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DSST Health
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. There are three stages to General Adaptation Syndrome. The second stage is called __________.
Spread
Pneumonia
Blood
Resistance
2. The term ________ system refers to the body's blood vessels.
Counseling
Estrogen
Vascular
Droplet
3. For a male - this causes the penis to become erect; for a female - the _________ and the labia are engorged with blood.
Rice
Isotonic
Neurotransmitters
Clitoris
4. The particulate phase is the portion of tobacco _____ composed of small suspended particles.
Smoke
Fat
Abortion
Indulgence
5. An addiction can begin after a person is ________ to a drug or a behavior that he or she finds pleasurable.
Assault
Exposed
Placenta
Ninth
6. College students who fit the category of '______ drinkers' rarely consume small amounts of alcohol each day - but instead binge on 1 or 2 nights a week.
Anoxia
Alpha
Heavy
Danger
7. A __________ is an established amount that an insured person must pay before the insurance company pays for medical costs.
Deductible
Spermicides
Pleasures
Clitoris
8. In 2006 - the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the approval of ________ - the first vaccine developed to prevent cervical cancer.
Stress
Womb
Gardasil
Engineering
9. Most people develop ways to protect themselves from feeling too much pain. Such methods are called _______ mechanisms.
SIDS
Radiation
Defense
Type B
10. Self-esteem refers to the confidence - pride - and ________ that you have for yourself.
Skin
Endorphins
Transfusion
Respect
11. Heart muscle tissue begins to die when it is deprived of oxygen and nutrients; this has the potential to result in myocardial ___________ or heart attack.
Clot
Different
Hydrocarbons
Infarction
12. For example - ____ proof gin is 70% pure alcohol.
Stimulants
Unwanted
140
Contaminate
13. During early childhood - children learn that boys and girls are _________. This process is called gender identification.
Fourth
Pain
Different
Scrotum
14. A primary form of ___ found in the blood is known as cholesterol.
Second
Digested
Injury
Fat
15. The term homosexuality comes from the Greek word homos - meaning '_____'.
Similars
Same
T
Eyes
16. _____ is a strong feeling of displeasure that can range from annoyance to complete fury.
Fossil
20
Low-density
Anger
17. According to this theory - as we age - our _______ system becomes defective; it's less capable of fighting foreign - invading organisms and it's less capable of distinguishing between foreign tissue and the body's own tissue (which results in the bod
Contraception
Immune
Rash
Orgasm
18. People with bulimia lose or maintain weight not because they stop eating - but because they eat and then purge their digestive system by vomiting - using __________ - or taking syrup of ipecac - a dangerous drug used to stimulate vomiting after an ac
Helper T
Stronger
Laxatives
Sober
19. Because cancerous cells do not possess the contact __________ (a control mechanism that influences the number of cells that can occupy a particular space) of normal cells - they can accumulate and eventually alter the structure of a body organ or bre
Inhibition
Materials
Suicide
Self-esteem
20. The amount of energy (in calories) your body requires to maintain basic functions such as blood circulation and glandular activity is called ______ _________ rate.
Marrow
Pesticide
Basal metabolic
Religious
21. Homicide is the leading cause of death for _____ African-Americans ages 15 to 44.
Alcohol
Male
Digestion
Drug
22. Since Rachel Carson wrote _______ ________ in 1962 - the public has been aware of the potential dangers associated with the uses of some pesticides.
Resistance
Cholesterol
Isometric
Silent Spring
23. When used on a routine basis - ___ medications should be carefully discussed with a physician or pharmacist.
Blood
Deadly
OTC
Love
24. __________ heart failure is the inability of the heart to pump out all the blood that returns to it - which can lead to dangerous fluid accumulations in veins - lungs - and kidneys.
Paraphilia
Congestive
Ovary
Immune
25. Men ______ the most suicides.
Solid waste
Plaque
Waste
Commit
26. The body is protected by two types or components of defenses. __________ defenses are first-line defenses - since they physically separate the internal body from the external environment.
Similars
Nerve
Egg
Mechanical
27. The current emphasis is on the successful prevention and treatment of STDs rather than on the...
Nourishment
Diminishing
Living will
Ethics of sexuality. :
28. The ______ developmental task is developing social skills.
Fourth
Glucose
Fat-soluble
Solid
29. The ______ link in the chain of infection is the mode of transmission - or the way that pathogens are passed from reservoirs to susceptible hosts.
Excitement
Feelings
Fat-free
Fourth
30. The average-sized adult has approximately 6 quarts of blood in his or her ___________ system.
Health insurance
Post traumatic stress
Transfusion
Circulatory
31. The oldest approach to cancer therapy is the removal of tissue suspected to contain _________ cells.
Circulatory
Indirect
Homosexuality
Cancerous
32. 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
Cerebrovascular
Immune
Cheated
Physician
33. The body returns to a _______________ state during this stage.
Preexcitement
10
Hypertension
T
34. The process begins when an ____ is released from one of the woman's ovaries and enters the Fallopian tube.
Aerobic
Ketamine
Pollutant
Egg
35. Beginning in _____ - Medicare Part D provides prescription coverage through third-party providers for a premium of about $35 a month.
2006
Metabolic
Self-concept
Eggs
36. The chewing gum has been on the market for a number of years and when used correctly along with smoking cessation ___________ - has demonstrated a success rate of 40% or more.
Tobacco smoke
Counseling
Pandemic
8
37. Scientists who study the effects of stress on health often refer to two primary personality types as type A and ______.
Depressants
Type B
Unintentional
Male
38. ________ may occur if the person overextends themself. In HIV and AIDS - this is almost always the last stage before death.
Negative
Similars
Metabolism
Relapse
39. The corpus luteum remains inside the ______ - secreting estrogen and progesterone.
Angina
Each
Thermal
Ovary
40. Alcohol - also known as ethyl alcohol or ethanol - is the principal product of ____________.
Fermentation
Compulsion
Vulnerability
Marijuana
41. Additionally - the absence of cellular ______________ (a property seen in normal cells that 'keeps them at home') allows cancer cells to spread through the circulatory or lymphatic system to distant points via metastasis.
Cohesiveness
Child abuse
Metabolic
Stress
42. Research has shown ayurveda to be effective in treating rheumatoid arthritis - __________ - and chronic sinusitis.
Gender
Third
Headaches
Enlarged
43. In human reproduction - the fertilized egg is implanted in the ______ and grows into a fetus.
Vulnerability
Uterus
Bypass
Spinal cord
44. __________ agents in the form of bacteria - viruses - and protozoa enter the water supply through human and animal wastes.
Transferred
Lifetime
Pathogenic
Domestic
45. 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.
Stress
Clitoris
Physical
Risk factor
46. The ideas - ___________ and feelings one has about oneself is called self-concept.
Reality
Deadly
Health
Perceptions
47. AIDS is caused by HIV - a virus that attacks the ______ __ cells of the immune system.
Helper T
CFC
Vagina
Silent
48. Genetic mutations develop when dividing cells _______ genetic information.
Incubation
Pleasures
Miscopy
Neonate
49. PAD is damage resulting from restricted blood flow to the ___________ - especially the legs and feet.
Drug
Extremities
Herpes
Urethra
50. The idea behind this theory is that people's bodies age because the body 'wears out' as damage accumulates from __________ - toxins - and many other sources.
Arteries
Urethra
Secondhand
Radiation