1. In the last 25 years, the life expectancy associated with treated HIV/AIDS has:
   a. Remained unchanged b. remained unchanged but quality of life improved c. increased significantly d. decreased due to medication toxicities
2. HAART regimens used in HIV therapy refer to:
   a. A specific proprietary regimen used in advanced AIDS b. The use of a beta blocker plus a statin to protect cardiac function in advanced AIDS c. The palliative process of watching old episodes of Nick and Nora Hart on late night TV d. The use of multiple antiretroviral agents concurrently to create a potent HIV therapeutic regimen
3. Which one of the following is true of HIV in the population over 50 years of age:
   a. Patients over 50 years of age are rare and constitute case reports b. All patients with HIV/AIDS have died by age 50 c. If you live to age 50 with HIV/AIDS, the president of the US sends you a special certificate d. Patients with HIV/AIDS over age 50 represent an increasing demographic population
4. In one large Jacksonville HIV specialty clinic, an analysis of the population demographics showed which of the following:
   a. Less than 5% of the population was over age 50 b. Greater than 25% of the population was over age 50 c. All those patients over 50 had AIDS d. No patient lived to be over 50 in that population
5. All of the following statements regarding the aging HIV population are true except:
   a. 90% of the population reports homosexual contacts b. In a local population analysis, 25% of HIV/AIDS patients over 50 were women c. Past or present IV drug use was an infrequent self reported risk factor d. Other medical comorbidities are common
6. One of the explanations for the increasing incidence and prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the elderly population is a result of:
   a. The changing sexual mores of patients over age 60 b. Increased sensitivity of the testing used in elderly patients c. Newly recognized routes of HIV infection d. Increased HIV testing in the elderly population
7. For the elderly patient with HIV/AIDS:
   a. Treatment guidelines are clearly established b. Multiple clinical trials have defined the most efficacious HIV therapies c. Comorbid conditions don’t interfere with clinical outcomes and therapeutic choices d. Therapy is often hindered by lack of evidence based data and the presence of concurrent medications
8. Which of the following statements is true:
   a. It is important for health care providers to take an HIV risk history in elderly patients b. Antiretroviral therapy has no role in the care of HIV infected elderly patients c. The gradual decline in the prevalence of HIV in the elderly supports ignoring this population in clinical trials d. HIV will gradually become a non issue in the elderly as that population expires from their age related comorbidities

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