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DSST Health
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The sense of taste diminishes - causing some people to neglect __________.
Nicotine
Fights
Nutrition
Breast
2. The __________ effect is the warming of the Earth's surface that is produced when solar heat becomes trapped by layers of carbon dioxide and other gases.
Breathing
Frightening
Greenhouse
Allergens
3. The principal cause for the development of coronary heart disease is _______________ - which is a buildup of plaque on the inner walls of arteries
Effort
Atherosclerosis
Eccentric
Third
4. Rationalization is an attempt to preserve _____________ and to avoid feelings of guilt.
Elderly
Gender
Break
Self-esteem
5. Exercise is a good defense against stress. Increasing ________ activity stimulates the release of endorphins.
Thermal
Nasal
Physical
3 - 5
6. About 75% of all car accidents occur within 25 miles of home and at speeds below ___ MPH.
Negative
Monthly
40
140
7. Muscular strength is increased by overloading or gradually increasing ___________ your muscles must move.
Premium
Imbalances
Vagina
Resistance
8. Abortion should be used only when _____________ control of one's fertility could not be achieved.
Embryo
Emotions
Responsible
Orgasm
9. There are five developmental tasks that reflect the broad undergraduate college student age range of 18 to 40 years of age. Forming an ______ _____ _______ is the first developmental task of this age group and is important in order to have a producti
10
Initial adult identity
Five
Hydrocarbons
10. People who stop smoking can ________ chronic bronchitis.
Suicide
Marijuana
Obesity
Reverse
11. Ayurveda is a traditional ______ medicine based on herbal remedies.
Cardiovascular
Sulfur
Alarm
Indian
12. The ANS is divided into two systems that generally work in opposition to each other--the sympathetic and the _______________ nervous systems.
New host
Parasympathetic
Vagina
Heart
13. ____________ reflects the process of contributing to the collective good.
SIDS
Crypts
Electronic
Generativity
14. An irrational - repetitive - forced ______ - usually associated with an obsession is called a compulsion.
Action
Vas deferens
Stress
Gardasil
15. The purpose of this surgery is to detour or bypass areas of coronary artery obstruction by using a section of a _____ from the patient's leg or an artery from the patient's chest and grafting it from the aorta to a location just beyond the area of ob
Stimulants
Selye
Vein
Sewage
16. When users take a psychoactive drug - the patterns of ________ system function are altered.
Blood
Nervous
Chronic
Saliva
17. Of particular concern are the effects of radiation on egg and sperm production - embryonic development - and dangerous or irreversible changes to the _____ and skin.
3
Action
Indulgence
Eyes
18. The body returns to a _______________ state during this stage.
ANS
Indian
Preexcitement
THC
19. They are often referred to as gateway drugs because their use is believed to lead to the use of the _________ drugs (i.e. cocaine - heroin - etc.).
Pathogens
Rubella
Stronger
Stomach
20. ICSH (interstitial cell-stimulating hormone) stimulates specific cells within the testes to begin producing the male sex hormone ______________.
Depressed
Cirrhosis
Ketamine
Testosterone
21. Consumption of hallucinogens does not seem to produce physical dependence and only _____ levels of psychological dependence.
Mild
Pumping
Marriage
Homosexual
22. The primary depressant effect of alcohol is seen in the brain and ________ _____.
Spinal cord
Placenta
Blood vessel
Parents
23. _________ materials - called minerals - make up nearly 5% of the body.
Inorganic
Killed
Netherlands
Cardiac
24. Minerals function primarily as structural elements in teeth - muscles - hemoglobin - and hormones. They are also critical in the regulation of body processes - including muscle contraction - heart function - blood clotting - protein synthesis - and _
150 -000
Blood
Killed
Heterosexuality
25. In most infectious conditions - the portals of entry prove to be within the same systems as the portals of _____ were for the infected people.
Exit
Drinking water
Barr
Violent
26. During early childhood - children learn that boys and girls are _________. This process is called gender identification.
Different
Accept
7 -500
Type B
27. 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
Deductible
Glucose
3
Feeling
28. __________ is the use of minute doses of herbs or minerals to stimulate healing.
75
23
Binge
Homeopathy
29. In human reproduction - the fertilized egg is implanted in the ______ and grows into a fetus.
Natural
Uterus
Emotions
Elastic
30. ______________ is an increase in the earth's atmospheric temperature when averaged across seasons and geographical regions.
Mind
Global warming
Ketamine
Cerebrovascular
31. About one in __ adults develops Alzheimer's disease - a serious disorder in which the person slowly loses the ability to remember and reason.
20
Engineering
Natural
Cervix
32. Vacuum aspiration is the most commonly performed abortion procedure. It may require _________ of the cervical canal and the use of a local anesthetic.
Womb
Activated
Sexually
Dilation
33. People are using denial when they behave as if something is true - when in reality it is not true. This defense mechanism protects them from facing an unpleasant fact that they cannot yet _______.
Fat-free
Accept
Negative
Vulnerability
34. Freud identified _____ developmental stages from birth to the middle of adolescence.
Information
Neighboring
Symptoms
Five
35. An ovolactovegetarian is a diet that excludes all meat but does include the consumption of ____ and dairy products.
Death
Treatment
Eggs
Second
36. The fifth developmental task of developing intimacy usually presents itself to people between young adulthood and _______ - when it appears important to establish one or more intimate relationships.
On Death and Dying
Biological
Solid
Midlife
37. Inadvertently swallowed _______ contains dissolved carcinogens - which creates cancer risks for both the digestive and urinary systems of the body.
Saliva
ANS
Negative
Nerves
38. Blood's functions - which are performed continuously - include the following: transportation of nutrients - oxygen - wastes - hormones - and enzymes; regulation of water content of body cells and fluids; buffering to help maintain appropriate pH bala
Coagulating
Orgasm
OTC
Society
39. 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.
Radiation
Primary
Behavior
Taxol
40. Among the cells most susceptible to this influence are those that make up bone _______ - the lining of the intestinal tract - and the hair follicles.
Marrow
Unintentional
Blending
External
41. Research has shown ayurveda to be effective in treating rheumatoid arthritis - __________ - and chronic sinusitis.
Sulfur
Attachment
Interest
Headaches
42. A _______________ occlusion is a blockage of arteries supplying blood to the cerebral cortex of the brain.
Cerebrovascular
Cirrhosis
Pectoris
Generativity
43. According to the Food Pyramid - the second greatest proportion of your diet should come from the Vegetable group with a recommended _______ servings per day.
3 - 5
Blood
Sigmund Freud
Pathogenic
44. Psychoactive drugs have strong potential for the development of __________.
Waste
Anger
Depressant
Dependence
45. People can learn to use stress to their __________.
Public speaking
Dilation
Defense
Advantage
46. People with chronic illness must eventually find a balance between day-to-day function and the continuous presence of their condition. _______ is usually an illness that is chronic in nature
New host
Cancer
Addictive
Stalking
47. It's estimated that 90% of type 2 diabetes cases are preventable through weight loss - healthy diet and _________.
Connective
Living will
Self-esteem
Exercise
48. Low birth weight - facial abnormalities - and ______ problems are often seen in infants with fetal alcohol syndrome.
Congestive
Heart
Blood
Ovary
49. Anxiety makes you feel nervous and ill at ease. Blood vessels may _______ causing a person to blush.
Dilate
Transferred
Sulfur
Depressed
50. The oldest approach to cancer therapy is the removal of tissue suspected to contain _________ cells.
Cancerous
Immune
Hereditary
Intensity