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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. During this stage - neuromuscular tension is _________.
Prodromal
Medicare
Released
Good
2. Three cardiovascular risk factors that can't be changed are increasing age - _____ gender - and heredity.
Respect
Diameter
60
Male
3. The particulate phase is the portion of tobacco _____ composed of small suspended particles.
Mild
Diet
Smoke
Neonate
4. Alternative health care includes ___________ - chiropractic - homeopathy - naturopathy - herbalism - reflexology - and ayurveda.
Emphysema
Acupuncture
Electronic
Preexcitement
5. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widespread air pollutants from ______ fuel combustion.
Arousal
Fermentation
Vulnerability
Fossil
6. Perhaps the single greatest influence on alcohol research has been the finding that part of the _____________ to alcoholism is genetic.
Cheated
Public speaking
Smokeless
Vulnerability
7. Cannabis - or marijuana - has been labeled a mild ____________ for a number of years - and some experts now consider it to be a drug category in itself.
Hallucinogen
Concentric
Opiates
Leukocytes
8. A vegan vegetarian diet excludes all ______ products - including eggs and dairy products.
Same
Arousal
Hypercellular
Animal
9. _________ materials - called minerals - make up nearly 5% of the body.
Inorganic
More
Balloon
Menstrual
10. 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
Type 2
Majority
Anger
11. _______ refers to how you perceive yourself.
10
Self-concept
Parenting
Additives
12. This is a midlife developmental task in which one begins repaying society for its support through contributions associated with __________ - creativity - and occupation.
Parenting
Autonomic
Down
Drug
13. A more basic responsibility of an adult is to maintain and improve their _______.
Nerves
23
Neonate
Health
14. SIDS stands for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. This term is used for the cases where a baby dies with no apparent cause. It is the leading cause of death in ________ infants between one month and one year old.
Death
Attachment
8
Healthy
15. The _____________ nervous system has an arousal effect; it's associated with the 'fight or flight' response - and stimulation of sympathetic nerves result in effects such as increased heart beat or blood pressure.
Glucose
Vascular
Lower
Sympathetic
16. Normally - human cells contain ___ pairs of chromosomes - meaning a total of 46 chromosomes. People with Down syndrome have an extra chromosome - resulting in a total of 47 chromosomes.
23
Vagina
Morals
Excitement
17. Depressants produce tolerance in abusers - as well as strong psychological and _________ dependence.
Physical
Development
Women
Sympathetic
18. Hypertrophic obesity is generally associated with excessive fat around the waist and is thought to contribute to conditions such as _________ mellitus - high levels of fat in the blood - high blood pressure - and heart disease.
Throat
23
Social
Diabetes
19. The death rate from ________ cancer has dropped greatly since 1950 - largely because of the use of the Pap test.
Radiation
Atherosclerosis
Uterine
Brain
20. Stressors can be both positive and negative. Positive use of stress is called ________.
Controlling
Eustress
Spread
Extremities
21. A wellness-oriented lifestyle including sound nutrition - effective _______ management - and regular exercise oversees the important division of the immune system.
Cell division
Exercise
Secondhand
Stress
22. Nitrogen and _______ compounds are pollutants produced by a variety of industrial processes - including the burning of high sulfur content fuels.
Same
Hypercellular
Sulfur
OTC
23. An average of only ____ workouts per week does not seem to produce a measurable improvement in cardiorespiratory conditioning.
Alpha
Two
Negative
Imbalances
24. A ______________ risk factor is an attribute that a person has or is exposed to that increases the likelihood that he or she will develop some form of heart disease.
Cardiovascular
Deaths
Headaches
Feelings
25. Working under the supervision of physicians - nurse practitioners perform many of the diagnostic and __________ procedures performed by physicians.
Frightening
Crying
Treatment
Condom
26. A number of physiological and structural characteristics help people accomplish their developmental tasks including their level of susceptibility to disease - body weight - visual ability - strength - ______________ - level of endurance - and powers
Coordination
23
Suicide
Lowering
27. There are three stages to General Adaptation Syndrome. The second stage is called __________.
Child abuse
Diabetes
Homicide
Resistance
28. Someone with a Type A personality is very ___________.
Nasal
Physical
Drunklike
Productive
29. For example - in a bicep curl - as you curl up the dumbbell - your bicep is shortening--this is the ___________ contraction.
40
Emphysema
Force
Concentric
30. Men ______ the most suicides.
Cardiovascular
Certification
Nine
Commit
31. 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.
Type 1
Hereditary
Inhibition
Probable
32. ________ ________ is a disorder of emotional origin in which appetite and hunger are suppressed and marked weight loss occurs.
Attachment
Barr
Anorexia nervosa
Cardiovascular
33. __________ agents in the form of bacteria - viruses - and protozoa enter the water supply through human and animal wastes.
Stress
BMR
Materials
Pathogenic
34. Sexual orientation refers to the direction in which people focus their sexual _________.
Interests
Selye
PAI
Mother
35. __________ tobacco smoke can increase the risk of acute asthma attacks that require hospital emergency care.
Behavior
Secondhand
Women
Child abuse
36. Stroke is a general term of a wide variety of crises that result from _____ _____ damage in the brain.
Older adulthood
Blood vessel
Sperm
On Death and Dying
37. The process of how a disease spreads is broken down into a 'chain of infection' consisting of six links. The _____ link in the chain of infection is the disease-causing agent.
Cerebral
Socialization
First
Thermal
38. Consumption of hallucinogens does not seem to produce physical dependence and only _____ levels of psychological dependence.
Acupuncture
Depression
Pesticide
Mild
39. Mental health is a state of well-being of the ____.
Mind
Six
Nourishment
Half
40. People with bulimia lose or maintain weight not because they stop eating - but because they eat and then purge their digestive system by vomiting - using __________ - or taking syrup of ipecac - a dangerous drug used to stimulate vomiting after an ac
Negative
Laxatives
Feeling
Amniotic fluid
41. Created in 1965 by amendments to the Social Security Act - ________ represents a governmental form of health insurance.
Chronic
Medicare
Self-care
Probable
42. Blood's functions - which are performed continuously - include the following: transportation of nutrients - oxygen - wastes - hormones - and enzymes; regulation of water content of body cells and fluids; buffering to help maintain appropriate pH bala
Coagulating
Testes
Most important
Preoperational
43. The emergence of the _________ movement is the trend toward individuals taking increased responsibility for prevention or management of certain health conditions.
Allergens
Self-care
Rectum
Heart
44. Using a coping mechanism such as humor or _______ may help you to control certain symptoms of stress.
Solid
Intensity
Parasympathetic
Denial
45. Genetic mutations develop when dividing cells _______ genetic information.
Ground burial
Anger
Activated
Miscopy
46. ____________ reflects the process of contributing to the collective good.
Behavior
Immunity
Bargaining
Generativity
47. Similar to coronary ___________ - a cerebrovascular occlusion can be started by a clot that forms within an artery - called a thrombus - or by a clot that travels from another part of the body to the brain - called an embolism.
Speeding
Resistance
Prodromal
Occlusions
48. Severe - prolonged ________ can result in a number of physical health problems.
Financial
SLE
Cholesterol
Distress
49. This is the initial ________ stage of the sexual response pattern. Each of the stages involves predictable changes in the structural characteristics and physiological function in both the male and the female.
Arousal
Perceptions
Gum
Nourishment
50. ____________ refers to a consistently elevated blood pressure.
Living will
Absorption
Absorption
Hypertension