Here's a quiz I've given students and adults in the past... most have not done very well on it, but dont let that stop you from taking it. It's still HIGHLY useful.

"Make Yourself Aware" Quiz

Answer the following questions with either True or False.

1. Using 2 condoms during intercourse doubles your protection against pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (diseases).

2. If used correctly, condoms are 88-95% effective.

3. A woman cannot get pregnant the 1st time she has sex.

4. You can only get a sexually transmitted infection (disease) through sexual intercourse.

5. By age 17, 75% of all teens have had sexual intercourse at least once.

6. There is no birth control option that is 100% effective against pregnancy and the spread of sexually transmitted infections (diseases).

7. African-American women between the ages of 15 and 44 have the fastest growing rates of new HIV infections.

8. 1 in 1000 Black men has HIV and 1 in 5000 Black women has HIV (compared to 1 in 3000 white women.

9. Men of all ages tend to overstate their sexual activity when surveyed (by the Alan Guttmacher Institute), while women understate theirs.

10. Chlamydia is the most common STI (STD) in the United States.

Answer the following questions.

11. What are the four categories of STI's (STDs)?

12. The Institute of Medicine met in 1994 to discuss ways to address the STI problem. What do you think they said was the main barrier to responding to STIs?

13. Economically, the cost of treating STIs probably exceeds how many billions of dollars a year?

14. Alcohol is a factor in how many percentage rapes a year?

Answers:

1. false

2. true

3. false

4. false

5. false

6. false (abstinence)

7. true

8. false (1 in 50 for black men; 1 in 160 for black women)

9. true

10. true

11. Bacterial; viral; vaginal; ectoparasitic

12. The public's unwillingness to discuss the topic.

13. 10 billion

14. 50%