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: One important difference between men and women is:
	A: Women are more likely than men to acquire an STD if exposed.
	B: Herpes infections are life-threatening to women, while posing little long-term consequence to men.
	C: Because of their economic status, women in the U.S. generally have better access to STD treatment than men.
	D: All of the above

2: Which of the following conditions is a systemic illness that results from a bacterial infection?
	A: toxic shock syndrome
	B: genital wart infection
	C: AIDS
	D: trichomoniasis

3: Which of the following STDs is a major cause of pelvic inflammatory disease?
	A: genital warts
	B: herpes
	C: syphilis
	D: chlamydia

4: Which of the following statements is true?
	A: Antiviral medications are available that can cure genital herpes.
	B: Wearing a latex condom during sexual intercourse will always prevent herpes transmission.
	C: A person infected with herpes can spread the virus when no signs or symptoms of the infection are present.
	D: All of the above

5: What is usually the first sign of syphilis?
	A: a painless open sore at the site of sexual contact
	B: pain during intercourse and a thick, green or yellow vaginal discharge
	C: flu-like symptoms and painful blisters in the vulva or on the buttocks
	D: vaginal redness, swelling, and a gray, frothy, foul-smelling vaginal discharge

6: All of the following infections can be spread non-sexually EXCEPT:
	A: HIV
	B: trichomoniasis
	C: hepatitis B
	D: chlamydia

7: If one does not practice sexual abstinence, ______________________ is the most effective strategy for preventing reproductive tract infections.
	A: having sexual intercourse only with people who indicate they are free of STDs
	B: using latex condoms during sexual activity
	C: having a long-term mutually monogamous relationship with a partner who has tested negative for multiple STDs
	D: None of the above

8: Compared to heterosexual women, lesbians are _____________.
	A: less likely to acquire HIV, but are still at risk for other STDs
	B: not likely to acquire HIV or any other STD
	C: at an increased risk for HIV but not other STDs
	D: equally likely to acquire HIV and other STDs

9: The ELISA test for HIV becomes more accurate ______________.
	A: when blood samples rather than saliva are taken
	B: when saliva samples rather than blood is taken
	C: the longer a person waits after a risk
	D: the sooner a person gets tested after a risk

10: Which of the following STDs can be cured with antibiotics?
	A: chlamydia infection
	B: syphilis
	C: gonorrhea
	D: All of the above

11: Viruses that cause STDs are follow invasion patterns similar to those for bacteria and ectoparasites.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

12: Asymptomatic viral shedding refers to a unique period during the first two to three weeks during herpes infection.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

13: While cases of bacterial vaginosis, or BV, are relatively rare, they can easily cause serious complications.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

14: African-American women are about 12 times more likely to have HIV as white women.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

15: Early treatment of HIV infection delays the onset of AIDS.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

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