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DSST Health
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Instructions:
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. Through _________ - some pathogenic agents - particularly viruses - become more virulent than they once were.
Mutation
Initial adult identity
Minimum
Trusting
2. The body returns to a _______________ state during this stage.
Preexcitement
Basal metabolic
Health insurance
On Death and Dying
3. Risk can be defined as the degree of ______ that goes along with a situation.
Final
Nonliving
Parents
Danger
4. ______ refers to a severe lack of oxygen supply to an organ's tissue.
Concentric
Anoxia
Military
3 - 5
5. An average of only ____ workouts per week does not seem to produce a measurable improvement in cardiorespiratory conditioning.
Physically
Child abuse
Two
Negative
6. Approximately 85% of all __________ tumors are classified as carcinomas.
Labial
Caffeine
Natural
Malignant
7. A growing body of scientific evidence indicates that _______ use by pregnant women can result in birth defects in unborn children.
Low-density
Proof
Amino acids
Alcohol
8. 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.
Plants
Empathy
Physical
Family
9. This is a midlife developmental task in which one begins repaying society for its support through contributions associated with __________ - creativity - and occupation.
Parenting
Crowd
Socialization
Dilate
10. In the exhaustion stage - the body's _________ against stress are used up.
Thermal
Defenses
Control
Type B
11. Exercise is a good defense against stress. Increasing ________ activity stimulates the release of endorphins.
Coitus
Adulthood
BMR
Physical
12. A variety of factors including aging - free ________ formation - radiation - and an array of carcinogens that are associated with the miscopying of the complex genetic information that comprises the genes found within the cell - including those inten
Inflammation
Migraine
Radical
Attempt
13. Abraham Maslow classified human _____ into different levels such as self-actualization - esteem - and safety needs.
Difficult
Electronic
Cheated
Needs
14. People drink for many reasons. Alcohol abuse by college students usually takes place through a drinking pattern called _____ drinking.
Infection
Binge
Negative
Rapid
15. 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.
Not available
Addictive
Sober
Indian
16. One possible explanation for the conversion of protooncogenes into oncogenes involves the presence of environmental agents known as ___________.
Global warming
Extremities
Carcinogens
40
17. Alcohol - also known as ethyl alcohol or ethanol - is the principal product of ____________.
Fermentation
Aggressive
Carcinoma
Stress
18. People are labeled '___________' if their weight is between 1% and 19% above their desirable weight.
Third
Interests
Overweight
Relapse
19. ___ 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.
Unknown
HMOs
Nutrition
1.5
20. Medically - narcotics are used to relieve _____ and induce sleep.
Alcohol
Love
Nicotine
Pain
21. Stressors can be both positive and negative. Positive use of stress is called ________.
BMI
Third
Child abuse
Eustress
22. Although the ________ of people will experience marriage - alternatives to marriage exist. The most common alternative to marriage is singlehood.
Bladder
Paraphilia
Intrinsic
Majority
23. The testes need a lower temperature to produce active - healthy ______.
Exit
Air
Sperm
Protection
24. Studies indicate that a smoker's risk of ______________ disease decreases quickly after quitting regardless of how long they smoked.
Stressors
Fat
Cardiovascular
Physical
25. It's estimated that 90% of type 2 diabetes cases are preventable through weight loss - healthy diet and _________.
Exercise
Crowd
Elder
Menstrual
26. ______ is really a family of more than 50 viruses - some of which produce recognized diseases in humans (chicken pox - shingles - mononucleosis and others).
Metabolism
Community
Herpes
Lower
27. Dr. Hans _____ coined the word distress for harmful - unpleasant stress.
Damage
Fourth
Selye
Plants
28. People who are codependent often find themselves denying the addiction and _________ the alcohol dependent person.
Enabling
Physical
Genetically
10
29. Three common aspects of addictive behavior are exposure - compulsion - and loss of _______.
Control
Third
Danger
Third
30. Although during a given repetitive exercise the _______ resistance remains the same - the muscular contraction effort required varies according to the joint angles in the range of motion.
Materials
Saliva
Energy
Weight
31. A more basic responsibility of an adult is to maintain and improve their _______.
Distress
Health
Pumping
Entombment
32. Caused by a nongonoccal bacterium - _________ is considered to be the most prevalent STD in the United States today.
Anorexia nervosa
Chlamydia
Neurotransmitters
Blood
33. For a growing number of older adults - remediation and rehabilitation are rarely necessary because of the high level of physical ________ that they enjoy.
Brain
Feeling
Fitness
Intensity
34. Supported by the ___________ and circulatory system - muscular endurance is the ability of a muscle or muscle group to function over time.
Cerebrovascular
Respiratory
Forced
Thermal
35. Over an extended period - carcinogens - such as chemicals found in tobacco smoke - polluted air and water - toxic wastes - and even the high ____ content of foods - may convert protooncogenes into oncogenes.
Fat
Electrical
Herpes
Mutation
36. Although people have attempted to sober up by drinking hot coffee - taking cold showers - or exercising - the oxidation rate of alcohol is unaffected. Passage of time remains the _____ effective remedy for diminishing alcohol's effects.
Only
Self-concept
Barr
Sewage
37. ________ are the strong - immediate reactions that you feel in response to an experience.
Unwanted
Emotions
Cirrhosis
Obesity
38. Muscular ________ can be improved best by training activities that use the overload principle.
Resistance
Violent
Immune
Strength
39. The _________ gland is often called the master gland because it controls the other glands.
Pituitary
Secondhand
Gender
Miscopy
40. Narcotics - or _______ - are among the most dependence-producing drugs.
Urethra
Six
Opiates
Early
41. Acid rain is rain that has a _____ pH than that normally associated with rain.
Headaches
Immune
Body fat
Lower
42. The development of aneurysms is not fully understood - although there seems to be a relationship between aneurysms and ______________.
Incubation
Hypertension
Child abuse
Types
43. The sixth dimension of health is the occupational dimension - which reflects the fact that __________ satisfaction is directly related to many aspects of a person's health.
Autonomic
Negative
Employment
Satisfied
44. After the baby is born - the muscles of the uterus continue to contract - causing the ______ to separate from the lining of the uterus.
Nerves
Placenta
Behavior
Physician
45. Among the health problems caused by or complicated by _____ are increased surgical risk - hypertension - various forms of heart disease - stroke - type II diabetes - and deterioration of joints.
Accept
Pain
Obesity
Health insurance
46. Sexual orientation includes ______________ (opposite gender) - homosexual (same gender) and bisexual (both genders).
Types
Heterosexual
Fat
Accept
47. The physiologically active - dependence-producing drug found in tobacco is known as ________.
Balloon
Nicotine
Immune
Transferred
48. In his studies of stress - Dr. Hans _____ found that a person's body adapts to a stressor through a set pattern of physical reactions. He termed this adjustment as the General Adaptation Syndrome.
Natural
Bones
Vascular
Selye
49. Alternative health care includes ___________ - chiropractic - homeopathy - naturopathy - herbalism - reflexology - and ayurveda.
Mild
Stress
Contagious
Acupuncture
50. The oldest approach to cancer therapy is the removal of tissue suspected to contain _________ cells.
Air
Bisexuals
Cancerous
Probable