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DSST Health
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Set point is a ___________ programmed range of body weight beyond which a person finds it difficult to gain or lose additional weight.
Genetically
Hypertension
Helper T
Smokeless
2. _______ energy production is the body's means of energy production when the respiratory and circulatory systems are able to process and transport a sufficient amount of oxygen to muscle cells.
Selye
Diet
Ventricles
Aerobic
3. Passionate love - also described as romantic love or infatuation - is a state of extreme __________ in another.
Progressive
Absorption
All
Melanin
4. Studies have shown that in addition to food - shelter - and consistent care - infants need ____ and affection.
Depressants
Love
Risk factor
Exhaustion
5. A __________ is an established amount that an insured person must pay before the insurance company pays for medical costs.
Self-care
Deductible
Initial adult identity
Most
6. Someone with a Type A personality is very ___________.
Productive
Anorexia nervosa
60
Cirrhosis
7. According to the FBI - there are ______ hate crime incidents in the United States per year.
Transferred
Controlling
7 -500
Girth
8. BAC is the percentage of alcohol in a measured quantity of blood and can be determined directly through the analysis of a blood sample or indirectly through the analysis of exhaled ___.
Mutation
Air
Homicide
Recovery
9. _________ materials - called minerals - make up nearly 5% of the body.
Inorganic
20
Denial
Crying
10. Alcohol - also known as ethyl alcohol or ethanol - is the principal product of ____________.
Light weights
STDs
Peripheral
Fermentation
11. Like the particulate phase - the gaseous phase of tobacco smoke is composed of a variety of physiologically active compounds - including carbon monoxide - carbon dioxide - _______ - hydrogen cyanide - isoprene - acetaldehyde - and acetone.
Productive
Opportunity
Ammonia
Behavior
12. Androgyny - or the ________ of both feminine and masculine qualities - is more clearly evident in our society now than ever before.
Blending
Melanin
Drug
Fat
13. Tolerance is an acquired reaction to a drug in which continued intake of the same dose has ___________ effects.
Animal
Fats
Diminishing
Crowd
14. Coping skills - flexibility - or the knack of saying the right thing at the right time may not serve a person as well as does the ability to use _____________ or understand a new idea.
Information
60
Orgasm
Bones
15. There are four cardiovascular risk factors that are influenced by lifestyle choices. Smoking is the major risk factor associated with sudden _______ death.
PAI
Cardiac
Stressors
Alpha
16. A more basic responsibility of an adult is to maintain and improve their _______.
Blood
Heredity
Arteries
Health
17. Assuming responsibility is the _____ developmental task that younger people are expected to progress in.
Cardiovascular
Secretory
Down
Third
18. Most stalkers are _____.
Nerves
Acme
Male
Frightening
19. Amniocentesis is a test administered during pregnancy to check the baby for _______ disorders or chromosomal abnormalities.
Accept
Stalking
Genetic
Amniotic fluid
20. ________ is the process of adopting the admired behavior patterns of another person.
Immunity
Modeling
10
3
21. In the fifth link of the chain of infection - pathogenic agents enter the bodies of uninfected people through the _____ ___ _____.
Portal of entry
Carcinoma
Inorganic
Incubation
22. Activities that are not generally associated with anaerobic energy production such as walking and distance jogging become anaerobic activities when they are either increased in __________ or continued for an extended period.
Intensity
HMOs
Lipoproteins
Gardasil
23. The emotional ________ that people experience after the death of a friend or relative are collectively called grief.
Feelings
Herpes
Down
Radiation
24. ____ syndrome is a genetic disorder causing mental retardation and other problems. It results from having an extra copy of chromosome 21.
Pesticide
Intrinsic
Down
4
25. Ayurveda is a traditional ______ medicine based on herbal remedies.
Process
1.5
Indian
Final
26. Some symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder are loss of _________ in former friends and activities - extreme anxiety - and reliving in dreams and memories the traumatic event that brought on the condition.
Overweight
Smokeless
Interest
Acceptance
27. ______ refers to a severe lack of oxygen supply to an organ's tissue.
Indirect
Learned
Anoxia
Unwanted
28. For people who have smoked a pack or less of cigarettes per day - within __ years after quitting smoking - their heart disease risk is virtually the same as those who never smoked.
Hispanics
3
Unintentional
Smoking
29. Other age related changes affecting nutrition include physical changes to the teeth - _________ glands - taste buds and changes to the gastrointestinal tract.
Indian
Avoided
Salivary
Heterosexual
30. In the resistance stage - a person handles ______ by using psychological defense mechanisms.
Stress
On Death and Dying
Opportunity
Uterine
31. Just as love is expressed in many different ways - there are many different ______ of love.
Most
Homicide
Types
Aerobic
32. Nitrous oxides and materials containing chlorofluorocarbons (_____) can destroy this protective ozone layer within the stratosphere.
Preference
Cirrhosis
Rice
CFC
33. The ______ developmental task is developing social skills.
Stressors
Fourth
Rubella
40
34. Research continues to focus on virus-induced autoimmune mechanisms in which the body's own __ cells attack viral-infected myelin-producing cells.
T
Protection
Most
Tobacco smoke
35. When pathogens enter the body - they are sometimes able to resist body defense systems - flourish - and produce an illness. We commonly call this an __________. Because of their small size - pathogens are sometimes referred to as microorganisms - mic
Resistance
1 million
Asprin
Infection
36. Although once rare - the amount of this cancer has increased markedly in recent years. It remains among the most _______ forms of cancer.
CFC
Deadly
Opiates
Acupuncture
37. For other infectious diseases - however - the reservoirs in which the agents are maintained are the bodies of animals. Another type of reservoir in which disease-causing agents can reside is on or in __________ environments - such as the soil.
Blindness
Nonliving
Heart
Essential
38. An agent used to destroy insects and other pests is known as a _________.
Pesticide
Contraception
Advance
3 - 5
39. The ideas - ___________ and feelings one has about oneself is called self-concept.
Rubella
Perceptions
Type B
Endorphins
40. _______ while pregnant can result in defects in the developing child known as fetal tobacco syndrome.
Treatment
Spermicides
Compromise
Smoking
41. The THR (target heart rate) refers to the ________ number of times the heart needs to contract each minute to have a positive effect on a person's heart - lungs - and blood vessel.
Difficult
Hereditary
Minimum
Anoxia
42. The uterus is lined with a thick spongy tissue called the endometrium - which provides a fertilized egg with ___________ during the early stages of development.
Immune
Isometric
Women
Nourishment
43. Immunotherapy refers to the use of a variety of substances to trigger a person's own immune system to attack cancer cells or prevent cancer cells from becoming _________.
Activated
Essential
Nerves
Nine
44. In Kubler-Ross' stages of dying - _____ is a common emotional reaction after denial.
Ethics of sexuality. :
Community
Anger
Probable
45. The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) regulates the maximum _____________ level (MCL) in municipal drinking water.
Autonomic
Erectile dysfunction
Contaminate
Pumping
46. Embalming helps preserve the body and return it to a ________ look.
Homosexual
Natural
Drug
Gender
47. The final tube through which the semen travels is the ______.
Pandemic
Urethra
Pathogens
Natural
48. Fertilization occurs in a narrow tube called the Fallopian tube that connects an _____ and the uterus.
Self-concept
Ovary
Marrow
Removed
49. Although once rare - the amount of this cancer has increased markedly in recent years. It remains among the most _______ forms of cancer.
Inflammation
Symptoms
Alpha
Plants
50. The fifth developmental task of developing intimacy usually presents itself to people between young adulthood and _______ - when it appears important to establish one or more intimate relationships.
Midlife
Coordination
Tar
Crypts