Regarding Safer Sex Practices and HIV\AIDS, Which of the Following

question 60

Multiple Choice

Regarding safer sex practices and HIV\AIDS, which of the following is FALSE?

• A)Unless a person completely abstains, sex can be made safer but not risk free.
• B)Sexually active persons should practice safer sex until their partner's sexual history and\or health has been clearly established.
• C)Since the beginning of the epidemic to the present, gay men have continued to show significant decreases in risky sex and increases in monogamous relationships.
• D)A study of heterosexual adults found that the majority did not practice safer sex with their last partner.

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Definitions:

Phenylketonuria

A genetic disorder characterized by the body's inability to break down the amino acid phenylalanine, leading to harmful buildup.

Recessive Gene

A gene that expresses its phenotypic trait only when homozygous, as its effect is masked by a dominant gene when heterozygous.

Mental Retardation

Mental retardation is an outdated and offensive term formerly used to describe a condition characterized by significantly below-average intellectual functioning and a lack of skills necessary for daily living; the preferred term is now "intellectual disability."

Phenylalanine

An essential amino acid required for the biosynthesis of proteins, not synthesized by the human body and obtained through diet.