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| No. | Question | Correct | Wrong | I don’t know |
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| Part 1: general knowledge (risk factors and outcomes) | | | |
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| 1 | HIV and AIDS are the same thing | 313 (54.7%) | 182 (31.8%) | 77 (13.5%) |
| 2 | AIDS is now curable | 342 (59.8%) | 106 (18.5%) | 124 (21.7%) |
| 3 | AIDS is the cause of HIV | 169 (29.5%) | 277 (48.4%) | 126 (22.0%) |
| 4 | HIV cannot survive outside of the human’s body | 275 (48.1%) | 127 (22.2%) | 170 (29.7%) |
| 5 | People who are infected with HIV quickly develop the signs or symptoms of being infected | 302 (52.8%) | 132 (23.1%) | 138 (24.1%) |
| 6 | A mother with HIV positive cannot have children | 353 (61.7%) | 121 (21.2%) | 98 (17.1%) |
| 7 | All individuals who are HIV positive will develop AIDS | 158 (27.6%) | 240 (42.0%) | 174 (30.4%) |
| 8 | Sexual intercourse with a virgin will cure AIDS | 365 (63.8%) | 123 (21.5%) | 84 (14.7%) |
| 9 | It is possible to know a person is HIV positive by looking at them | 369 (64.5%) | 97 (17.0%) | 106 (18.5%) |
| 10 | AIDS is a hereditary disease | 136 (23.8%) | 204 (35.7%) | 232 (40.6%) |
| 11 | AIDS is mostly seen in the developing or underdeveloped countries, mostly in countries least able to afford to care for infected people | 299 (52.3%) | 109 (19.1%) | 164 (28.7%) |
| 12 | Only drug users, sex workers, and the homosexual or gay community get infected with HIV | 313 (54.7%) | 192 (33.6%) | 67 (11.7%) |
| 13 | There is a vaccine for AIDS | 280 (49.0%) | 97 (17.0%) | 195 (34.1%) |
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| Part 2: transmission of HIV | | | |
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| 14 | Coughing | 369 (64.5%) | 119 (20.8%) | 84 (14.7%) |
| 15 | Sneezing | 389 (68.0%) | 95 (16.6%) | 88 (15.4%) |
| 16 | Hugging | 458 (80.1%) | 46 (8.0%) | 68 (11.9%) |
| 17 | Kissing | 272 (47.6%) | 238 (41.6%) | 62 (10.8%) |
| 18 | Shaking hands | 490 (85.7%) | 43 (7.5%) | 39 (6.8%) |
| 19 | Sharing a glass of water | 298 (52.1%) | 210 (36.7%) | 64 (11.2%) |
| 20 | Sharing clothes | 437 (76.4%) | 78 (13.6%) | 57 (10.0%) |
| 21 | Sharing food and utensils | 280 (49.0%) | 212 (37.1%) | 80 (14.0%) |
| 22 | Sharing toothbrush | 214 (37.4%) | 287 (50.2%) | 71 (12.4%) |
| 23 | Sharing public toilet and swimming pools | 399 (69.8%) | 80 (14.0%) | 93 (16.3%) |
| 24 | Urine | 276 (48.3%) | 183 (32.0%) | 113 (19.8%) |
| 25 | Saliva | 268 (46.9%) | 218 (38.1%) | 86 (15.0%) |
| 26 | Tears | 389 (68.0%) | 72 (12.6%) | 111 (19.4%) |
| 27 | Blood products/transfusion | 464 (81.1%) | 48 (8.4%) | 60 (10.5%) |
| 28 | Sharing a needle | 453 (79.2%) | 59 (10.3%) | 60 (10.5%) |
| 29 | Breastfeeding | 312 (54.5%) | 135 (23.6%) | 125 (21.9%) |
| 30 | Sexual intercourse | 488 (85.3%) | 30 (5.2%) | 54 (9.4%) |
| 31 | Semen | 351 (61.4%) | 80 (14.0%) | 141 (24.7%) |
| 32 | Vaginal Fluid | 383 (67.0%) | 60 (10.5%) | 129 (22.6%) |
| 33 | Mother to child in pregnancy | 430 (75.2%) | 65 (11.4%) | 77 (13.5%) |
| 34 | Insect bite | 369 (64.5%) | 103 (18.0%) | 100 (17.5%) |
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| Part 3: prevention of HIV | | | |
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| 35 | Using latex condom is known to reduce the risk of HIV infection tremendously | 361 (63.1%) | 69 (12.1%) | 142 (24.8%) |
| 36 | Using a natural skin (lambskin) condom can protect a person from getting HIV | 235 (23.6%) | 171 (29.9%) | 266 (46.5%) |
| 37 | Use of specific drug which is given before, during, and after birth to both mother and child is known to greatly decrease the risk of baby infected with HIV | 175 (30.6%) | 159 (27.8%) | 238 (41.6%) |
| 38 | Showering or washing one’s genital/private part after sex keeps the person from getting HIV | 273 (47.7%) | 112 (19.6%) | 187 (32.7%) |
| 39 | Pulling out the penis before a man climaxes/cums keeps a woman from getting HIV during sex | 228 (39.9%) | 105 (18.4%) | 239 (41.8%) |
| 40 | Taking vitamin supplementary can prevent a person from getting HIV | 321 (56.1%) | 93 (16.3%) | 158 (27.6%) |
| 41 | Eating a healthy and balanced diet can keep a person from getting HIV | 305 (53.3%) | 125 (21.9%) | 142 (24.8%) |
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| Part 4: HIV testing | | | |
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| 42 | Premarital screening helps to reduce the incidence of HIV. | 203 (35.5%) | 93 (16.3%) | 276 (48.3%) |
| 43 | Urine, X-ray, total blood count, and biochemistry analyses are used to check for the HIV virus in the blood | 102 (17.8%) | 321 (56.1%) | 149 (26.0%) |
| 44 | Anonymous HIV testing is available in all government clinics in Malaysia | 274 (47.9%) | 92 (16.1%) | 206 (36.0%) |
| 45 | HIV testings in all government clinics in Malaysia are expensive | 242 (42.3%) | 80 (14.0%) | 250 (43.7%) |
| 46 | If a person tests positive for HIV the test can tell how sick the person will become | 166 (29.0%) | 186 (32.5%) | 260 (38.5%) |
| 47 | Mandatory HIV testing is required in all prisons and rehabilitations centre in Malaysia | 193 (33.7%) | 82 (14.3%) | 297 (51.9%) |
| 48 | It is mandatory for all Muslim couples in Malaysia to be tested for HIV before marriage | 58 (10.1%) | 277 (48.4%) | 247 (41.4%) |
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