Health & Wellness, Ninth Edition

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These Practice Quizzes test your knowledge of the important concepts in each chapter and provide an explanation for each answer.

Please read each question and select your answer from the choices provided. You must complete all of the questions in order to view your results. At the end of each exam, you have the option to e-mail your results to your instructor.

1: The current epidemic of sexually transmitted diseases
	A: is lessened by the use of oral contraceptives because the chemicals in them kill infecting organisms
	B: affects the 30-40 year old age group most
	C: is fostered by attitudes that link sexual infections with immorality
	D: will continue unabated because there are no effective treatments for sexual infections

2: Daniel was plenty mad at Maureen when she phoned to tell him that she tested positive for chlamydia. Which of the following is true?
	A: Daniel is fortunate that Maureen noticed an unusual discharge from her vagina.
	B: Daniel has every right to be mad because chlamydia is a viral infection that you carry for life.
	C: Daniel has every right to think that Maureen is a creep for not telling Daniel that she was infected before they had sex.
	D: Daniel has nothing to worry about because he took a shower after he and Maureen had sex.

3: Which of the following about gonorrhea is true?
	A: It has no relationship to pelvic inflammatory disease.
	B: It can affect a newborn at birth.
	C: It cannot be treated effectively with antibiotics.
	D: It always has visible symptoms.

4: Small red bumps that appear in the genital or oral regions and which eventually become painful blisters and wet, open sores are a sign of
	A: syphilis
	B: herpes
	C: gonorrhea
	D: pubic lice

5: The reason AIDS causes death is that
	A: the virus weakens the immune system, which makes an infected individual unable to fight off infections
	B: it causes pelvic inflammatory disease
	C: it weakens the blood and eventually prevents the delivery of oxygen to the body's tissues and organs
	D: the AIDS virus (HIV) destorys medications that are given for pneumonia

6: Which of the following is LEAST likely to transmit HIV?
	A: urine
	B: semen
	C: blood
	D: vaginal secretions

7: Most commonly, testing for exposure to HIV
	A: is a search for antibodies to Human Immunodeficiency Virus
	B: is expensive and difficult to obtain
	C: can accurately predict when a person will die from AIDS
	D: cannot be obtained anonymously because of public health laws requiring disclosure of positive test results

8: The psychological defense common to many people at-risk for acquiring an STD that manifests as the belief "it can't happen to me" is called ______________.
	A: value judgment
	B: lack of immunity
	C: denial
	D: absence of signs and symptoms

9: Genital warts, caused by infection with human papilloma virus (HPV), can predispose a woman to cancer of _________________.
	A: the ovaries
	B: the cervix
	C: the breast
	D: the endometrium

10: Individuals infected with STDs may not know they are infected due to the _______ nature of many STDs.
	A: itching
	B: asymptomatic
	C: blistering
	D: painful

11: Chlamydia is the most commonly reported STD, even more prevalent than HIV/AIDS.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

12: Infertility is one of the complications from having a sexually transmitted infection.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

13: As with herpes, the first sign of a syphilis infection is a painful, skin ulcer.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

14: Unlike HIV/AIDS, there is a vaccine against hepatitis B virus.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

15: Lice are small insects that live on hair shafts.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

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