Question

1. what test can determine if a person has hiv or tell how much virus is present in the blood?

antigen/antibody tests
urinalysis
antibody tests
nucleic acid tests

1. a patient may be given the antibiotic ciprofloxacin as prophylaxis after exposure to anthrax. the literal meaning for “prophylaxis” is:

before/guard against
exposure/guard against
resembles/guard against
view/guard against

Explanation:

• For question 35, nucleic - acid tests can detect the presence of HIV virus and measure the amount of virus in the blood. Antigen/antibody and antibody tests mainly detect antibodies or antigens related to HIV, and urinalysis is not used for this purpose.
• For question 36, the word "prophylaxis" comes from Greek, where "pro -" means before and "phylaxis" means guard against.

Answer:

1. D. Nucleic Acid Tests
2. A. before/guard against