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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. The sense of taste diminishes - causing some people to neglect __________.
Perceptions
Portal of entry
Bipolar
Nutrition
2. The more lean muscle mass you have - the higher your ___________ will be.
Skin
Metabolism
Hypertension
Allergens
3. Most doctors still recommend that people restrict their dietary intake of cholesterol to ____ mg or less per day.
Types
Spiritual
Exhaustion
300
4. Medically - narcotics are used to relieve _____ and induce sleep.
Immunity
Pain
Interaction
Nasal
5. Young _________ is a time of major transitions for people.
Medicare
Chronic
Adulthood
Selye
6. Abraham Maslow classified human _____ into different levels such as self-actualization - esteem - and safety needs.
Needs
Medical
Sweat
Silent Spring
7. An obsession is a recurrent - irrational - ________ thought or impulse.
Preoperational
Circulatory
Unwanted
Fat
8. These practitioners will have passed state _______________ examinations that allow them to offer health services to the public.
Certification
Hypertension
Unwanted
Most
9. ________ may occur if the person overextends themself. In HIV and AIDS - this is almost always the last stage before death.
Fats
Intentional
Sexual
Relapse
10. Embalming helps preserve the body and return it to a ________ look.
Swelling
Carcinogens
Natural
Amino acids
11. 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.
Absorption
Nonliving
Third
75
12. Cancer of the prostate is the _____ most common form of cancer in men and a leading cause of death from cancer in older men.
Third
Self-concept
Fertility
Animal
13. The final tube through which the semen travels is the ______.
Nerves
D
Physically
Urethra
14. A ___________ drug effect is a dangerous consequence of taking different drugs in the same general category at the same time.
Frequency
Waste
Exhaustion
Synergistic
15. The withdrawal method is said to be ineffective as the clear __________ fluid can contain viable sperm - which may get deposited near the cervical opening before withdrawal of the penis.
Preejaculate
Infarction
Third
Drinking water
16. An ovolactovegetarian is a diet that excludes all meat but does include the consumption of ____ and dairy products.
Employment
Eggs
Ethics of sexuality. :
Activated
17. Older people adapt slowly to changes in temperature. Their cells respond more slowly to _______ - so healing takes longer than it once did.
Radical
THC
Injury
Coagulating
18. Caused by a nongonoccal bacterium - _________ is considered to be the most prevalent STD in the United States today.
Precancerous
Chlamydia
10
Solid
19. 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.
Society
Grows
Intensity
Diet
20. Carbon monoxide is a colorless - odorless - tasteless gas that possesses a very strong physiological attraction for ___________ - the oxygen-carrying component of each red blood cell.
Isotonic
Laxatives
Early
Hemoglobin
21. Physiological needs include food - water - ______ - sex and health.
Sleep
Exercise
Dyspareunia
Society
22. When the organ experiencing the lack of oxygen is the brain - it's called _________ Anoxia.
Cerebral
Enlarged
Ionizing
Mammograms
23. This stage has also been called a silent stage. Transmission of the pathogen to a new host is possible - but not _________ during this state. During this stage - it's possible for a host to be infected - but not be infectious.
Probable
Deadly
2006
Smokeless
24. Ayurveda is a traditional ______ medicine based on herbal remedies.
Absorption
Nervous
Indian
Swelling
25. The health effects of radiation exposure depend on many factors including the duration - ____ - dose of exposure - and individual sensitivity.
Enlarged
Neonate
Type
Forced
26. Factors include the strength of the beverage - the number of drinks consumed - speed of consumption - presence of food - body chemistry - and gender of the user. ______ tend to absorb alcohol more quickly.
Vein
Contagious
Extremities
Women
27. The prostate gland is a small - walnut-sized gland located below the ________.
Bladder
SLE
Four
Balloon
28. Direct euthanasia usually involves the administration of large amounts of __________ drugs which eventually causes all central nervous system functions to stop.
Ketamine
Counseling
Ionizing
Depressant
29. As ovarian function and hormone production diminish - a period of adjustment must be made by the hypothalamus - ovaries - uterus - and other _________-sensitive tissues.
Spiritual
Excitement
Force
Estrogen
30. Although once rare - the amount of this cancer has increased markedly in recent years. It remains among the most _______ forms of cancer.
Symptoms
Employment
Frightening
Addictive
31. The FDA also continues to voice concern about OTC weight loss and energy-promotion products containing __________ - which has been linked to heart attacks and strokes.
Ephedrine
Immunity
Heart
Stronger
32. Just as love is expressed in many different ways - there are many different ______ of love.
Clitoris
Sympathetic
Stomach
Types
33. Abortion should be used only when _____________ control of one's fertility could not be achieved.
Diagnosed
Responsible
Force
Gum
34. Some research suggests that as much as 50 to ___% of a person's risk of becoming an alcoholic are determined by genetic factors.
Melanin
60
22.5
Same
35. Although not MDs or Dos - doctors of podiatric medicine (____) treat a variety of conditions related to the feet - including corns - bunions - warts - bone spurs - hammertoes - fractures - diabetes-related conditions - athletic conditions - and struc
Dying
DPM
Dilation
Initial adult identity
36. Pathological changes to the liver resulting from chronic - heavy alcohol consumption are known as _________.
Preoperational
Five
Cirrhosis
Natural
37. 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
Radical
Depressant
Empowerment
Diagnosed
38. Chronic stress can occur when someone is not able to respond immediately to a threat (real or imaginary). It involves the body remaining in a high state of _______ for a long time.
Arousal
Morals
Bias
Practitoners
39. Each gram of carbohydrate contains __ calories.
Parasympathetic
Society
4
Effort
40. The bones of people with osteoporosis tend to ______ easily - and vertebrae of the spine can collapse.
Clitoris
Smoking
Break
Epidemic
41. 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 _________.
Hypertension
Activated
75
Women
42. ________ is a crime involving an assailant's planned efforts to pursue an intended victim.
Respiratory
Emotions
Menarche
Stalking
43. Usually - _______ is felt when the patient becomes stressed or exercises too strenuously.
Nerves
Angina
Resistance
Transferred
44. The most common sexual orientation throughout the world is known as _______________ - which refers to an attraction to opposite-gender partners.
Menopause
Emphysema
Heterosexuality
Forced
45. Hypertrophy is an increase in mass or ______ of a muscle.
Runners
Girth
Marijuana
Ovary
46. After ovulation - the _________ phase of the menstrual cycle starts when the remnants of the graafian follicle restructure themselves into a corpus luteum.
Blood vessel
Healthy
Depressants
Secretory
47. Freud considered repression to be the _____ ___________ of the defense mechanisms.
Composition
Cardiac
Type 1
Most important
48. Drunk driving - physical violence - property destruction - date rape - police arrest - and lowered academic performance are all highly associated with ______ _________.
Binge drinking
Anoxia
Weight
Global warming
49. Disease transmission during this stage is possible - but not _________. Until the host's overall health has been strengthened - he or she may be especially susceptible to another disease pathogen.
Self-concept
Suicide
Colostomy
Probable
50. Post-abortion syndrome is a mental disorder which affects some women who have had an abortion. The symptoms are similar to _____ _______ _________ disorder.
Labial
Sperm
Second
Post traumatic stress