Deck 10: Biological Aspects of Young and Middle Adulthood

Question 1

______ percent of all breast lumps are benign.

A)Ninety nine
B)Eighty
C)Fifty
D)Thirty

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Eyesight and hearing tend to be sharpest at age 30.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

_____ is a reduction in hearing acuity for high frequency tones.

A)Decibelitis
B)Presbycusis
C)Amplifycis
D)Presbyopia

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following is not one of the five languages of love?

A)Sex
B)Words of affirmation
C)Quality time
D)Gifts

Question 5

For a person infected with HIV, it usually takes __________ before enough antibodies are produced to be detected.

A)2-3 months
B)6-9 months
C)1 year
D)1-2 weeks

Question 6

Two forms of benign breast lumps are cysts and fibroadenomas.

Question 7

The time span, ranging from two to five years, during which a woman's body undergoes the physiological changes that bring on menopause, is called the climacteric.

Question 8

The death rate in young adulthood is higher for females than for males.

Question 9

Risk factors in getting breast cancer involve which of the following:

A)Being underweight
B)The younger you are, the greater your risk
C)Having children increases your risk
D)Race

Question 10

Within ______ after infection with HIV, an individual may have symptoms.

A)1-2 days
B)1-2 weeks
C)1-2 months
D)1-2 years

Question 11

Mammography is the only means for detecting breast cancer.

Question 12

Middle-aged people:

A)Experience a decline in their creative productivity
B)May be slightly less adept at tests of short-term memory
C)Have reduced practical problem-solving capacities
D)Show a slight decrease in their IQ scores, even if they are mentally active

Question 13

Of the 44,000 new cases of HIV diagnosed in 2014, ______ were not aware they were affected.

A)2 percent
B)13 percent
C)28 percent
D)45 percent

Question 14

Extracting some amount of tissue to examine a breast lump for cancer cells is called a:

A)Needle aspiration
B)Lumpectomy
C)Surgical biopsy
D)Partial mastectomy

Question 15

The United States homicide rate is _____ times the rate in Canada.

A)5
B)10
C)15
D)20

Question 16

Which of the following is not one of the ways listed to lower the risk of acquiring AIDS?

A)Abstinence
B)Being faithful
C)Stop injecting drugs
D)Use birth control pills

Question 17

One in ______ women will develop breast cancer during her lifetime.

A)8
B)18
C)28
D)38

Question 18

Breast self-examinations should be administered:

A)Once a month
B)Once every six months
C)Once a year
D)Once every two years

Question 19

Which of these possible symptoms is accurately associated with menopause?

A)The hair on the scalp and external genitalia may become thinner
B)The labia become much firmer
C)The breasts become larger
D)Physical symptoms usually begin when ovulation ceases

Question 20

As compared to young adults, the following is true for middle-aged adults:

A)For those who begin an exercise program, it takes less time to get the body back into physical shape
B)It takes a shorter period to recover from colds and other common ailments
C)Middle-aged adults are best at tasks that require endurance rather than rapid bursts of energy
D)In the early forties, a general increase in rate of metabolism usually occurs

Question 21

Social workers have an ethical obligation to combat the numerous injustices connected with AIDS.

Question 22

Describe possible treatment and prevention of AIDS.

Question 23

Regarding midlife, compare stage theories to the contemporary life events approach.

Question 24

The HIV virus reverses the usual order of reproduction within the cells they infect.

Question 25

Summarize the physical changes that occur in young adulthood.

Question 26

Compare the death rate for young adults of color (aged 15-24)in the United States with white people of the same age group. Explain the reason.

Question 27

The text cited research on women's experiences of menopause in various cultures. Compare the experiences reported in this research between Japanese women and Canadian women. How is menopause viewed among Native American women?

Question 28

AIDS is a syndrome, not one specific disease.

Question 29

A cure for AIDS has recently been discovered.

Question 30

In the United States, the number of deaths from AIDS has been increasing since 1995.