Deck 13: Health and Population

Question 1

Epidemiology is the study of

A) contagious diseases.
B) chronic diseases.
C) the origin and spread of disease.
D) the origin and spread of medical knowledge.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The United States is the only wealthy industrialized society

A) that has a high patient satisfaction rate for health care.
B) that does not have a government -funded universal health insurance program.
C) that has fewer citizens uncovered by some type of insurance.
D) where everyone has private health insurance.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The growth of large health groups and managed care has led to

A) the correction of most of the nationʹs medical delivery problems.
B) the development of the hospital.
C) the loss of autonomy for doctors and other health professionals.
D) an increase in respect felt toward the medical profession.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Health care costs have risen rapidly in recent years for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

A) an increase in childhood diseases.
B) the increased use of expensive medical technology.
C) aging baby boomers.
D) medical advances that extend life expectancy for certain illnesses.

Question 5

Carmen is a Mexican American and is ill. She would most likely consult to get help.

A) a physician
B) relatives
C) friends
D) a folk healer

Question 6

The major reason behind the growing support for assisted suicide is

A) well-organized political groups who believe in euthanasia.
B) the need for more research on the dying process.
C) the desire by hospitals and the government to save costs.
D) the patientʹs unbearable pain or suffering.

Question 7

Diseases that hit minority groups the hardest are those associated with

A) poverty.
B) genetics.
C) high living standards.
D) the region of the country where they live.

Question 8

Research has found that although most people in the U.S. are aware of the risk factors associated with HIV and AIDS, there is still

A) a large number of people who are not informed.
B) not enough laws to protect people from exposure.
C) a problem with misinformation about transmission.
D) a problem in large cities convincing drug users to share needles.

Question 9

Which of the following groups is most likely to seek medical care in America?

A) older males
B) older females
C) poor young females
D) rich young females

Question 10

The United States has a lower rate of health than other industrialized countries. Sociologists suggest the reason for this the lower rate is because

A) Americans do not spend much on health care.
B) Americans have a higher death rate than other industrialized countries.
C) Americans have a lower life expectancy than people in industrialized countries.
D) the United States is not as an egalitarian society as other industrialized countries.

Question 11

Research indicates that most Americans

A) have a high confidence level about the medical system.
B) have little confidence in the medical system.
C) hold doctors in high esteem.
D) believe that health care is adequate.

Question 12

Although biology is a part of the reason women are healthier and live longer than men, the main reason is

A) women take higher risks than men.
B) men do not have hormones that protect them from certain diseases.
C) sociological or lifestyle choices.
D) because men are more susceptible to chronic illnesses.

Question 13

The cause of mass starvation in Somali and other African countries can be traced to

A) the lack of advanced medical and health facilities.
B) massive overpopulation.
C) the influence of Western neocolonialism.
D) a combination of poor health facilities and overpopulation.

Question 14

Research indicates that the two largest groups who are victims of AIDS are gay men and

A) women.
B) minorities.
C) children of gays.
D) intravenous drug users.

Question 15

Lucy goes to a male doctor and complains of chest pains. The male doctor will most likely assume that this womanʹs complaints

A) indicate a heart problem.
B) are related to AIDS.
C) are emotional and hysterical.
D) have as much legitimacy as the complaints of his male patients.

Question 16

During the nineteenth century, the medical profession

A) was highly respected and admired.
B) was considered lowly and disgraceful.
C) was considered disgraceful in European countries but respected in America.
D) relied on science for its knowledge base.

Question 17

One reason why African Americans are twice as likely as whites in the same age bracket to die from disease is

A) a government conspiracy to spread disease.
B) a matter of chance events.
C) a dramatic increase in African American poverty.
D) genetic factors.

Question 18

One reason why new cases of AIDS among homosexual men has begun to increase again is that gay men

A) are now using more drugs.
B) have returned to the practice of unsafe sex.
C) have become heterosexual in larger numbers.
D) have so often died that they no longer fear AIDS.

Question 19

According to the author of the text, the major reason that smokers continue to smoke despite knowing the risk is because they

A) benefit more from smoking than not smoking.
B) develop a chemical dependency on smoking.
C) are much less risk averse than nonsmokers.
D) are afraid to quit.

Question 20

One example of how the government maintained a sexist research policy is by refusing to carry out research on

A) the special structure of womenʹs feet.
B) womenʹs experience of pregnancy.
C) the long-term effect of birth control pills.
D) the relation of diet to breast cancer.

Question 21

Demographers use several indicators to compare health and living conditions in different countries. Two indicators that are used to measure health conditions are life expectancy and

A) immunization rates.
B) death rates.
C) infant mortality rates.
D) birth rates.

Question 22

Economics is the major reason that most people migrate from one country to another. People also migrate

A) to escape political and religious oppression.
B) to leave old lives behind them.
C) to escape potential imprisonment for crimes.
D) to find better agricultural opportunities.

Question 23

Which of the following is NOT a reason why people in rich nations have fewer babies than those in poor nations?

A) government policies against having more than one or two children
B) the nuclear family system with few relatives to watch children
C) effective methods of birth control
D) industrialization, where children become economic liabilities

Question 24

Talcott Parsons laid out two obligations that a sick person must meet. The sick person should

A) get well and take their medicine.
B) take care of themselves and stay home.
C) not go to work and take their medicine.
D) get well and seek competent help.

Question 25

The conflict theory of health care compares hospitals to large corporations because

A) competition keeps their costs down.
B) the profit motive has caused them both to oversell many expensive though not necessarily more effective services.
C) doctors and top executives both view their practice as a social service and not as a business.
D) people from all social classes receive equal care and attention from hospitals and from corporations.

Question 26

One reason why Malthusʹs predictions of a population catastrophe have not yet come true is

A) developing countries have been able to limit the growth of their populations.
B) a technological revolution that has allowed for much greater food production on the same amount of land.
C) a death rate that remains high in the developing countries.
D) the earth still has much room left for population growth.

Question 27

The worldʹs population increases enormously because it grows

A) linearly.
B) exponentially.
C) year by year.
D) through immigration as well as high birthrates.

Question 28

The 2000 U.S. Census was the first time Americans could identify themselves as

A) homosexual.
B) having more than one race or ethnicity.
C) having a certain social class.
D) being a minority.

Question 29

Which of the following rates is NOT included in determining the growth of a nationʹs population?

A) the number of births
B) the number of deaths
C) net immigration rate
D) the sex ratio

Question 30

In playing the healing role, functionalists state that a doctor is

A) only expected to follow the Hippocratic oath.
B) expected to help people get well and be compensated for his or her services.
C) not bound by the Hippocratic oath.
D) allowed to charge whatever he or she wants.

Question 31

Today, there is a worldwide mass movement of people from various poor countries to more prosperous ones. One of the major modern causes of this migration is

A) religious persecution.
B) droughts and other changes in world climate.
C) the information revolution.
D) cycles of human restlessness.

Question 32

Many rich nations have reached a point of , where population stops growing.

A) forced birth control
B) zero population growth
C) 10 percent population growth
D) negative population growth

Question 33

The pattern of the proportions of different age groups within a population is called the

A) birthrate.
B) age structure.
C) sex ratio.
D) vital statistics.

Question 34

Thomas Malthus argued that the solution to problems associated with rapid population growth was

A) growing more food.
B) allowing famine and crowding to increase.
C) wars, sickness, and malnutrition.
D) lowering the birthrate by postponing marriage until a later age.

Question 35

Patients often complain that doctors fail to

A) do an adequate job in treating the disease.
B) ask enough questions of them.
C) listen to their questions or to the problems they are having.
D) act in a professional manner.

Question 36

The study of the size and composition of the human population is called

A) demography.
B) ecology.
C) sociology.
D) vital statistics.

Question 37

Factors that impact death rates and life expectancies for a society include

A) modern medicine and birth control.
B) the number of elderly and the number of infants.
C) the marriage rates and the level of income.
D) the level of health care available and the level of living standards.

Question 38

The theory of demographic transition states that the most modernized nations will have

A) high birth and death rates.
B) high birth and low death rates.
C) declining birth and death rates.
D) low birth and death rates.

Question 39

Alan is a sociologist who is interested in studying how doctors influence their patientsʹ behavior. The perspective on medical care he is most likely using is the perspective.

A) conflict
B) functionalist
C) epidemiological
D) interactionist

Question 40

Jane and her family moved from the United States to England. This is an example of

A) zero population growth.
B) internal migration.
C) international migration.
D) vital statistics.

Question 41

In any given month, more than one-half of high school students smoke.

Question 42

Today, many Americans fear that the large influx of immigrants will take jobs from them. However, supporters of immigration suggest that the real reason for this fear is

A) racism.
B) a drain on government services.
C) too many professional workers.
D) ethnocentrism.

Question 43

According to the text, as teenagers, whites are much more likely than African Americans to smoke.

Question 44

The birth rate is the number of babies born in a year for every 1,00 members of the population.

Question 45

Which statement about world population is TRUE?

A) The world population explosion is continuing in the poor countries.
B) The world population explosion is nearing an end because birthrate is almost at zero growth rate.
C) The world population explosion has ended, with low birthrates in developed nations balancing the high rates in less developed nations.
D) There is no way to reliably measure world population growth since accurate statistics are not available for most of the world.

Question 46

The most popular type of birth control in the United States is

A) sterilization.
B) the IUD.
C) sexual abstinence.
D) Norplants.

Question 47

The family planning program employed by India in the 1970s consisted basically of

A) forced sterilization of women after their second child.
B) forced sterilization of men, fining, and imprisonment.
C) mass distribution of birth control devices for men and women.
D) mass distribution of the birth control pill to women of childbearing age.

Question 48

The combination of traditional birth control methods and safer, more effective alternatives may have a negative impact on birth rates causing the United States

A) to consider banning birth control.
B) to encourage family planning.
C) to rely on immigration to keep the population from declining.
D) to pass legislation requiring each family to have at least one child.

Question 49

Compassionate and sensitive, most doctors listen to their patientsʹ complaints with great attentiveness and understanding.

Question 50

According to the text, the worldʹs population has experienced exponential growth.

Question 51

Most doctors tend to interact poorly with patients.

Question 52

As a social phenomenon, health varies from one society to another and from one group to another within the same society.

Question 53

Living in one of the richest countries in the world, Americans have the lowest life expectancy.

Question 54

According to the text, census taking has been with us for a long time.

Question 55

In many developing countries, children are viewed as

A) a financial burden.
B) potential workers in the agricultural area.
C) a form of old-age pension.
D) income producers.

Question 56

Which of the following is the theory that predicts that most modernized nations will have low birth and death rates?

A) the demographic fallout theory
B) the resource mobilization theory
C) the demographic transition theory
D) the modernization theory

Question 57

In most countries today, population policy is oriented toward

A) better food distribution.
B) reducing the birthrate.
C) increasing the death rate.
D) industrializing Third World nations.

Question 58

Chinaʹs population control policy

A) rewards those with small families, and penalizes multichild families.
B) relies on coercion alone.
C) is purely voluntary today.
D) is now encouraging multichild families.

Question 59

The death rate is the number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 members of a population.

Question 60

The developing nations have a complicated time trying to fight poverty because of

A) an increase in divorce rates.
B) exploitation by the West.
C) rapidly growing populations.
D) effective birth control, limiting the number of workers.

Question 61

Janetʹs will spells out instructions for her doctors in case she becomes terminally ill. This type of will is called a will.

Question 62

Older people are more vulnerable than younger people to nearly all kinds of illness.

Question 63

The worldʹs large population reflects steady growth over thousands of years.

Question 64

A of 100 means that the number of males and females in a given society is equal.

Question 65

Americans have a life expectancy than people in nearly all other industrial societies.

Question 66

migration does not increase or decrease the worldʹs population but can affect the population of a specific country.

Question 67

Linda was a doctor who was sensitive to her patients, used the most recent knowledge to direct treatment, and otherwise did what was expected. She was therefore properly playing the role.

Question 68

People in the Africa are much healthier than before.

Question 69

A set of social expectations regarding how an ill person should behave is called .

Question 70

AIDS is a deadly disease that destroys the bodyʹs immune system.

Question 71

The number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 members of a population is called .

Question 72

is the number of babies born in a year for every 1,000 members of a given population.

Question 73

The scientific study of population is called .

Question 74

The study of the origin and spread of a disease is called .

Question 75

A majority of Americans have private medical insurance.

Question 76

is the study of the origin and spread of disease within a population.

Question 77

is a set of social expectations regarding how a doctor should behave.

Question 78

The scientific study of population is called demography.

Question 79

is the most popular type of birth control in the U.S. today.

Question 80

In 2000, the government undertook an) , or an attempt to count and describe the entire population of America.