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: Kinsey's research of sexual behavior has been most valuable for:
	A: its objectivity and comprehensive nature
	B: furthering understanding of the biochemistry of sex and sexual behavior
	C: the depth with which it explored a few subjects' feelings and preferences
	D: its role in getting participants to adopt healthy sexual behaviors

2: A _____ is a person whose primary erotic, psychological, emotional, and social interest is towards a member of his or her same sex.
	A: bisexual
	B: metrosexual
	C: homosexual
	D: heterosexual

3: What is the function of the clitoris?
	A: sexual arousal
	B: mucus production
	C: urine elimination
	D: the clitoris has no known function

4: Which of the following organs or glands do NOT secrete hormones involved in the menstrual cycle?
	A: uterus
	B: hypothalamus
	C: perineum
	D: adrenal glands

5: Which of the following conditions can result in secondary amenorrhea?
	A: anorexia nervosa
	B: ovarian cysts
	C: stress
	D: All of the above

6: Successful treatment of sexual dysfunction in women is most likely to revolve around _________.
	A: finding a new partner
	B: long-term psychiatric care
	C: pharmaceutical compounds that increase lubrication and sexual desire
	D: creating an open, undemanding, sensual environment for sexual activity

7: Which of the following physiological changes occurs in girls as a result of puberty?
	A: The vaginal walls thicken.
	B: The pH of vagina becomes more alkaline.
	C: Cervical secretions decrease.
	D: All of the above

8: Behaviors that are sexually healthy include:
	A: modifying one's own sexual behaviors to better fit with popular culture and mass-media imagery
	B: embracing all forms of sexual pleasure
	C: making sexual decisions based on personal values and beliefs
	D: All of the above

9: Which of the following statements concerning female genital mutilation (FGM) is true?
	A: FGM is illegal but widely practiced in many countries in Africa and Southeast Asia.
	B: The census found that almost 200,000 U.S. women were either at risk for or had undergone FGM.
	C: FGM is usually practiced by cultural or religious figures with little or no medical training.
	D: All of the above

10: V-day, the global movement that emerged after early performances of The Vagina Monologues, is an effort to _________.
	A: draw attention to and stop sexual violence against women
	B: help women explore their sexual feelings in a non-judgmental environment
	C: create body-positive role models of women of all shapes, colors, and sizes, for adolescent women
	D: All of the above

11: A person's gender identity may not be consistent with his or her biological sex.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

12: A transsexual is a person who becomes sexually excited by wearing clothes associated with the opposite sex.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

13: Women often can experience multiple orgasms because they don't have a refractory period.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

14: In general, women can expect to enter menopause at about 45 to 55 years of age.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

15: It can be both socially acceptable and medically beneficial for a woman to "shop around" for a gynecologist she feels comfortable with.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

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