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DSST Health
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health-fitness-nutrition
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. Inadvertently swallowed _______ contains dissolved carcinogens - which creates cancer risks for both the digestive and urinary systems of the body.
Saliva
Bladder
Malignant
40
2. Embalming is the process of using formaldehyde-based fluids to replace the _____ components.
Most important
Blood
Exhaustion
Bones
3. Other age related changes affecting nutrition include physical changes to the teeth - _________ glands - taste buds and changes to the gastrointestinal tract.
Homosexuality
Practitoners
Salivary
Transferred
4. Abuse of the elderly is most often committed by _______ members.
Rice
Medicare
Malignant
Family
5. Stressors can be both positive and negative. Positive use of stress is called ________.
THC
Eustress
Hormones
Incubation
6. __________ tobacco smoke can increase the risk of acute asthma attacks that require hospital emergency care.
Secondhand
Angina
Activated
Marriage
7. _____________ injuries are injuries that have occurred without anyone intending that any harm be done.
Unintentional
Stressors
Pneumonia
Perceptions
8. Examples of stimulant drugs include _________ - amphetamines - and cocaine.
Self-concept
Indirect
STDs
Caffeine
9. Naturopathy is a system of treatment that avoids drugs and surgery and emphasizes the use of natural agents to correct underlying __________.
Imbalances
Adulthood
Pleasures
Miscopy
10. Working under the supervision of physicians - nurse practitioners perform many of the diagnostic and __________ procedures performed by physicians.
Preejaculate
Treatment
Pathogenic
Fitness
11. Factors such as overall health - acquired _________ - health care services - and health-related behavior can influence susceptibility to infectious diseases.
Controlling
Pathogenic
2006
Immunity
12. _______ - also known as German measles - is characterized by a pink rash which starts on the face and spreads all over the body.
Rubella
Chlamydia
Ethics of sexuality. :
Resistance
13. The corpus luteum remains inside the ______ - secreting estrogen and progesterone.
Ovary
Kubler-Ross
Abstinence
Accept
14. The term ________ system refers to the body's blood vessels.
Suicide
Recovery
Wellness
Vascular
15. ______ 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.
Protection
Physically
Pregnant
Indirect
16. In women - ___________ is known as painful intercourse.
Recovery
Dyspareunia
Cirrhosis
Danger
17. Although during a given repetitive exercise the _______ resistance remains the same - the muscular contraction effort required varies according to the joint angles in the range of motion.
Hallucinogen
Menarche
Occlusions
Weight
18. ________ is a positive - whole-health approach that includes a person's physical - intellectual - social - and emotional well-being.
Second
Wellness
Storm
Neonate
19. Acupuncture is the insertion of fine _______ into the body to alter electroenergy fields and cure disease.
Needles
Exercise
Pathogenic
Vulnerability
20. Body ___________ is the makeup of the body in terms of muscle - bone - fat - and other elements.
Composition
Negative
Probable
Genital warts
21. There are many kinds of psychosomatic illnesses such as sleep disorders - _____ disorders - and digestive problems.
Needles
Diagnosed
Skin
Smokeless
22. The sense of taste diminishes - causing some people to neglect __________.
Nutrition
Fission
Suicide
Composition
23. ICSH (interstitial cell-stimulating hormone) stimulates specific cells within the testes to begin producing the male sex hormone ______________.
Binge
Testosterone
Difficult
More
24. A ________ caloric balance is when caloric intake is greater than caloric expenditure.
Drinking water
Positive
Ground burial
Injury
25. For many young adults - the new choices and feelings of independence can be both exciting and _____________.
Love
Exhaustion
Frightening
Second
26. Radiation is capable of killing cancer cells by altering their genetic material while it is in an exposed state during ____ _________.
Cell division
Transferred
Post traumatic stress
Heart
27. Cancer of the prostate is the _____ most common form of cancer in men and a leading cause of death from cancer in older men.
Third
Compromise
Premium
Mononucleosis
28. Many researchers believe that the number of fat cells a person has will be initially determined during the first __ years of life.
Circulatory
Headaches
Opiates
2
29. The average-sized adult has approximately 6 quarts of blood in his or her ___________ system.
60
Circulatory
Migraine
Tobacco smoke
30. Men ______ the most suicides.
Physically
Heredity
Malignant
Commit
31. A person's health is composed of ___ interacting - dynamic dimensions.
Neonate
Unwanted
Six
Cardiovascular
32. ________ are the strong - immediate reactions that you feel in response to an experience.
Emotions
Bargaining
Avoided
Marriage
33. Smog contributes to respiratory problems that are common in these areas during the _______ months.
Pancreas
22.5
Mechanical
Winter
34. HPV is the most common _________-transmitted infection in the United States
Behavior
Majority
Sexually
Urethra
35. The process begins when an ____ is released from one of the woman's ovaries and enters the Fallopian tube.
Third
Egg
STDs
Rubella
36. This is a midlife developmental task in which one begins repaying society for its support through contributions associated with __________ - creativity - and occupation.
Parenting
Each
Ephedrine
Released
37. 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.
Blood
Bypass
4
Diameter
38. For example - ____ proof gin is 70% pure alcohol.
Marrow
140
Netherlands
Pesticide
39. When they reach age 65 - some of their health care expenses are covered by Medicare. Regardless of their age - people who require _______ dialysis or transplants are covered by Medicare.
Kidney
Young adulthood
Detection
Obesity
40. When patients realize that bargaining can only postpone their fate - they may begin the __________ stage.
Resistance
Diabetes
Depression
Fever
41. ______________ is an increase in the earth's atmospheric temperature when averaged across seasons and geographical regions.
Ethics of sexuality. :
Global warming
Smoke
Resistance
42. 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.
Society
Fitness
Marriage
Socialization
43. The process whereby gender __________ is transmitted to the child is usually more obvious than the practices observed during the gender identity period.
Heart
Genetically
THC
Preference
44. Symptoms of prostate disease include difficulty in __________ - frequent urination - continued wetness - blood in the urine - low back pain - and an ache in the upper thighs.
Love
Urinating
Disorders
Resistance
45. The third stage of the ________ _______ pattern for males and females is the orgasmic stage.
Perceptions
Sexual response
Initial adult identity
Adulthood
46. Survivors of traumatic events may develop a condition called ____ _______ _______ disorder.
Damage
Danger
Post traumatic stress
Stalking
47. Drugs used for date rape include Rohypnol - GHB and ______.
Highest
Self-esteem
Bisexuals
Ketamine
48. ___ 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.
Smoke
Marijuana
Domestic
HMOs
49. Physical activity helps lower overall blood _____________ levels for most people - encourages weigh loss and retention of lean muscle mass - and allows people to moderate the stress in their lives
Post traumatic stress
4
Cholesterol
Radiation
50. The Psychoanalytic Approach - developed by ______ _______ - focuses on a person's development during childhood and how this relates to their subconscious motivations.
Controlling
Only
Sigmund Freud
Nervous