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DSST Health
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. About 75% of all car accidents occur within 25 miles of home and at speeds below ___ MPH.
Silent
Pregnant
Intrinsic
40
2. As ovarian function and hormone production diminish - a period of adjustment must be made by the hypothalamus - ovaries - uterus - and other _________-sensitive tissues.
Certification
Amniotic
Estrogen
Protective
3. A few examples of contraceptive methods are the use of condoms - oral contraceptives - _____________ - and diaphragms.
Fat-free
Spermicides
Secondhand
External
4. In February 1992 - the _____________ became the first developed country to enact legislation that permits euthanasia under strict guidelines.
Sleep
Employment
Netherlands
Hemoglobin
5. For alcoholics - this might mean continuing to drink even after losing their job - family - and health. The same would apply to any __________ behavior; for example - illicit drug use - overeating - smoking - etc.
Certification
Type B
Inflammation
Addictive
6. Studies have shown that in addition to food - shelter - and consistent care - infants need ____ and affection.
Immune
Commit
Two
Love
7. HPV is the most common _________-transmitted infection in the United States
Composition
Sexually
Hierarchy
Coitus
8. A potentially fatal elevation of the BAC - often resulting from heavy - rapid consumption of alcohol is known as _____ alcohol intoxication.
Control
Acute
Advantage
Post traumatic stress
9. Saturated fats are fats that are _________ for the body to use.
Runners
Carbon dioxide
Gender
Difficult
10. A predictable sexual response pattern for males and females was identified by Masters and Johnson. It consists of four stages. The first is the __________ stage.
Cell division
Excitement
Exhaustion
Marriage
11. Often appearing ______ in a relationship - passionate love typically does not last very long.
Spiritual
Early
Manipulation
Love
12. For example - in a bicep curl - as you curl up the dumbbell - your bicep is shortening--this is the ___________ contraction.
Naturally
Cardiac
Concentric
Stress
13. Muscular strength is increased by overloading or gradually increasing ___________ your muscles must move.
Living will
Artery
Midlife
Resistance
14. The ability to _______ and act on information - clarify values and beliefs - and exercise decision making skills is part of the intellectual dimension.
Process
Sulfur
Animal
Anger
15. When they reach age 65 - some of their health care expenses are covered by Medicare. Regardless of their age - people who require _______ dialysis or transplants are covered by Medicare.
Kidney
Relapse
Most important
Second
16. The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) recommends that healthy adults exercise at an intensity level of between 60% and __% of their maximum heart rate. This level of intensity is called the target heart rate.
Joints
Sympathetic
Chlamydia
90
17. Supported by the ___________ and circulatory system - muscular endurance is the ability of a muscle or muscle group to function over time.
Imbalance
Respiratory
Preexcitement
Protective
18. Men ______ the most suicides.
Colostomy
Menopause
Sulfur
Commit
19. Piaget's studies focused on stages of intellectual development such as the sensorimotor stage - __________ stage - concrete operational stage - and the formal operational stage.
Premium
Unknown
Preoperational
Sulfur
20. Alcohol is _______ from the bloodstream principally through the process of oxidation.
Dyspareunia
Heart
D
Removed
21. Users of inhalants may also have some delusions and hallucinations. Some users may become quite ___________.
Solid waste
Type B
Aggressive
Tar
22. Older people adapt slowly to changes in temperature. Their cells respond more slowly to _______ - so healing takes longer than it once did.
Injury
Marijuana
Most
Intimate
23. The process begins when an ____ is released from one of the woman's ovaries and enters the Fallopian tube.
Ethics of sexuality. :
Egg
Neonate
Contraception
24. Direct euthanasia usually involves the administration of large amounts of __________ drugs which eventually causes all central nervous system functions to stop.
Depressant
Global warming
Inhibition
Attachment
25. These tumors are usually enclosed by a fibrous membrane and do not spread from their point of origin as cancerous tumors can. Benign tumors can be dangerous when they ______ out normal tissue within a confined space.
Incubation
Electronic
Crowd
Sexual response
26. Loss of control refers to the tendency of addicted people to continue undesirable behavior regardless of overwhelming ________ consequences.
SLE
Negative
Hair
Six
27. ______________ is an increase in the earth's atmospheric temperature when averaged across seasons and geographical regions.
Rehabilitation
Avoided
Eccentric
Global warming
28. Mono is a viral infection in which the body produces an excess number of mononuclear ___________ (a type of white blood cell).
Fat-free
Process
Leukocytes
Inhibition
29. Certain lifestyle changes such as quitting smoking - reducing obesity - increasing physical activity - and decreasing dietary _____ help many people increase their level of HDLs.
Cardiovascular
Fats
Forced
300
30. Facts about STD: (1) more than one STD can exist in a person at a given point in time (2) the symptoms of STDs can vary over time and from person to person (3) little _________ is developed for STDs (4) STDs can predispose people to additional health
Preference
8
Grows
Immunity
31. The principal cause for the development of coronary heart disease is _______________ - which is a buildup of plaque on the inner walls of arteries
Cardiovascular
Atherosclerosis
D
Winter
32. The ______ developmental task is developing social skills.
Solid
Fourth
All
Personality
33. Symptoms of Post-abortion syndrome include difficulty with personal relationships - drug abuse - nightmares - sexual problems - difficulty communicating - problems with self esteem and ________.
Silent
Low-density
Intentional
Suicide
34. PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) are - on the basis of their chemical structure - very stable - heat-resistant compounds that have been used extensively in transformers and electrical capacitors. In many areas of the country - discarded ___________ e
Electrical
Social
Third
Crowd
35. Resistance is when your body fights or flees the stressor - and if stress lasts too long - you may move into the ___________ stage.
Carbon dioxide
Exhaustion
D
Epidemic
36. _______ - age - genetically determined body build - and current level of physical fitness will affect a person's flexibility.
Inorganic
Reverse
Immune
Gender
37. When a new host is assaulted by a pathogenic agent - a reasonably predictable sequence of events takes place. This is known as the ____ stages of infection. The first stage of infection is the incubation stage.
Five
Cohesiveness
Immune
Bargaining
38. For the vast majority of women in their late forties through their mid-fifties - a gradual decline in reproductive system function - called _________ - occurs.
Indulgence
Laxatives
Immunizations
Menopause
39. More than _____ of our body weight comes from water.
Half
Mononucleosis
Blood
Plants
40. The embryo is wrapped in a __________ covering called the amniotic sac.
3
Protective
Fever
Ovary
41. Power plants that use water from lakes and rivers to cool their stream turbines cause _______ pollution.
Basal metabolic
Thermal
SLE
Marriage
42. Normally - human cells contain ___ pairs of chromosomes - meaning a total of 46 chromosomes. People with Down syndrome have an extra chromosome - resulting in a total of 47 chromosomes.
23
Nerves
Elder
Needs
43. In her classic book ______________ - Kubler-Ross summarized the psychological stages that dying people often experience.
Transferred
Anger
Vagina
On Death and Dying
44. Energy production requires that oxygen and nutrients be delivered by the _____________ system to the muscles.
Circulatory
Arteries
Social
Unwanted
45. The _____________ nervous system has an arousal effect; it's associated with the 'fight or flight' response - and stimulation of sympathetic nerves result in effects such as increased heart beat or blood pressure.
Sympathetic
Energy
Caffeine
Pleasures
46. Induced abortions undertaken during the sixth through _____ weeks of pregnancy are generally done through vacuum aspiration of the uterine contents.
Hydrogen
Ninth
Suicide
Nicotine
47. The oldest approach to cancer therapy is the removal of tissue suspected to contain _________ cells.
Roe v. Wade
Proof
Chronic
Cancerous
48. Nicotine may also stimulate the release of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) from the pituitary gland. In response to the ACTH - beta ___________ are produced in specific areas of the brain - leading to the mild feelings of euphoria.
Love
Inhibition
Endorphins
Stress
49. Left untreated - the victim can die--usually as a result of ________________ failure.
Cardiovascular
Mammograms
Ethics of sexuality. :
Crowd
50. Sigmund Freud's theories about the importance of the subconscious in ___________ development are the basis for the psychoanalytic approach to personality.
Harm
Personality
Vasocongestion
Enabling