Health & Wellness, Ninth Edition

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Jones and Bartlett Health Sciences

Practice Quizzes

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 number of fertilizable eggs usually produced during each of a woman's menstrual cycles is generally
	A: 1
	B: 10
	C: 100
	D: 1000

2: A hormone of pregnancy, human chorionic gonadotrophin (HCG),
	A: is produced by the mother's ovaries
	B: provides nutrients to the developing embryo
	C: stimulates development of the placenta
	D: is the basis of pregnancy tests

3: Which is NOT a function of the placenta?
	A: to manufacture hormones needed to sustain pregnancy
	B: to provide the structure in which the mother's and fetus's bloodstreams mix
	C: to provide nutrients to the fetus
	D: to remove waste products from the fetus

4: Physical activity and exercise during pregnancy
	A: should be avoided after the 10th week to prevent miscarriage
	B: are OK through out pregnancy if no problems occur
	C: should be avoided in the third trimester because by then the fetus is quite large
	D: can include walking but not strenuous exercise

5: During pregnancy, the fetus can become damaged by
	A: maternal cigarette smoking but not low alcohol use
	B: any amount of maternal alcohol use
	C: the mother taking prescription drugs but not herbal (
	D: the mother having very intense emotions

6: A test for birth defects involving the removal and analysis of fetal cells from the amniotic sac is called
	A: chorionic villus sampling
	B: ELISA test
	C: amniocentesis
	D: HCG antibody test

7: The first stage of giving birth ("labor")
	A: is when Braxton-hicks contractions occur
	B: involves dilation and effacement of the cervix
	C: is when the baby's head emerges from the mother's body
	D: is when the baby begins breathing on its own

8: The fertilized egg is called a ________.
	A: ovum
	B: human chorionic gonadotropin
	C: amnion
	D: zygote

9: A pregnancy in which the fertilized egg implants somewhere other than the uterus is called an _______.
	A: placenta
	B: zygote
	C: ectopic pregnancy
	D: preeclampsia

10: Fetal development and growth take place inside a membranous sac called the _______.
	A: placenta
	B: amnion
	C: embryo
	D: seminiferous tubules

11: The cervix is the part of the uterus that connects to the fallopian tubes.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

12: The accuracy of home pregnancy tests is so low that they should be avoided.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

13: Sexual activity and orgasm can be continued in pregnancy.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

14: "Eating for two" means that a pregnant woman should consume twice as many calories as she did when not pregnant.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

15: Breast-fed babies have fewer allergies than do bottle fed babies.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

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