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DSST Health
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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. _________ of training refers to the number of times per week a person should exercise.
Ventricles
Frequency
Arousal
Boys
2. ________ is the process of adopting the admired behavior patterns of another person.
Moved
Type 2
Modeling
Caffeine
3. When users take a psychoactive drug - the patterns of ________ system function are altered.
Nervous
Hallucinogen
Fights
Minimum
4. Sigmund Freud's theories about the importance of the subconscious in ___________ development are the basis for the psychoanalytic approach to personality.
Personality
Lifetime
Amino acids
7 -500
5. 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.
Breathing
Hypertension
Sympathetic
Carbon dioxide
6. There are four cardiovascular risk factors that are influenced by lifestyle choices. Smoking is the major risk factor associated with sudden _______ death.
Aerobic
Cardiac
B
Menopause
7. 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.
Four
Basal metabolic
Mononucleosis
Arteries
8. Insulin is a hormone which is required by the body for the effective metabolism of glucose (blood sugar). It's release from the ________ corresponds to the changing levels of glucose within the blood.
Resistance
Pancreas
Fetus
Scrotum
9. This type of diet provides the body with the essential _____________ and limits the high intake of fats seen in more conventional diets.
Indulgence
Amino acids
Nicotine
Endorphins
10. 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 _______.
Time
Carbon dioxide
Intensity
Scrotum
11. Acid rain is rain that has a _____ pH than that normally associated with rain.
Personality
Lower
Male
Frequency
12. A lack of exercise is a significant ____ _______ for heart disease.
3
OTC
Second
Risk factor
13. Lower - or more basic needs - must be met before higher needs can be __________.
Imbalance
Spermicides
Satisfied
Grows
14. By the end of young adulthood - most people are ready to accomplish the ______ developmental task of establishing independence.
Acupuncture
Energy
Liver
Second
15. ___ are health care delivery plans under which health care providers agree to meet the covered medical needs of subscribers for a prepaid amount of money.
Girth
Urethra
Natural
HMOs
16. When the organ experiencing the lack of oxygen is the brain - it's called _________ Anoxia.
Bipolar
Cerebral
Recovery
Synergistic
17. An irrational - repetitive - forced ______ - usually associated with an obsession is called a compulsion.
Deadly
Action
Throat
Stressors
18. The sixth link in the chain of infection is the ____ ____.
Two
Menstrual
Coronary heart
New host
19. The durable power of attorney for health care is a legal document that designates who will make ________ decisions for an individual if they become incapacitated.
Depressant
Depression
Medical
Health
20. 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
Neurotransmitters
Stimulants
DPM
Integrity
21. Chronic __________ is the persistent inflammation and infection of the smaller airways within the lung.
Pain
Taxol
Depression
Bronchitis
22. Although once rare - the amount of this cancer has increased markedly in recent years. It remains among the most _______ forms of cancer.
Deadly
Preexcitement
Orgasm
Transfusion
23. 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.
Dyspareunia
Similars
Preference
Alpha
24. The right and left sides of the heart are divided by a partition called the ______.
Septum
Headaches
Spiritual
7 -500
25. _______ disorder is a mood disorder characterized by alternating episodes of mania and depression.
Symptoms
Bipolar
Inhibition
Drug Induced
26. Scientists who study the effects of stress on health often refer to two primary personality types as type A and ______.
Selye
Type B
Urethra
Violent
27. Alzheimer's disease is characterized by nerve cell degeneration and reduced levels of certain ___________________ (the chemicals that carry messages to and from the brain).
Resistance
Global warming
Physical
Neurotransmitters
28. ________ is frequently a significant contributing factor in these rape situations.
Break
Occlusions
Alcohol
Vulnerability
29. About 75% of all car accidents occur within 25 miles of home and at speeds below ___ MPH.
Four
Preference
40
Thought
30. Examinations done on the first people with CFS revealed antibodies to the Epstein-_____ virus.
Miscopy
Breathing
Pathogenic
Barr
31. _____________ is a viral infection characterized by weakness - fatigue - swollen glands - sore throat - and low-grade fever.
Mononucleosis
Marijuana
SIDS
Cirrhosis
32. Nearly 60% of all motor vehicle crashes are caused by ________.
Speeding
Society
Feeling
7 -500
33. ___________ is the abnormal depletion of fluids from the body.
Dehydration
Denial
Spiritual
Hierarchy
34. 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
Vascular
Crowd
Dilate
Information
35. 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
Interests
Storm
Low
36. 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.
Maintain
Swelling
Pituitary
Needles
37. Sexuality experts prefer to view intimate behavior as sharing deep feelings and experiences with a partner or sharing profound physical __________ with a partner.
Pleasures
Aerobic
Male
3
38. This narrowing fosters the development of chronic ______________ of the airways - which is the most damaging aspect of asthma.
Transferred
Inflammation
DPM
Stress
39. If stress lasts too long - a person may move into the third stage of General Adaptation Syndrome - known as the __________ stage.
Exhaustion
Radioactive
Bipolar
Sober
40. Sperm cell development starts at about age 11 in boys and is influenced by the release of the hormone ____ from the pituitary gland.
Cholesterol
Alpha
ICSH
Interests
41. According to General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) - _________ stress - such as losing your job or being in a car accident is called distress.
Negative
Peripheral
Urethra
Stressors
42. The bones of people with osteoporosis tend to ______ easily - and vertebrae of the spine can collapse.
Protective
Break
Counseling
Plants
43. ______ transmission occurs between infected and uninfected people when infectious agents travel by means of nonhuman materials such as water - food items - soil - towels - clothing - and eating utensils.
Incubation
Elastic
Indirect
Most
44. Men ______ the most suicides.
Commit
Chiropractic
Homosexual
Third
45. Freud considered repression to be the _____ ___________ of the defense mechanisms.
Absorption
Fights
Most important
Biological
46. Partner abuse refers to violence committed against a ________ partner.
Domestic
Imbalances
Heterosexuality
Homosexual
47. Dying patients can feel as if they have been ________.
Intoxicated
Symptoms
Cheated
Genetic
48. The least common form of asthma is _________ asthma.
Pleasures
Basal metabolic
Intrinsic
SIDS
49. Medically - narcotics are used to relieve _____ and induce sleep.
Coitus
Probable
Pain
All
50. The uterus - or _____ - is the muscular organ in which a fetus develops.
Dilate
Womb
Health
Ketamine