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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Anxiety makes you feel nervous and ill at ease. Blood vessels may _______ causing a person to blush.






2. Babies with fetal tobacco syndrome may have facial abnormities - _______ retardation - heart defects - and a host of other problems.






3. Denial can serve as a temporary defense mechanism and can allow patients the _____ to accept their prognosis on their own terms.






4. On the basis of the landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court case ___________ - the United States joined many of the world's most populated countries in legalizing abortions within certain guidelines.






5. There are four cardiovascular risk factors that are influenced by lifestyle choices. Smoking is the major risk factor associated with sudden _______ death.






6. __________ exercises use mechanical devices that provide resistances that consistently overload muscles throughout the entire range of motion.






7. During the __________ stage - patients fully realize that they are going to die.






8. Carbohydrates - which are the body's primary source of ______ - are chemical compounds composed of sugar units.






9. Studies indicate that a smoker's risk of ______________ disease decreases quickly after quitting regardless of how long they smoked.






10. Once sperm cells leave the ______ they travel to the penis through a series of tubes.






11. Travel - peer relationships - marriage - _________ service - and college have been traditional avenues for disengagement from the family.






12. This type of love is less intense than passionate love. It is characterized by friendly affection and a deep ___________ that is based on extensive familiarity with the loved one.






13. Direct euthanasia usually involves the administration of large amounts of __________ drugs which eventually causes all central nervous system functions to stop.






14. The purpose of this surgery is to detour or bypass areas of coronary artery obstruction by using a section of a _____ from the patient's leg or an artery from the patient's chest and grafting it from the aorta to a location just beyond the area of ob






15. Most of the exercises you do are ________ exercises - in which the muscle shortens and contracts and results in movement.






16. Self-esteem refers to the confidence - pride - and ________ that you have for yourself.






17. 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






18. One study found that greater use of the Internet was associated with a decline in communication with family members - reduction in the size of social circles and higher levels of ___________ and loneliness.






19. Stressors can be both positive and negative. Positive use of stress is called ________.






20. In most infectious conditions - the portals of entry prove to be within the same systems as the portals of _____ were for the infected people.






21. People with Type __ personalities are described as being relaxed - cooperative rather than competitive - and satisfied with lower output.






22. Most people develop ways to protect themselves from feeling too much pain. Such methods are called _______ mechanisms.






23. An average of only ____ workouts per week does not seem to produce a measurable improvement in cardiorespiratory conditioning.






24. Although at birth children receive their external genitals - which in essence 'cast the die -' parents and ________ also contribute to the femininity or masculinity for traditional reinforcement.






25. This is the initial ________ stage of the sexual response pattern. Each of the stages involves predictable changes in the structural characteristics and physiological function in both the male and the female.






26. Because tobacco use is a ________ behavior - it is reasonable to accept that modeling acts as a stimulus to experimental smoking.






27. After paying a ________ to an insurance company - the policyholder is covered for specific benefits.






28. By _______ ________ - the aging process has changed a person's physical appearance.






29. In Kubler-Ross' stages of _____ - denial is the stage of disbelief.






30. Although once rare - the amount of this cancer has increased markedly in recent years. It remains among the most _______ forms of cancer.






31. Abortion should never be considered a first-line - preferred form of _________ control.






32. Saturated fats are fats that are _________ for the body to use.






33. Power plants that use water from lakes and rivers to cool their stream turbines cause _______ pollution.






34. After infection - an asymptomatic ___________ period of 10 to 90 days gives way to the characteristic primary stage of the disease.






35. Sigmund Freud's theories about the importance of the subconscious in ___________ development are the basis for the psychoanalytic approach to personality.






36. Post-abortion syndrome is a mental disorder which affects some women who have had an abortion. The symptoms are similar to _____ _______ _________ disorder.






37. People drink for many reasons. Alcohol abuse by college students usually takes place through a drinking pattern called _____ drinking.






38. People who are codependent often find themselves denying the addiction and _________ the alcohol dependent person.






39. The _________ gland is often called the master gland because it controls the other glands.






40. For example - in a bicep curl - as you curl up the dumbbell - your bicep is shortening--this is the ___________ contraction.






41. The Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 is now referred to as Medicare ______.






42. The sixth link in the chain of infection is the ____ ____.






43. People whose preference for sexual partners includes both genders are referred to as _________.






44. A person's personality is the mix of how they feel - think - and behave that makes them _________ from anyone else.






45. Today's food manufacturers add chemical compounds to the food supply for several reasons such as: (1) to maintain the _____________ value of the food; (2) to maintain the food's freshness by preventing changes in its color - flavor - and texture; (3)






46. Alcohol - also known as ethyl alcohol or ethanol - is the principal product of ____________.






47. About 75% of all car accidents occur within 25 miles of home and at speeds below ___ MPH.






48. Mental __________ - however - are not a normal part of aging.






49. Insulin helps to activate the glucose transport mechanism. In addition to its role in the transport of ________ into sensitive cells - insulin is also required for the conversion of glucose into glycogen in the liver and the formation of fatty acids






50. Just as love is expressed in many different ways - there are many different ______ of love.