear
within hours
within one week
after several weeks
20. Which of the following STDs is not common in Western industrialized countries?
LGV
genital herpes
chancroid
21. Antibiotic treatments of STDs were begun on a wider scale in the
1920s
1930s
1950s
22. When the first antibiotic treatment of STDs in the USA proved successful,
the number of new infections per year did not change
the number of new infections per year rose slightly
the number of new infections per year fell dramatically
23. World-wide, the number of adults living with HIV/AIDS at the end of 2001 was
ca. 20 million
ca. 30 million
ca. 40 million
24. In which of the following regions are millions of people infected with syphilis?
North America
Sub-Saharan Africa
South and south-East Asia
25. World-wide, the number of people infected with trichomoniasis is
ca. 8 million
ca. 35 million
ca. 85 million
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