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DSST Health
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The autonomic nervous system (____) is also called the involuntary nervous system because it controls involuntary actions such as your heart beat or the narrowing and widening of your blood vessels.
Immune
Marriage
Unity
ANS
2. ___________ effects can often be reduced by choosing responsible health behaviors.
Plants
1 million
60
Hereditary
3. Alternative health care includes ___________ - chiropractic - homeopathy - naturopathy - herbalism - reflexology - and ayurveda.
Acupuncture
Intentional
Radical
Bronchitis
4. A strong affection or deep concern for another person is ____.
Control
Love
Removed
Isometric
5. By the end of young adulthood - most people are ready to accomplish the ______ developmental task of establishing independence.
Homosexuality
Urethra
Break
Second
6. The health effects of radiation exposure depend on many factors including the duration - ____ - dose of exposure - and individual sensitivity.
Type
Global warming
Frequency
Stress
7. Set point is a ___________ programmed range of body weight beyond which a person finds it difficult to gain or lose additional weight.
Embryo
Genetically
Fever
Family
8. Infectious agents must have the support and protection of a favorable environment to survive. This environment forms the ______ link in the chain of infection and is referred to as the reservoir in which the agent resides.
Embarrassment
Transfusion
Deaths
Second
9. In urban areas located in ______ climates - sulfur oxides and particulate matter combine with moisture to form a grayish haze known as smog.
Nutrition
Pancreas
Cooler
Control
10. Women are more likely to _______ suicide.
Speeding
Electrical
Compromise
Attempt
11. Body ___________ is the makeup of the body in terms of muscle - bone - fat - and other elements.
Homeopathy
Third
Essential
Composition
12. _____ abuse can take many forms - but the most common is neglect.
Frequency
Elder
Older adulthood
Pectoris
13. Psychoactive drugs cause intoxication - altering a persons feelings - behavior - ___________ and moods.
Perceptions
Risk factor
Society
Spermicides
14. 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.
Sexually
Socialization
On Death and Dying
Waste
15. Studies have shown that in addition to food - shelter - and consistent care - infants need ____ and affection.
Love
Portal of entry
Low-density
Acute
16. In insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus - or ______ diabetes - the body produces little or no insulin.
Nasal
Pathogenic
Type 1
Absorption
17. The development of aneurysms is not fully understood - although there seems to be a relationship between aneurysms and ______________.
Ethics of sexuality. :
Diameter
Hypertension
Moved
18. One possible explanation for the conversion of protooncogenes into oncogenes involves the presence of environmental agents known as ___________.
Half
Women
Carcinogens
Eighteenth
19. The testes are originally formed inside the body near the abdomen. However - just before birth - they descend into a pouch of loose skin called the _______.
Dependence
Scrotum
Advance
Preference
20. ____ syndrome is a genetic disorder causing mental retardation and other problems. It results from having an extra copy of chromosome 21.
Down
Negative
Recovery
Brain
21. Drugs used for date rape include Rohypnol - GHB and ______.
DPM
Moved
Ketamine
Resistance
22. Whether it's called social graces - skills - or insights - ______ ability is the third dimension of total health.
Nerve
Skin
Social
Immune
23. ________ is frequently a significant contributing factor in these rape situations.
Alcohol
Young adulthood
Cerebrovascular
Preoperational
24. 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.
Carbon dioxide
1.5
Cell division
Passively Acquired
25. In men - _________ ___________ is the inability to achieve an erection.
Isokinetic
Erectile dysfunction
Ground burial
Netherlands
26. Vacuum aspiration is the most commonly performed abortion procedure. It may require _________ of the cervical canal and the use of a local anesthetic.
Pancreas
Emotions
Dilation
Mammograms
27. According to the Food Pyramid - the second greatest proportion of your diet should come from the Vegetable group with a recommended _______ servings per day.
Precancerous
Genital warts
3 - 5
Digested
28. 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.
Break
Speeding
Diabetes
Circulatory
29. 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.
Alcohol
Artery
Fat
Resistance
30. The word neonate is usually used to refer to a baby that is less than _____ weeks old.
Killed
Four
Drug
Stress
31. Fear can make a person break into a _____ - it can cause their hands and feet to go cold - and it can speed up their heart beat.
22.5
Unknown
Placenta
Sweat
32. Insulin helps to activate the glucose transport mechanism. In addition to its role in the transport of ________ into sensitive cells - insulin is also required for the conversion of glucose into glycogen in the liver and the formation of fatty acids
Inscription
Biological
Glucose
Fever
33. Angioplasty - an alternative to bypass surgery - involves the surgical insertion of a doughnut-shaped '_______' directly into the narrowed coronary artery.
New host
Septum
Balloon
Caffeine
34. After infection - an asymptomatic ___________ period of 10 to 90 days gives way to the characteristic primary stage of the disease.
Synergistic
Incubation
Bipolar
Compromise
35. Nicotine may also stimulate the release of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) from the pituitary gland. In response to the ACTH - beta ___________ are produced in specific areas of the brain - leading to the mild feelings of euphoria.
Pandemic
Metabolism
Binge drinking
Endorphins
36. Included among these are the _____ - the mucous membranes that line the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts - earwax - the tiny hairs and cilia that filter incoming air - and even tears.
Breasts
Skin
Type B
T
37. Poor health is highly related to the way we live; many diseases can be ________.
Uterine
Avoided
Allergens
Social
38. Cholesterol is attached to structures called ____________.
Lipoproteins
75
Inscription
Blending
39. When the organ experiencing the lack of oxygen is the brain - it's called _________ Anoxia.
Cerebral
Effort
Pollutant
Vulnerability
40. During this stage - the pathogenic agent continues to multiply. Now the host is capable of transferring __________ to a new host.
Pathogens
Removed
Circulatory
Dilation
41. Approximately 85% of all __________ tumors are classified as carcinomas.
Opportunity
Coronary heart
Malignant
Exhaustion
42. During congestive heart failure - the heart continues to work - but it cannot function well enough to maintain appropriate circulation. Venous blood flow starts to 'back up.' _________ occurs - especially in the legs and ankles.
Swelling
Opportunity
Intensity
Vascular
43. Gastroplasty is a surgical procedure that involves sealing off about half of the _______ with surgical staples.
Selye
Menarche
Stomach
Amniotic fluid
44. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)are produced by fossil fuel combustion in vehicles and home furnaces and from second hand ________ _______.
Kidney
Tobacco smoke
Progressive
PAI
45. Through experiences in achieving an adult identity - young people will eventually be capable of answering the central question of ______ ___________: 'Who am I?'
Minimum
Young adulthood
Modeling
Feelings
46. Homicide is the leading cause of death for _____ African-Americans ages 15 to 44.
Gum
Bias
Herpes
Male
47. Vitamins can be classified as water-soluble or _____________.
Isokinetic
Fat-soluble
Rice
3
48. 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.
Four
Crowd
Passively Acquired
Gardasil
49. Isometric exercises are muscular strength exercises in which the resistance is so great that the object cannot be _____.
Anger
Coagulating
Attachment
Moved
50. Fertilization occurs in a narrow tube called the Fallopian tube that connects an _____ and the uterus.
Social
Absorption
Compromise
Ovary