Gynecologic Health Care: With an Introduction to Prenatal and Postpartum Care, 4th Edition Test Bank | All Chapters 1–35 | Latest 2026 Update

Gynecologic Health Care with an Introduction to Prenatal and Postpartum
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Care 4th Edition Test Bank
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, Gynecologic Health Care with an Introduction to Prenatal and Postpartum Care 4th Edition
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Test Bank x




Chapter 1 A Feminist Perspective of Women's Health &
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Chapter 2 Racism and Health Disparities
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MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS x




Select the one correct answer to each of the following questions.
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1. Which of the following best defines the term “gender” as used in this text?
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a) A person’s sex
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b) A person’s sex as defined by society
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c) A societal response to a person’s self-representation as a man or woman
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d) A person’s biological presentation as defined by himself or herself
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2. Which factor bears most on women’s health care today?
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a) The complexity of women’s health
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b) Women’s status and position in society x x x x x


c) Population growth x


d) The economy x




3. Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more difficult within
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x Western societies? x


a) The multiplicity of minority groups complicates the issue.
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b) The availability of health care makes acknowledgment more difficult.
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c) The diversity of the news media clouds the issue.
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d) Affluence and increased opportunities mask oppression. x x x x x




4. Which of the following most accurately defines “oppression” as used in the text?
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a) Not having a choice
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b) Not having a voice
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c) An act of tyranny
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d) A feeling of being burdened
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5. In what way does a model of care based on a feminist perspective contrast sharply
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x with a biomedical model?
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a) It provides a forum for the exploration of gender issues.
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b) It seeks equal distribution of power within the healthcare interaction.
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c) It emphasizes women’s rights. x x x


d) It opens new avenues for women’s health care.
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6. Gender is rooted in x x x and shaped by . x x x


a) society, biology x

, b) self-representation, societal expectations x x


c) biology, environment and experience
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d) biology, hormones x




7. Women’s health risks, treatments, and approaches are not always based in science
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x and biology because
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a) they are often based on outdated treatments and approaches.
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b) they are determined by social expectations and gender assumptions.
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c) they often rely on alternative treatments and approaches.
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d) scientific research often fails to take women into consideration.
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8. Reproductive rights were added to the World Health Organization’s human rights
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x framework in the last ?
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a) 5 years x


b) 10 years x


c) 20 years x


d) 40 years x




9. “Safe Motherhood” was added to the human rights framework in order to
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a) address maternal morbidity and mortality on a global level
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b) meet a legal obligation
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c) correct an injustice x x


d) correct an oversight x x




10. What is a chief failing of the biomedical model in regards to women’s health care?
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a) Its reliance on studies comprised exclusively of males
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b) Its consideration of women as central the model
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c) Its emphasis on science and medicine
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d) Its limited definition of “health” as “the absence of disease”
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11. The social model of health places the focus of health on
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a) the community.
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b) the individual.
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c) environmental conditions. x


d) scientific research. x




12. Which question below supports the strategy: “Identify women’s agency in the midst
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x of social constraint and the biomedical paradigm.”?
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a) “Are ‘all women’ the same?” x x x x


b) “Why do you care about the issue?”
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c) “Are women really victims or are they acting with agency?”
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d) “Who has a choice within the context of health?”
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13. What had been a significant problem in medical research well into the 1990s?
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a) The focus on randomized clinical trials over epidemiological investigations
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b) The lack of representation of women in research trials
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, c) The lack of research related to gynecology
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d) The focus on randomized clinical trials over observational research
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14. Gender differences in heart disease can be found in
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a) diagnosis.
b) treatment.
c) identification of symptoms. x x


d) all of the above.
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15. What opportunities are created by applying feminist strategies to gynecologic health?
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a) Better insight into research methods related to gynecology
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b) Better access to the populations affected by gynecologic health
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c) Better understandings from a wellness-oriented, women-centered framework
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d) Better understandings of the social construction of gender
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ANSWER KEY
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MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
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16. c

17. b

18. d

19. a

20. b

21. c

22. b

23. c

24. a

25. d
26. a

27. c

28. b

29. d