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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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1. Usually - _______ is felt when the patient becomes stressed or exercises too strenuously.
Angina
1.5
Endorphins
Immune
2. Often appearing ______ in a relationship - passionate love typically does not last very long.
Early
Inappropriate
Assault
Sexual
3. Fertilization occurs in a narrow tube called the Fallopian tube that connects an _____ and the uterus.
Ovary
Pectoris
Monthly
Parenting
4. An irrational - repetitive - forced ______ - usually associated with an obsession is called a compulsion.
Action
Pectoris
Erectile dysfunction
Type 2
5. The ______ link in the chain of infection is the mode of transmission - or the way that pathogens are passed from reservoirs to susceptible hosts.
Personality
Immune
Sewage
Fourth
6. Withdrawal - or ____ interruptus - is the contraceptive practice in which the erect penis is removed from the vagina just before ejaculation of semen.
Coitus
Interests
Exhaustion
Depression
7. Organic compounds that facilitate the action of enzymes are called ________.
Vitamins
Opiates
Blood vessel
Neighboring
8. Pulmonary _________ is an irreversible disease process in which the alveoli are destroyed.
Healthy
Indirect
Love
Emphysema
9. ____ can be a very difficult concept to define. Clinical determinants of death refer to measures of bodily functions.
Vasocongestion
Physically
Dehydration
Death
10. A few examples of contraceptive methods are the use of condoms - oral contraceptives - _____________ - and diaphragms.
Older adulthood
Cerebrovascular
Spermicides
Saliva
11. Denial can serve as a temporary defense mechanism and can allow patients the _____ to accept their prognosis on their own terms.
Bread
D
Time
Immunizations
12. Acupuncture is the insertion of fine _______ into the body to alter electroenergy fields and cure disease.
Colostomy
Fourth
Preoperational
Needles
13. For many young adults - the new choices and feelings of independence can be both exciting and _____________.
Frightening
Socialization
Genetic
Manipulation
14. Date rape is a form of acquaintance rape that involves ______ sexual intercourse by a dating partner.
Forced
Composition
Preoperational
Maintain
15. The _____ _______ Rape Prevention and Punishment Act of 1996 adds up to 20 years to the prison sentence of any rapist who uses a drug to incapacitate a victim.
Stronger
Sigmund Freud
Drug Induced
Anger
16. In isometric exercises - the person's muscles contract against an immovable object (i.e. a wall) - usually with increasingly greater _______.
23
Detection
Effort
Rehabilitation
17. Although religious beliefs and practices could be included in the _________ dimension of health - the category could be extended to include a person's relationship with other living things.
B
Spiritual
Isometric
Animal
18. __________ is a primary - chronic disease with genetic - psychosocial - and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations.
Different
Heredity
Resistance
Alcoholism
19. The Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 is now referred to as Medicare ______.
Part D
Vasocongestion
Abstinence
Heart
20. ___________ is the abnormal depletion of fluids from the body.
Spiritual
Dehydration
Mentally
Death
21. Physiological needs include food - water - ______ - sex and health.
Health
Sleep
Force
Menopause
22. Terminally ill people often follow the anger stage with the _______ stage.
Bargaining
Enabling
Mental
Family
23. 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.
Vitamins
Laxatives
Inappropriate
3
24. The least common form of asthma is _________ asthma.
Heart rate
Genital warts
Intrinsic
Electronic
25. Type B (HBV) is spread in various ways including sexual contact - intravenous drug use - tattooing - and though medical and dental practice. Chronic HBV infection has been associated with liver __________ and liver cancer.
Maintain
Diameter
Inscription
Cirrhosis
26. In urban areas located in ______ climates - sulfur oxides and particulate matter combine with moisture to form a grayish haze known as smog.
Dilation
Cooler
Progressive
Enlarged
27. The particulate phase is the portion of tobacco _____ composed of small suspended particles.
Spiritual
More
Congestive
Smoke
28. It is estimated that about __________ children are victims of child abuse and neglect each year
Morals
1 million
Force
Dehydration
29. The Wear and Tear Theory of Aging states that aging happens due to the ______ done to our body's cells over time.
Damage
Headaches
Love
Nerve
30. One of these medical directives is the ________ _____ - which confirms a dying person's desire to be allowed to die peacefully and with a measure of dignity if a time should arise when there is little hope for recovery from a terminal illness or seve
Intentional
Synergistic
Death
Living will
31. As ovarian function and hormone production diminish - a period of adjustment must be made by the hypothalamus - ovaries - uterus - and other _________-sensitive tissues.
Eighteenth
Down
Estrogen
Two
32. Alzheimer's Disease is a progressive - chronic disease of the brain which attacks ______ and brain cells.
Nerves
Aggressive
Mechanical
Dehydration
33. Fiber refers to nondigestible carbohydrates provided by ______.
Mother
Barr
Plants
Pancreas
34. These tumors are usually enclosed by a fibrous membrane and do not spread from their point of origin as cancerous tumors can. Benign tumors can be dangerous when they ______ out normal tissue within a confined space.
Radical
Cardiac
Fats
Crowd
35. Now - nearly 1 in __ women will develop breast cancer.
8
Mammograms
Composition
Engineering
36. The weight range deemed appropriate for people of a specific ______ - age - and frame size is referred to as desirable weight.
Stress
Disorders
Euthanasia
Gender
37. Examples of stimulant drugs include _________ - amphetamines - and cocaine.
Coagulating
Caffeine
Positive
Resistance
38. Survivors of traumatic events may develop a condition called ____ _______ _______ disorder.
Older adulthood
Preejaculate
Basal metabolic
Post traumatic stress
39. The pituitary gland is responsible for the release of many very important chemicals in the body known as _________.
Breasts
Information
Vein
Hormones
40. _________ materials - called minerals - make up nearly 5% of the body.
Plants
Depressant
Inorganic
Sexual response
41. the combined use of ________ and tranquilizers produces a synergistic effect greater than the total effect of each of the two drugs taken separately. In this instance - a much-amplified - perhaps fatal sedation will occur.
Respect
Alcohol
Herpes
Male
42. Ayurveda is a traditional ______ medicine based on herbal remedies.
Indian
Accept
150 -000
Electronic
43. The embryo is wrapped in a __________ covering called the amniotic sac.
Same
Clitoris
Physical
Protective
44. Men ______ the most suicides.
Saliva
Depressant
Thought
Commit
45. Three common aspects of addictive behavior are exposure - compulsion - and loss of _______.
40
Fourth
Control
Chronic fatigue
46. Alcohol - also known as ethyl alcohol or ethanol - is the principal product of ____________.
Fermentation
Bones
Connective
Solid
47. Once sperm cells leave the ______ they travel to the penis through a series of tubes.
Testes
Acute
Reality
Activated
48. Because ______ are less flexible - some older people develop osteoarthritis - a condition in which joints become painful.
Diagnosed
Carcinogens
Nine
Joints
49. 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
Stronger
Water
Solid waste
50. People with social phobia fear humiliation or _____________ while being observed by others.
Angina
Physically
Fetus
Embarrassment