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DSST Health
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Alcohol - also known as ethyl alcohol or ethanol - is the principal product of ____________.
Vascular
Fermentation
Autoimmune
Exit
2. Low birth weight - facial abnormalities - and ______ problems are often seen in infants with fetal alcohol syndrome.
Heterosexuality
Information
Behavior
Heart
3. As soon as you recognize a ________ - your body reacts. This quick physical warning is the alarm stage or the 'fight or flight' response.
Breast
Physical
Indirect
Stressor
4. Withdrawal - or ____ interruptus - is the contraceptive practice in which the erect penis is removed from the vagina just before ejaculation of semen.
Coitus
Heart
Hypercellular
Cup
5. Naturopathy is a system of treatment that avoids drugs and surgery and emphasizes the use of natural agents to correct underlying __________.
Death
Sigmund Freud
Excitement
Imbalances
6. People who are codependent often find themselves denying the addiction and _________ the alcohol dependent person.
Empathy
Enabling
Blood
Highest
7. During the sexual response cycle - ______________ is the engorgement of tissues that results when more blood is flowing into an organ than is flowing out.
Vasocongestion
2
Acceptance
Chinese
8. In human reproduction - the fertilized egg is implanted in the ______ and grows into a fetus.
Empathy
Glucose
Uterus
Emphysema
9. Approximately 85% of all __________ tumors are classified as carcinomas.
Electronic
Malignant
Self-care
Preexcitement
10. Perhaps the single greatest influence on alcohol research has been the finding that part of the _____________ to alcoholism is genetic.
Vulnerability
Vascular
Hereditary
Passionate
11. Lower - or more basic needs - must be met before higher needs can be __________.
Satisfied
Preoperational
Labial
Blood
12. ___ are health care delivery plans under which health care providers agree to meet the covered medical needs of subscribers for a prepaid amount of money.
Concentric
Health insurance
Embarrassment
HMOs
13. Young _________ is a time of major transitions for people.
Heart
Goals
Unwanted
Adulthood
14. 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.
Breathing
Health
Blood
Addictive
15. _______ disorder is a mood disorder characterized by alternating episodes of mania and depression.
Sleep
Bipolar
Contagious
Stress
16. Many people are developing the expertise to prevent or manage numerous types of illness - injuries - and conditions. They are learning to assess their health status and treat - monitor - and rehabilitate themselves in a manner that was once thought p
Physician
Break
1.5
Released
17. Muscular ________ can be improved best by training activities that use the overload principle.
Sober
On Death and Dying
Strength
Electrical
18. Poor health is highly related to the way we live; many diseases can be ________.
Behavior
Second
Avoided
Only
19. _______ refers to how you perceive yourself.
Fetus
Self-concept
Autoimmune
Removed
20. Dr. Hans _____ coined the word distress for harmful - unpleasant stress.
Selye
Exit
Condom
Pituitary
21. A causative agent for genital warts - HPV is a sexually transmitted virus capable of causing ____________ changes in the cervix.
Precancerous
Exercise
Unintentional
Type 1
22. An irrational - repetitive - forced ______ - usually associated with an obsession is called a compulsion.
Third
40
Action
75
23. For example - in a bicep curl - as you curl up the dumbbell - your bicep is shortening--this is the ___________ contraction.
Concentric
Reality
Hereditary
Military
24. Physician's orders of do not resuscitate (DNR) is an example of ________ or passive euthanasia.
Indirect
ICSH
Male
150 -000
25. The uterus is lined with a thick spongy tissue called the endometrium - which provides a fertilized egg with ___________ during the early stages of development.
Estrogen
Biological
Nourishment
Hallucinogenic
26. Whether through an individually designed program or through the aid of a skilled professional - the elderly can bring back some function to a previously high level. For example - the regular use of ______ _________ can improve an older person's abili
Plants
Light weights
Hydrogen
Aggressive
27. Anger usually causes a physiological reaction. Besides an increase in ______ _____ - a person may tremble or their face may become warm.
Heart rate
Nicotine
Scrotum
Parasympathetic
28. The testes need a lower temperature to produce active - healthy ______.
Transferred
Assault
20
Sperm
29. The BMI does not reflect body _____________ or consider the degree of fat accumulated within the central body cavity - nor is it adjusted for age.
Negative
Composition
Depression
Pesticide
30. Survivors of traumatic events may develop a condition called ____ _______ _______ disorder.
Migraine
Third
Healthy
Post traumatic stress
31. For the vast majority of women in their late forties through their mid-fifties - a gradual decline in reproductive system function - called _________ - occurs.
Probable
Essential
Menopause
BMR
32. Endorphins decrease pain - suppress fatigue and produce euphoria. Neurotransmitters reduce _______ and increase alertness.
Part D
Infection
Acute
Stress
33. _______ - age - genetically determined body build - and current level of physical fitness will affect a person's flexibility.
Relapse
Gender
Suicide
Homes
34. Working under the supervision of physicians - nurse practitioners perform many of the diagnostic and __________ procedures performed by physicians.
Productive
Treatment
B
Distress
35. Set point is a ___________ programmed range of body weight beyond which a person finds it difficult to gain or lose additional weight.
Alcohol
Intoxicated
Genetically
Procedures
36. The third stage of the ________ _______ pattern for males and females is the orgasmic stage.
Attempt
Personality
Sexual response
Streptococcal
37. Saturated fats are fats that are _________ for the body to use.
Difficult
Early
Sperm
Withhold
38. After ovulation - the _________ phase of the menstrual cycle starts when the remnants of the graafian follicle restructure themselves into a corpus luteum.
Cardiovascular
Secretory
Five
Inscription
39. ________ - or murder - is the intentional killing of one person by another.
Suicide
Homicide
Intentional
Stalking
40. The continued use of _____________ (including alcohol) and opiates can cause users to quickly develop a tolerance to the drug.
Intensity
Genetically
Depressants
Infarction
41. Cirrhosis or scarring eventually appears which can lead to liver failure and ______.
Epidemic
Death
HMOs
Pectoris
42. Beginning in _____ - Medicare Part D provides prescription coverage through third-party providers for a premium of about $35 a month.
Nicotine
Compulsion
2006
Skin
43. The _________ gland is often called the master gland because it controls the other glands.
Nerves
Pituitary
Employment
Alcohol
44. Although people experience grief in remarkably different ways - most people have _________ discomfort - sense of numbness - feelings of detachment from others - preoccupation with the image of the deceased - guilt - or hostility.
Arteries
Respect
Physical
Coronary heart
45. Although it actually means any close - mutual - verbal or nonverbal ________ within a relationship - when most people hear the word intimacy - they think about shared touching - kissing - and even intercourse.
Behavior
Air
Difficult
Satisfied
46. The ______ developmental task is developing social skills.
Carbon dioxide
Depressants
Sleep
Fourth
47. The _________________ nervous system has a calming effect; stimulation of nerves in this system result in things such as decreased heart and breathing rate.
Air
Parasympathetic
Marriage
Hair
48. Many traditional food pairings - such as beans and ____ or corn and beans - emerged as dietary staples because they are complementary proteins.
Sperm
Rice
First
Stomach
49. When users take a psychoactive drug - the patterns of ________ system function are altered.
Asprin
D
Breasts
Nervous
50. Harm that is committed against a child is referred to as _____ _____.
Salivary
75
Reproductive
Child abuse