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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. The ability of joints to function through an intended range of motion is known as ___________.
Testes
Occlusions
Flexibility
Love
2. With about 50 -000 practitioners in the US - chiropractic health care is the ______-largest health profession and is used by 15 to 20 million people.
SIDS
Lipoproteins
Third
Girth
3. Included among these are the _____ - the mucous membranes that line the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts - earwax - the tiny hairs and cilia that filter incoming air - and even tears.
Depression
Pathogenic
Skin
Gluocose
4. A growing body of scientific evidence indicates that _______ use by pregnant women can result in birth defects in unborn children.
Alcohol
40
Danger
CFC
5. Most doctors still recommend that people restrict their dietary intake of cholesterol to ____ mg or less per day.
Anoxia
300
Physician
Empathy
6. About one in __ adults develops Alzheimer's disease - a serious disorder in which the person slowly loses the ability to remember and reason.
Nonliving
Protection
T
20
7. The peripheral nervous system (PNS) consists of all of the ____ in the body that are not in the brain or spinal cord.
Removed
Netherlands
Nerves
Heterosexual
8. _____ is a strong feeling of displeasure that can range from annoyance to complete fury.
Smoke
Deadly
Anger
Modeling
9. Many researchers believe that the number of fat cells a person has will be initially determined during the first __ years of life.
Nerve
2
Imbalance
Carbon dioxide
10. Date rape is a form of acquaintance rape that involves ______ sexual intercourse by a dating partner.
Hereditary
Hypertension
Forced
Stress
11. Carbohydrates - which are the body's primary source of ______ - are chemical compounds composed of sugar units.
Energy
Drug
Advantage
Self-concept
12. Fiber refers to nondigestible carbohydrates provided by ______.
Deductible
Precancerous
Transfusion
Plants
13. Three common aspects of addictive behavior are exposure - compulsion - and loss of _______.
Financial
Control
Overweight
Carcinogenic
14. Men ______ the most suicides.
Third
Commit
Radical
Immune
15. With the exception of ________ - intentional injuries reflect violence committed by one person acting against another person.
Physical
Suicide
Cerebrovascular
Undescended
16. AAI (artificially acquired immunity) occurs when the body is exposed to weakened or _______ infectious agents introduced through vaccination or immunization.
Immune
Physical
Morals
Killed
17. Electrodes are attached to the arm and leg. Because adipose tissue resists the passage of the electrical current more than muscle tissue does - electrical impedance can be used to accurately calculate the percentage of ______ ___.
Taxol
Body fat
Avoided
Menopause
18. A child with autism is often unresponsive to people and shows a lack of ________.
Sleep
Empathy
Intoxicated
Different
19. Using a coping mechanism such as humor or _______ may help you to control certain symptoms of stress.
Denial
Development
Third
Fat-free
20. Men commit suicide _____ times more often than women do and 72% of all suicides are committed by white men.
Fat-free
Four
Taxol
Pancreatic
21. Synonymous with __________ - celibacy can be defined as the self-imposed avoidance of sexual intimacy.
Abstinence
Weight
Maintain
Preejaculate
22. Low birth weight - facial abnormalities - and ______ problems are often seen in infants with fetal alcohol syndrome.
Streptococcal
Recovery
Heart
Commit
23. A person gets this type of diabetes when their _______ system inadvertently destroys the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas in response to a viral infection.
Immune
Amniotic fluid
Sweat
Perceptions
24. 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.
1.5
Socialization
Employment
Fat
25. 90-95% of the people with diabetes have type 2. Generally - it affects people older than __ years of age - but in the last twenty years - it has become a lot more common in children.
40
Perceptions
Advantage
Suicide
26. PAD is damage resulting from restricted blood flow to the ___________ - especially the legs and feet.
Third
Goals
Extremities
Pathogenic
27. 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.
Exercise
Obesity
Enlarged
Responsible
28. The right and left sides of the heart are divided by a partition called the ______.
Septum
Fat
Alcoholism
Exhaustion
29. Research continues to focus on virus-induced autoimmune mechanisms in which the body's own __ cells attack viral-infected myelin-producing cells.
Parasympathetic
Vascular
T
Neonate
30. Physicians who _________ lifesaving techniques or drug therapy treatments or who disconnect life support systems from terminally ill patients are practicing indirect euthanasia.
Withhold
ANS
Male
40
31. People who are codependent often find themselves denying the addiction and _________ the alcohol dependent person.
Fat-soluble
Enabling
Lipoproteins
Heavy
32. An addiction can begin after a person is ________ to a drug or a behavior that he or she finds pleasurable.
Gardasil
Good
Bias
Exposed
33. _______ while pregnant can result in defects in the developing child known as fetal tobacco syndrome.
Moved
Chronic fatigue
Smoking
Spermicides
34. ______ transmission occurs between infected and uninfected people when infectious agents travel by means of nonhuman materials such as water - food items - soil - towels - clothing - and eating utensils.
Unintentional
Fermentation
Indirect
Learned
35. For pathogenic agents to cause diseases and illnesses in others - it is necessary that they leave their reservoirs. The _____ link in the chain of infection is the portal of exit - or the point at which agents leave their reservoirs.
Third
Emphysema
Coagulating
Kidney
36. Melanoma is a cancer which arises from the _______-containing cells of skin.
Alarm
Moved
Interest
Melanin
37. The emergence of the _________ movement is the trend toward individuals taking increased responsibility for prevention or management of certain health conditions.
Sperm
75
Self-care
Chronic
38. __________ cancer is one of the most lethal forms of cancer - with a survival rate of only 4% at 5 years after diagnosis
Crowd
Blending
Pancreatic
Dehydration
39. Greater muscle mass makes possible a higher rate of __________ which helps to maintain a healthy body weight.
Metabolism
Atherosclerosis
Selye
Passionate
40. Cardiorespiratory endurance is the ability of the _____ - lungs - and blood vessels to process and transport oxygen required by muscle cells over a period of time.
Diabetes
Heart
Behavior
Avoided
41. The testes are originally formed inside the body near the abdomen. However - just before birth - they descend into a pouch of loose skin called the _______.
Immunity
Fat
Scrotum
Eighteenth
42. At a level of 0.10% (one part alcohol to 1000 parts blood) - the drinker typically loses significant motor coordination. Most states consider a drinker at this BAC to be legally _____________.
Intoxicated
Danger
Advance
Violent
43. Proteins - which are the primary components of muscle and __________ tissue - are compounds composed of chains of amino acids.
Emotions
Connective
Isometric
Down
44. Narcotics - or _______ - are among the most dependence-producing drugs.
Circulatory
Weight
Opiates
Cerebral
45. The _____ developmental task of the elderly is to establish a sense of integrity - or a sense of wholeness - concerning the journey that may be nearly complete.
Fat-soluble
Third
Stressor
Animal
46. 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.
Secondhand
Cohesiveness
Fat
More
47. Humans react to stress with the fight or flight response. The heart and breathing rates speed up - sweating increases - the muscles become tense and __________ stops.
Immune
Marriage
Diameter
Digestion
48. Supported by the ___________ and circulatory system - muscular endurance is the ability of a muscle or muscle group to function over time.
Colostomy
Respiratory
Harm
Crypts
49. Survivors of traumatic events may develop a condition called ____ _______ _______ disorder.
Post traumatic stress
Physician
Unity
Excitement
50. For a disease to be ___________ - a person must come into contact with the disease-producing agent - or pathogen - such as a virus - bacterium - or fungus.
Sexually
Assault
Transferred
Bones