Deck 8: Safe and Risky Sexual Behaviour

Question 1

Sexual exploration and sexual play are:

A) unnatural before puberty
B) a cause for concern during childhood
C) a natural part of a child's development
D) only emerge after puberty

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Sexual minority youth typically:

A) experience greater psychological distress than heterosexual peers
B) experience less psychological distress than heterosexual peers
C) experience no more and no less psychological distress than heterosexual peers
D) none of the above

Answer 2

A

Question 3

One major risk factor for young women is:

A) having a partner who is at least 1 year older than her
B) having a partner who is at least 2 years older than her
C) having a same-age partner
D) having a partner who is 1 year younger than her

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Dating violence:

A) has decreased over the past ten years
B) is something private between two individuals
C) is greatly exaggerated
D) is a growing problem in the UK

Question 5

Precocious sexual behaviour in childhood is:

A) sexual behaviour that is prominent in a child's life
B) sexual behaviour that intrudes into the lives of peers
C) frequent use of rude, sexual comments
D) all of the above

Question 6

Unplanned teenage pregnancy in the UK is:

A) on the increase
B) among the highest in Europe
C) not a cause for concern
D) none of the above

Question 7

In comparison to babies born to mothers aged over 20 years, babies born to teenage mothers are:

A) 10% less likely to die in the first year of life
B) 20% more likely to die in the first year of life
C) 60% more likely to die in the first year of life
D) 40% more likely to die in the first year of life