Your Health Today Choices In A Changing Society 6th Edition By Michael Teague – Test Bank

Chapter 11 – Sexual Health

Multiple-Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is true about sexual attitudes in the United States?
A. Attitudes about sex in the United States have always held to the ideal of sexual freedom.
B. The sexual revolution of the 1960s was the start of a 40-year shift toward more liberal attitudes about sex.
C. While the nation saw a more conservative economic climate in the 1980s and 1990s, the same period was one of the most sexually free in U.S. history.
D. College students and other young adults will be significant in determining prevailing attitudes in the 21st century.

Answer: D
Page(s): 240
Bloom’s: Understand
Topic: Sex and Culture: Issues for the 21st Century
Learning Objective: Describe issues concerning sex in the 21st century.

2. Which of the following is NOT part of a woman’s external genitalia?
A. vagina
B. clitoris
C. mons pubis
D. labia majora

Answer: A
Page(s): 240
Bloom’s: Remember
Topic: Sexual Anatomy and Functioning
Learning Objective: Discuss male and female sexual anatomy and functioning.

3. Circumcision involves removing the ________ and leaving the head of the penis permanently exposed.
A. frenulum
B. foreskin
C. scrotum
D. perineum

Answer: B
Page(s): 241
Bloom’s: Remember
Topic: Sexual Anatomy and Functioning
Learning Objective: Discuss male and female sexual anatomy and functioning.

4. Which is the organ or organs in which a fertilized egg is developed into an embryo?
A. ovaries
B. uterus
C. vagina
D. cervix

Answer: B
Page(s): 241
Bloom’s: Remember
Topic: Sexual Anatomy and Functioning
Learning Objective: Discuss male and female sexual anatomy and functioning.

5. What is the area between a male’s scrotum and anus called?
A. testes
B. perineum
C. epididymis
D. vas deferens

Answer: B
Page(s): 241
Bloom’s: Remember
Topic: Sexual Anatomy and Functioning
Learning Objective: Discuss male and female sexual anatomy and functioning.

6. Sperm are propelled from the epididymis into the
A. vas deferens.
B. perineum.
C. Cowper’s gland.
D. frenulum.

Answer: A
Page(s): 242
Bloom’s: Remember
Topic: Sexual Anatomy and Functioning
Learning Objective: Discuss male and female sexual anatomy and functioning.

7. Which hormone is principally responsible for sex drive in women?
A. estrogen
B. progestin
C. testosterone
D. vasopressin

Answer: C
Page(s): 243
Bloom’s: Remember
Topic: Sexual Anatomy and Functioning
Learning Objective: Discuss male and female sexual anatomy and functioning.

8. The excitement one feels when sexually aroused—such as increased heart rate and vasocongestion—is caused mainly by
A. cultural cues.
B. involuntary reflexes.
C. conditioned responses.
D. hormone/neurotransmitter actions.

Answer: D
Page(s): 243
Bloom’s: Understand
Topic: Sexual Anatomy and Functioning
Learning Objective: Discuss male and female sexual anatomy and functioning.

9. The hormones ________ and ________ are involved in arousal and increased heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, and other autonomic nervous system functions.
A. adrenaline; testosterone
B. epinephrine; norepinephrine
C. dopamine; serotonin
D. progestin; estrogen

Answer: B
Page(s): 243
Bloom’s: Remember
Topic: Sexual Anatomy and Functioning
Learning Objective: Discuss male and female sexual anatomy and functioning.

10. Upon sexual stimulation, nipple and clitoral erection occur in response to
A. vasocongestion.
B. extracellular fluid buildup.
C. muscle tension.
D. inflammation.

Answer: A
Page(s): 243
Bloom’s: Remember
Topic: Sexual Anatomy and Functioning
Learning Objective: Discuss male and female sexual anatomy and functioning.

11. The stage in the sexual response model during which there is a return to an unexcited state is called
A. resolution.
B. plateau.
C. orgasm.
D. excitement.

Answer: A
Page(s): 243-244
Bloom’s: Remember
Topic: Sexual Anatomy and Functioning
Learning Objective: Discuss male and female sexual anatomy and functioning.