PYC2605 Exam Q&A, Assignments & Mock Exam

It is very important for AIDS counselors to know the terminology of sex practices practiced by their clients. If your client has oral-penile contact or oral sex performed on a male partner, it is called..........

Answer: Fellatio

Dancing, singing, rituals and ceremonies are often used in traditional African communities for healing or educational purposes. Should these forms of dramatization be encouraged by AIDS educators?

Answer: Yes, it should be encouraged - because dramatization helps people to overcome their anxiety and to express their emotions.

During the counselling session, your client discloses to you that he/she is HIV positive and explains that the reason for not telling you before was because he/she was afraid of your response. According to Egan, in which one of the following responses listed below would you, as the counselor, demonstrate basic empathy?

Answer: You felt afraid to tell me that you are HIV positive, because you feared that I would reject you. Basic empathy = listen, understand and communicate in such a way that the client understands himself better and be able to act on it. You will demonstrate empathy be restating what the client tried to say to you as a counselor.

Nomsa lives with her four children, her brother and her mother in a small house in a rural area of KZN. Noma\'s brother has ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME or AIDS. This means that...

Answer: his infection is caused by an organism from outside the body that attacked his immune system and rendered it deficient.

How would you explain to Noma\'s brother what is meant by immune deficiency?

Answer: Your immune system can no longer protect your body against infections from outside.

The reason why HIV - the virus that causes AIDS - is so dangerous to human beings is because HIV \"hijacks\" the most important cells in the immune system, namely the (a)............. and \"forces\" them to (b)..............

Answer: (a) CD4 T cells (b) manufacture more HI viruses

Statistically, more women than men are infected with HIV in Africa. Why are women more vulnerable to HIV infection than men?

Answer: * Women, as the recipients of semen, are exposed to the sexual fluids of their partner(s) for a longer time than men (biological) * The area or surface that is exposed to the partner\'s secretions during sexual intercourse is larger in the case of women than in men (biological)

A person\'s risk of HIV infection is increased when he or she...

Answer: * is also infected with other sexually transmitted infections * ha a partner who frequently has unprotected sex.

Why are people with STIs particularly vulnerable to HIV infection?

Answer: STIs, especially genital ulcers, make it easier for the HI virus to enter the body.

Petra is HIV positive and the latest test results have revealed that her baby has the virus too. How do you think Petra\'s baby got infected?

Answer: It is difficult to say how Petra\'s baby got infected, because it could have been during pregnancy, during childbirth or through breastfeeding.