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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 theory on which homeopathy is based - the Law of _________ - is that if large doses of a substance can cause a problem - tiny doses can trigger healing of that same problem.
Similars
Most
Post traumatic stress
Four
2. Beginning in _____ - Medicare Part D provides prescription coverage through third-party providers for a premium of about $35 a month.
Alcoholism
2006
Digestion
Similars
3. Medically - narcotics are used to relieve _____ and induce sleep.
Pain
Coitus
Stimulants
Dilation
4. As soon as you recognize a ________ - your body reacts. This quick physical warning is the alarm stage or the 'fight or flight' response.
Intimate
Clot
Stressor
Anger
5. These practitioners will have passed state _______________ examinations that allow them to offer health services to the public.
Integrity
Carcinoma
Certification
Lowering
6. Thus when we catch an infectious disease - we fight the infection and in the process become _______ from developing that illness again should reinfection occur.
Immune
Spiritual
Thought
Lower
7. With the exception of ________ - intentional injuries reflect violence committed by one person acting against another person.
Suicide
Mechanical
Fission
40
8. The idea behind this theory is that people's bodies age because the body 'wears out' as damage accumulates from __________ - toxins - and many other sources.
Emphysema
Fever
Radiation
Ovary
9. Bulimia nervosa is a disorder of emotional origin in which _____ eating patterns are established and usually accompanied by purging.
Stress
Behavior
Opportunity
Binge
10. Two fats - linoleic acid and ______ linolenic acid are essential dietary components.
Enlarged
Laxatives
Alpha
Third
11. The average-sized adult has approximately 6 quarts of blood in his or her ___________ system.
Four
Circulatory
Breathing
Fat
12. Three common aspects of addictive behavior are exposure - compulsion - and loss of _______.
Death
Synergistic
Control
Fats
13. 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.
Social
Not available
3
Sexual
14. Now - nearly 1 in __ women will develop breast cancer.
8
Bisexuals
Third
Blood
15. both males and females - the ____ is relatively high at birth and continues to increase until the age of 2.
Bladder
BMR
Suicide
Recovery
16. When arteries to the brain constrict as a result of stress - the supply of blood to parts of the brain may decrease and cause temporary vision problems or other symptoms. Then the arteries _______ (expand) again and pressure on the nerve endings in t
Dilate
Depressant
New host
Family
17. The particulate phase is the portion of tobacco _____ composed of small suspended particles.
Rubella
Hypercellular
Smoke
Preoperational
18. Harm that is committed against a child is referred to as _____ _____.
Social
Dilate
Child abuse
B
19. For a male - this causes the penis to become erect; for a female - the _________ and the labia are engorged with blood.
Probable
Clitoris
Cirrhosis
Sympathetic
20. Abortion should be used only when _____________ control of one's fertility could not be achieved.
Negative
Responsible
Fat
Bladder
21. By the time victims are sufficiently concerned about their persistent ______ - blood streaked sputum - and chest pain - it is often too late for treatment to be effective.
Cough
Satisfied
Productive
Anoxia
22. A numerical expression of body weight based on height and weight is referred to as the ___.
BMI
Spiritual
Cholesterol
Circulatory
23. ___________ is the abnormal depletion of fluids from the body.
Health
Dehydration
2006
Dyspareunia
24. 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.
Digested
Pituitary
40
Deaths
25. The three stages of General Adaptation Syndrome are ______ - resistance - and exhaustion.
Alarm
Fats
Undescended
Rubella
26. Many researchers believe that the number of fat cells a person has will be initially determined during the first __ years of life.
Needles
Final
Alarm
2
27. The placenta also serves as a filter - screening out many harmful substances. In addition - the placenta receives the ______ products from the embryo and passes them into the mother's bloodstream.
Mutation
Amniotic fluid
Waste
Two
28. Once referred to as venereal diseases - ____ are infectious diseases that are spread primarily through intimate sexual contact.
Unintentional
STDs
Diet
Smoke
29. Piaget's studies focused on stages of intellectual development such as the sensorimotor stage - __________ stage - concrete operational stage - and the formal operational stage.
Leukocytes
Recovery
Preoperational
Activated
30. College students who fit the category of '______ drinkers' rarely consume small amounts of alcohol each day - but instead binge on 1 or 2 nights a week.
Grows
Four
Heavy
Enabling
31. By _______ ________ - the aging process has changed a person's physical appearance.
Saliva
Feeling
Older adulthood
Pancreas
32. The development of aneurysms is not fully understood - although there seems to be a relationship between aneurysms and ______________.
Hypertension
Rationalization
Herpes
Hallucinogenic
33. Vegans often have trouble maintaining adequate intakes of iron - zinc - and calcium. In addition - vitamin __ deficiencies can occur.
D
Enabling
Radical
Stress
34. Over an extended period - carcinogens - such as chemicals found in tobacco smoke - polluted air and water - toxic wastes - and even the high ____ content of foods - may convert protooncogenes into oncogenes.
Inhibition
Autonomic
Fat
Mild
35. Each year - unintentional injuries account for over ________ deaths and millions of nonfatal injuries.
Pregnant
Six
Procedures
150 -000
36. Celibacy may be short-term or last a _________ - and no identified physical or psychological complications appear to result from a celibate lifestyle.
Lifetime
Third
Rice
THC
37. Travel - peer relationships - marriage - _________ service - and college have been traditional avenues for disengagement from the family.
Military
Intentional
Counseling
Certification
38. The letters to help remember the symptoms are A for asymmetry - B for border irregularity - C is for color change - and D for _________ and E for elevation.
Alcohol
Diameter
SLE
Selye
39. Regular aerobic exercise helps strengthen the heart muscle - maintain healthy blood vessels - and improve the ability of the ______ system to transfer blood and oxygen to all parts of the body.
Gender
Brain
Pollutant
Vascular
40. The prostate gland is a small - walnut-sized gland located below the ________.
Health
40
Counseling
Bladder
41. Alcohol is _______ from the bloodstream principally through the process of oxidation.
Chiropractic
Removed
Part D
T
42. For example - ____ proof gin is 70% pure alcohol.
Negative
140
Prodromal
Allergens
43. Through experiences in achieving an adult identity - young people will eventually be capable of answering the central question of ______ ___________: 'Who am I?'
Breast
PAI
Homeopathy
Young adulthood
44. Sexuality experts prefer to view intimate behavior as sharing deep feelings and experiences with a partner or sharing profound physical __________ with a partner.
Type 1
Depressant
Harm
Pleasures
45. A person's health is composed of ___ interacting - dynamic dimensions.
Death
Parasympathetic
Six
Isotonic
46. In the resistance stage - a person handles ______ by using psychological defense mechanisms.
Minimum
Stress
Process
Depressant
47. Fiber refers to nondigestible carbohydrates provided by ______.
Hallucinogen
Frequency
Plants
Chronic
48. Electrodes are attached to the arm and leg. Because adipose tissue resists the passage of the electrical current more than muscle tissue does - electrical impedance can be used to accurately calculate the percentage of ______ ___.
Self-concept
SLE
Body fat
Melanin
49. In water that is raised only ___ degrees Celsius - entire species of fish can disappear and aquatic plants can proliferate out of control.
Estrogen
10
Spread
STDs
50. The Food Pyramid describes five food groups. The base of the pyramid is made up of the _____ - Cereal - Rice - and Pasta group - with a recommendation of 6 to 11 servings per day.
Neurotransmitters
Genetic
Bread
Type 2