New Dimensions in Women's Health, Fourth 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 Equal Credit Opportunity Act, which made it unlawful for creditors to discriminate against women because of their gender or marital status, was passed in what year?
	A: 1898
	B: 1931
	C: 1974
	D: 1996

2: Which of the following statements is true?
	A: The greater education level a woman has achieved, the more likely she is to be employed.
	B: Most employed women work in part-time positions.
	C: Women make up the majority of people employed in the farming and forestry industries.
	D: About half of architects and engineers employed in the U.S. are women.

3: The "gender gap" between how otherwise equal men and women are paid is narrowest between the ages of _____________.
	A: 20 and 24
	B: 25 and 30
	C: 31 and 36
	D: 36 and 41

4: In 1998, ______ of U.S. families headed by women had incomes that were below the poverty level.
	A: 0.05
	B: 0.18
	C: 0.27
	D: 0.6

5: Compared to housework, employment outside the home often __________________.
	A: is less rewarding
	B: lowers a woman's self-esteem
	C: is associated with lower levels of stress
	D: provides more opportunities for social interaction

6: Women who work as _______________ often face high levels of stress because they have little control over events and have to respond to other people's needs and timetables.
	A: lawyers and judges
	B: police officers and emergency medical technicians
	C: teachers and professors
	D: All of the above

7: Statistically, which of the following women would be least likely to develop a musculoskeletal injury at work?
	A: Jennifer, a registered nurse
	B: Angela, a maid
	C: Dawn, a secretary
	D: Susan, a cashier

8: The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) currently covers about ______ of the U.S. workforce.
	A: 0.57
	B: 0.71
	C: 0.83
	D: 0.95

9: About 25% of U.S. mothers with infants are currently in the work force.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

10: Finding convenient, high-quality daycare is a difficult problem for most parents in the U.S.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

11: Women in developed countries are more likely to work for pay than women in undeveloped countries.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

12: Women employees make approximately ______ for equal skills work to men's _________.
	A: $.50, $1
	B: $.76, $1
	C: $.97, $1
	D: $1, $3

13: Women first began having greater job opportunity and choice:
	A: during the Great Depression
	B: during World War 1
	C: during the Cold War
	D: during World War II

14: What percentage of preschool-age children are cared for by someone other than family members?
	A: 0.1
	B: 0.15
	C: 0.6
	D: 0.75

15: Repetitive motion injuries include carpal tunnel syndrome and repetitive motion strain.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

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