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DSST Health
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Through experiences in achieving an adult identity - young people will eventually be capable of answering the central question of ______ ___________: 'Who am I?'
Young adulthood
Unwanted
Types
Cup
2. Noncancerous - or benign tumors do not ______.
Spread
Homeopathy
Commit
Third
3. For a fixed ________ fee - enrollees are given comprehensive health care with an emphasis on preventive health care.
Coordination
Monthly
Financial
Exercise
4. Prolonged periods of silence or _______ are normal components of the depression stage.
Counseling
Gardasil
Crying
Heredity
5. 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.
Overweight
Third
Chronic
Liver
6. Over the counter medications include ________ - cold medicine and laxatives.
Depressant
1.5
Radiation
Asprin
7. The _______ stage is the second stage in the sexual response pattern of males and females.
Air
Plateau
Arteries
Action
8. Examinations done on the first people with CFS revealed antibodies to the Epstein-_____ virus.
Depressants
Barr
Force
Type 1
9. Symptoms of prostate disease include difficulty in __________ - frequent urination - continued wetness - blood in the urine - low back pain - and an ache in the upper thighs.
Death
Urinating
Swelling
Drinking water
10. The bodies of famous church leaders are sometimes entombed in vault-like spaces called _______.
Roe v. Wade
Crypts
Difficult
Acupuncture
11. Smoking cessation therapies are available in a variety of forms - including nicotine ___ - trans dermal patches - nicotine inhalation devices - and oral medications that affect neurotransmitters.
22.5
Flexibility
Gum
8
12. A person's growth and development can be associated with some _______________ - which may lead to feelings of rejection and failure that could reduce a person's overall productivity and satisfaction.
Exposed
Fission
Vulnerability
Global warming
13. A potentially fatal elevation of the BAC - often resulting from heavy - rapid consumption of alcohol is known as _____ alcohol intoxication.
Inappropriate
Genital warts
Heredity
Acute
14. Development of cardiorespiratory endurance helps the body to work longer and at greater levels of __________.
Tobacco smoke
Intensity
Cirrhosis
Social
15. When the organ experiencing the lack of oxygen is the brain - it's called _________ Anoxia.
Stalking
Labial
Cerebral
Heavy
16. Once sperm cells leave the ______ they travel to the penis through a series of tubes.
Sober
Resistance
Ventricles
Testes
17. Men account for about 80% of arrests for drug abuse violations - 70% of admissions for treatment - and 65% of drug related _______.
Self-care
Opportunity
Sexually
Deaths
18. Low birth weight - facial abnormalities - and ______ problems are often seen in infants with fetal alcohol syndrome.
Heart
Girth
Stomach
Fat-soluble
19. How you feel about yourself is known as your ___________.
Endorphins
Self-esteem
STDs
Integrity
20. Men ______ the most suicides.
Metabolism
Drug
Commit
Advantage
21. Research has shown ayurveda to be effective in treating rheumatoid arthritis - __________ - and chronic sinusitis.
Emotions
Cirrhosis
Headaches
Carbon dioxide
22. People in ____ societies have emotions.
Hair
Counseling
All
Concentric
23. A strong affection or deep concern for another person is ____.
Nutritional
Physical
Love
Resistance
24. Although once rare - the amount of this cancer has increased markedly in recent years. It remains among the most _______ forms of cancer.
Hispanics
Only
Symptoms
Resistance
25. By the time it reaches the uterus - a layer of cells that develops into an organ called the placenta surrounds the ______.
Bladder
Final
Embryo
Advance
26. Bulimia nervosa is a disorder of emotional origin in which _____ eating patterns are established and usually accompanied by purging.
Binge
Solid
Stressors
Majority
27. 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.
On Death and Dying
Cardiovascular
Preejaculate
Health
28. A ________ headache is a very severe headache that can be triggered by stress.
Migraine
Unknown
Orgasm
Ventricles
29. __________ patients often develop a 'barrel chest' as they lose the ability to exhale fully.
Physician
Overweight
Emphysema
Dyspareunia
30. If a person usually works or plays at a ____ intensity - but for a long duration - they have developed an ability to maintain aerobic energy production.
Autoimmune
Low
Hallucinogenic
Carbon dioxide
31. The Wear and Tear Theory of Aging states that aging happens due to the ______ done to our body's cells over time.
Ground burial
Contraception
Pain
Damage
32. An increase of only ____ degrees since 1860 - resulting from increased trapping of industrial gases - has resulted in a shift of the world's hydrologic cycles.
Parasympathetic
Post traumatic stress
Negative
1.5
33. Certain lifestyle changes such as quitting smoking - reducing obesity - increasing physical activity - and decreasing dietary _____ help many people increase their level of HDLs.
Fats
Mentally
Connective
Chronic fatigue
34. 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.
3
Overweight
Cell division
Health
35. Many traditional food pairings - such as beans and ____ or corn and beans - emerged as dietary staples because they are complementary proteins.
Rice
Intentional
Parasympathetic
Eighteenth
36. Lung cancer is one of the most lethal forms of cancer that is frequently _________.
Diagnosed
Deductible
Netherlands
Depressants
37. In February 1992 - the _____________ became the first developed country to enact legislation that permits euthanasia under strict guidelines.
Netherlands
Monthly
Religious
Arousal
38. 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
Young adulthood
Nutritional
DPM
Fat
39. The three stages of General Adaptation Syndrome are ______ - resistance - and exhaustion.
Lower
Alarm
Fetus
Self-esteem
40. Usually - _______ is felt when the patient becomes stressed or exercises too strenuously.
Angina
Hierarchy
Gluocose
Isometric
41. HPV is associated with the development of _______ _______.
Genital warts
Parasympathetic
Violent
Public speaking
42. Just as love is expressed in many different ways - there are many different ______ of love.
Rehabilitation
Exercise
Stress
Types
43. The ideas - ___________ and feelings one has about oneself is called self-concept.
Perceptions
STDs
Deaths
Four
44. ________ improves memory and alertness and can help people perform cognitive tasks at peak levels.
Lifetime
Detection
Effort
Exercise
45. An aneurysm is a ballooning or outpouching on a weakened area of an ______.
Artery
Immunity
Indirect
10
46. During the sexual response cycle - ______________ is the engorgement of tissues that results when more blood is flowing into an organ than is flowing out.
Spinal cord
Angina
Netherlands
Vasocongestion
47. A few examples of contraceptive methods are the use of condoms - oral contraceptives - _____________ - and diaphragms.
Isokinetic
Spermicides
Most
Thermal
48. Embalming is the process of using formaldehyde-based fluids to replace the _____ components.
Blood
Embarrassment
Family
Global warming
49. 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.
Third
Dying
Mother
Genetically
50. Two main types of asthma have been identified. In extrinsic asthma - certain _________ produce sudden and extensive bronchoconstriction that narrows the airways.
Most important
Carbon dioxide
Allergens
Cancerous