Deck 8: Promoting Sexual Health

Question 1

Which of the following is a true statement about sexual trends over the past 20 years for young people in the United States?

A) Approximately 65% of high schools students have consistently been sexually active.
B) Teen pregnancy rates have slowly declined.
C) Both A and B

Answer 1

B

Question 2

According to YRBS data, which of the following groups has the highest sexual activity rates?

A) Whites
B) Blacks
C) Hispanics

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Longitudinal studies have linked high sexualized media exposure to:

A) early onset of intercourse.
B) teen pregnancy.
C) Both A and B

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following is true regarding the vast majority of sexual content in media today?

A) The amount of sexually violent material has increased.
B) Intimacy is depicted in loving committed relationships.
C) Programs address the risks of being sexually active.

Question 5

Increased levels of testosterone at puberty:

A) power girls' sexual awakening.
B) come as daily surges (five to seven of them) in boys.
C) Both A and B

Question 6

Youth who report having good open communication with their parents about sexual matters:

A) also report delaying sexual activity.
B) are more responsible and safe in their decision making.
C) Both A and B

Question 7

Sex education programs need to:

A) follow the federal mandated sex education curricula.
B) be locally determined and consistent with parental and community values.
C) Both A and B

Question 8

Abstinence-plus education emphasizes abstinence and:

A) teaches contraceptives and disease-prevention methods.
B) utilizes peer-led prevention methods.
C) provides educational components for parents.

Question 9

HIV prevention education needs to:

A) begin at the K-2 grade level.
B) focus on the medical aspects of the disease at the secondary level.
C) address sexual orientation at the upper elementary grades.

Question 10

School programs that promote contraceptives:

A) have been shown by research to increase the sexual activity rates of teens.
B) have to teach the performance and planning of a complex sequence of behaviors.
C) are characterized as dispensing contraceptives through school-based clinics.

Question 11

Addressing controversial issues such and LGBT and abortion requires teachers to:

A) be diplomatic when presenting their perspectives on issues.
B) allow students with strong views on issues the opportunity to voice them.
C) be familiar with their state's and district's sex education policies.

Question 12

Peer-led prevention programs:

A) use exemplar young people as messengers.
B) should be avoided because they are ineffective.
C) Both A and B

Question 13

K-12 sex education curricula should include information on:

A) identity, puberty, and adolescent development.
B) anatomy and physiology, HIV, and STDs.
C) Both A and B

Question 14

Which of the following is true regarding teen pregnancy rates?
A )They have declined in the past 20 years.
B) Black and Hispanic youth account for more than 50% of all U.S. teen births.
C) Both A and B

Question 15

Sexually active adolescents might not use contraceptives because they:

A) do not expect to have intercourse.
B) believe you cannot get pregnant if the boy withdraws in time.
C) Both A and B

Question 16

Which of the following is true of teen mothers?

A) They have only a 20% chance of receiving a high school diploma.
B) Their children are more likely to drop out of school and be incarcerated.
C) Both A and B

Question 17

A disproportionate number of new HIV infections occur among:

A) youths, especially Black and Hispanic gay males.
B) young women who have sex with multiple partners.
C) 25- to 30-year old gay white males.

Question 18

The CDC reports that ______ sexually active persons will contract an STI by the age of 25.

A) 1 in 2 (50%)
B) 1 in 4 (25%)
C) 1 in 6 (16%)

Question 19

The most common curable STI in young single women, which is caused by a parasitic protozoa, is:

A) candidiasis.
B) genital warts.
C) trichomoniasis.

Question 20

Chlamydia and gonorrhea:

A) are viral STIs.
B) can cause pelvic inflammatory disease.
C) can lead to painful, blister-like sores on the sex organs.

Question 21

One reason young people are marrying later in life today is because they are reaching sexual maturity later than previous generations.

Question 22

Research indicates that contraceptive promotion in schools leads to increased sexual activity among teenagers.

Question 23

There is no real harm in teen boys viewing pornography.

Question 24

In the United States, 3 in 10 girls become pregnant at least once by age 20.

Question 25

Give three reasons why scientists believe adolescents are maturing physically earlier than previous generations.

Question 26

The fact that children are maturing physically earlier than previous generations poses what implication for sex education?

Question 27

What pressures and problems does early sexual development pose for girls and boys?

Question 28

What has heavy exposure to sexualized media been linked to?

Question 29

What are the core components of HIV prevention education at each of the following grade levels: K-3, upper elementary, and secondary level.

Question 30

How should you handle the following situation as a teacher? One of your junior high school students has just told you he thinks he is gay.

Question 31

Describe how to appropriately handle emotionally charged sexual controversial issues in your classroom.

Question 32

What concepts about pornography need to be included in a sex education unit?

Question 33

Identify elements contained in the peer-led prevention program "Sex Can Wait."

Question 34

What seven topics need to be included in a K-12 curriculum on sex education ?

Question 35

What emotional concerns are there for early sexual intercourse?

Question 36

Identify four myths adolescents have about preventing pregnancy.

Question 37

Identify four or more negative consequences of teenage pregnancy.