51.Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is:(p. 119)
a.a genetic disorder
b.a bacterial infection.
c.a viral disease.
d.a disorder of the nervous system.
52.AIDS is responsible for more fatalities each year than either cancer or heart disease. (p. 119-120)
True
False
53.Presently, prevention programs aimed at reducing HIV infections are having more success among older than younger adults. (p. 120)
True
False
54.Which of the following statements does not help explain the high costs of treating AIDS patients? (p. 121)
a.The illness requires the services of many different kinds of medical specialists.
b.AIDS victims are living longer than previously.
c.The victim may require multiple hospitalizations
d.Some medical staff do not want to treat AIDS victims.
55.Heterosexual sex has now replaced drug use as the most common means of transmission of the HIV/AIDS virus to women (p. 121)
True
False
56. In 2009 the unemployment rate in the U.S was the highest it has been in over a quarter of a century. (p. 65)
True
False
57. Methamphetamine is a highly addictive stimulant which affects the central nervous system. (p. 101)
True
False
58. Methamphetamine is classified as schedule II drug which means: (p. 101)
a. It has a high potential for abuse
b. It is completely outlawed and it not available in prescription by physicians
c. It is about to become legal
d. It can be used for recreational purposed
e. None of the above
59. Methamphetamine was developed early last century from its present drug Mitazopol. (p. 102)
False
True
60. Crystal Meth abuse is considered by many to be the fastest growing and most serious drug problem facing America Today. (p.102)
True
False