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DSST Health

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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 greatest effect on our land comes from the products our society discards. The trash that is collected from our _____ is referred to as MSW.






2. Although once rare - the amount of this cancer has increased markedly in recent years. It remains among the most _______ forms of cancer.






3. Within the last decade - codependence is a new term that has been used to describe the relationship between ____-dependent people and those around them.






4. The weight range deemed appropriate for people of a specific ______ - age - and frame size is referred to as desirable weight.






5. Sexuality experts prefer to view intimate behavior as sharing deep feelings and experiences with a partner or sharing profound physical __________ with a partner.






6. Two main types of asthma have been identified. In extrinsic asthma - certain _________ produce sudden and extensive bronchoconstriction that narrows the airways.






7. Found in cereal - fruits - and vegetables - fiber consumption is essential for good health. Fiber isn't _________ - but instead moves through the digestive tract and out of the body.






8. In addition to the living will - the durable power of attorney for health care is another important _______ medical directive that can assist terminally ill or incapacitated patients.






9. The nervous system is made up of all of the nerve tissues in the body. It is broken down into the central nervous system (CNS) and the ___________ nervous system.






10. How you feel about yourself is known as your ___________.






11. A ___________ drug effect is a dangerous consequence of taking different drugs in the same general category at the same time.






12. Just as love is expressed in many different ways - there are many different ______ of love.






13. ________ is a debilitating chronic disease that has a significant effect on the human body.






14. A person's health is composed of ___ interacting - dynamic dimensions.






15. Studies indicate that a smoker's risk of ______________ disease decreases quickly after quitting regardless of how long they smoked.






16. Heart muscle tissue begins to die when it is deprived of oxygen and nutrients; this has the potential to result in myocardial ___________ or heart attack.






17. The right and left sides of the heart are divided by a partition called the ______.






18. Chronic __________ is the persistent inflammation and infection of the smaller airways within the lung.






19. Although people have attempted to sober up by drinking hot coffee - taking cold showers - or exercising - the oxidation rate of alcohol is unaffected. Passage of time remains the _____ effective remedy for diminishing alcohol's effects.






20. Everyone feels 'down' or 'blue' at times - but depression is characterized by a more ________ state of feeling low.






21. ______ refers to a severe lack of oxygen supply to an organ's tissue.






22. Left untreated - the victim can die--usually as a result of ________________ failure.






23. _______ disorder is a mood disorder characterized by alternating episodes of mania and depression.






24. ____ syndrome is a genetic disorder causing mental retardation and other problems. It results from having an extra copy of chromosome 21.






25. _____________ injuries are injuries that have occurred without anyone intending that any harm be done.






26. Depression is an emotional state characterized by exaggerated feelings of sadness - melancholy - dejection - worthlessness - emptiness - and hopelessness that are _____________ and out of proportion to reality.






27. 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.






28. ________ is a positive - whole-health approach that includes a person's physical - intellectual - social - and emotional well-being.






29. Although people experience grief in remarkably different ways - most people have _________ discomfort - sense of numbness - feelings of detachment from others - preoccupation with the image of the deceased - guilt - or hostility.






30. A new three-drug combination - which includes ______ - has extended average remission by nearly two years. This is the first significant progress on the treatment of ovarian cancer.






31. 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.






32. Menarche is usually preceded by a growth spurt that includes the budding of ________ and the growth of pubic and underarm hair.






33. Assuming responsibility is the _____ developmental task that younger people are expected to progress in.






34. ___________ injuries are injuries that are committed on purpose.






35. The second component of the body's protective defenses is the cellular system - or more commonly - the ______ system.






36. Eutrophication is the enrichment of a body of water with nutrients - which causes overabundant growth of ______






37. About __% of all motor vehicle accidents occur close to home.






38. At the capillary level - exchanges of oxygen - food - and waste occur between cells and the blood. Blood pressure is highest in _________ and lowest in veins.






39. For a male - this causes the penis to become erect; for a female - the _________ and the labia are engorged with blood.






40. _________ is a general term under which a variety of infectious respiratory conditions can be placed.






41. TSS is a potentially fatal condition resulting from the proliferation of certain bacteria in the ______ that enter the general blood circulation.






42. If stress lasts too long - a person may move into the third stage of General Adaptation Syndrome - known as the __________ stage.






43. This is a midlife developmental task in which one begins repaying society for its support through contributions associated with __________ - creativity - and occupation.






44. Communities with sewage treatment systems designed around a combined sanitary and ______ system can - during heavy rain or snowmelt - allow untreated sewage to rush through the processing plant.






45. This phase includes nicotine - water - and a variety of powerful chemical compounds known collectively as ____.






46. Usually - _______ is felt when the patient becomes stressed or exercises too strenuously.






47. About 80% of men with chlamydia show signs and symptoms - including painful urination and a whitish pus discharge from the penis. Most _______ report no overt signs or symptoms.






48. A ________ headache is a very severe headache that can be triggered by stress.






49. There are four cardiovascular risk factors that are influenced by lifestyle choices. Smoking is the major risk factor associated with sudden _______ death.






50. Whether through an individually designed program or through the aid of a skilled professional - the elderly can bring back some function to a previously high level. For example - the regular use of ______ _________ can improve an older person's abili