NAMS Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
By 2020, number of women over 50 -
correct answer ✅64 million
By 2060, number of women over 50 -
correct answer ✅90 million
What is the US female life expectancy -
correct answer ✅81.2 years
How many oocytes in the ovary at 20 weeks pregnancy -
correct answer ✅6-7 Million
How many oocytes left at birth -
correct answer ✅1-2 million
How many oocytes left at puberty -
correct answer ✅300,000-500,000
What is the period of change at menopause -
correct answer ✅Climacteric or perimenopause
,NAMS Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
What is the term for menopause that occurs before age 45 -
correct answer ✅Early menopause
What is the term for menopause that occurs after age 54 -
correct answer ✅Late menopause
What is the timeframe within the first 8 years after FMP (and what
numerical SWAN stages correspond?) -
correct answer ✅Early post menopause (+1a, +1b, +1c)
What is the timeframe called after 8 years from FMP (and what
numerical SWAN stage corresponds?) -
correct answer ✅Late post menopause (+2)
What is the time before FMP with cycle variability (and what
numerical SWAN stages correspond?) -
correct answer ✅Menopause transition (-2, -1)
What is the time of 7 or more days persistent difference in cycle
length (and what numerical SWAN stage corresponds?) -
correct answer ✅Early menopause transition (-2)
,NAMS Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
What is the time with 60 or more days of amenorrhea at least once
(and what numerical SWAN stage corresponds?) -
correct answer ✅Late menopause transition (-1)
What is a retrospective determination of 12 months of amenorrhea
-
correct answer ✅Natural menopause
What is the timeframe from onset of menstrual cycle irregularity to
1 year after final menopause transition -
correct answer ✅Perimenopause
What is any time frame after FMP -
correct answer ✅Post menopause
What is the preferred term for menopause before age 40 -
correct answer ✅Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI)
Preferred since this may not be a permanent state
What term for menopause before age 40 should no longer be used
-
correct answer ✅Premature ovarian failure
, NAMS Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
What percentage of US women experience POI -
correct answer ✅1%
How many total stages in STRAW -
correct answer ✅10 total
Reproductive has 4 (-5 to -3a)
Menopause Transition has 2 (-2 to -1)
Post Menopause has 4 (+1a to +2)
How many reproductive stages in STRAW -
correct answer ✅4 (-5 early reproductive, -4 Peak reproductive, -
3b and -3b late reproductive)
How many stages in menopause transition in STRAW -
correct answer ✅2 (-2 early transition, -1 late transition)
How many stages in postmenopause in STRAW -
correct answer ✅4 (+1a, +1b and +1c early PM, +2 late PM)
(Grade A+)
By 2020, number of women over 50 -
correct answer ✅64 million
By 2060, number of women over 50 -
correct answer ✅90 million
What is the US female life expectancy -
correct answer ✅81.2 years
How many oocytes in the ovary at 20 weeks pregnancy -
correct answer ✅6-7 Million
How many oocytes left at birth -
correct answer ✅1-2 million
How many oocytes left at puberty -
correct answer ✅300,000-500,000
What is the period of change at menopause -
correct answer ✅Climacteric or perimenopause
,NAMS Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
What is the term for menopause that occurs before age 45 -
correct answer ✅Early menopause
What is the term for menopause that occurs after age 54 -
correct answer ✅Late menopause
What is the timeframe within the first 8 years after FMP (and what
numerical SWAN stages correspond?) -
correct answer ✅Early post menopause (+1a, +1b, +1c)
What is the timeframe called after 8 years from FMP (and what
numerical SWAN stage corresponds?) -
correct answer ✅Late post menopause (+2)
What is the time before FMP with cycle variability (and what
numerical SWAN stages correspond?) -
correct answer ✅Menopause transition (-2, -1)
What is the time of 7 or more days persistent difference in cycle
length (and what numerical SWAN stage corresponds?) -
correct answer ✅Early menopause transition (-2)
,NAMS Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
What is the time with 60 or more days of amenorrhea at least once
(and what numerical SWAN stage corresponds?) -
correct answer ✅Late menopause transition (-1)
What is a retrospective determination of 12 months of amenorrhea
-
correct answer ✅Natural menopause
What is the timeframe from onset of menstrual cycle irregularity to
1 year after final menopause transition -
correct answer ✅Perimenopause
What is any time frame after FMP -
correct answer ✅Post menopause
What is the preferred term for menopause before age 40 -
correct answer ✅Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI)
Preferred since this may not be a permanent state
What term for menopause before age 40 should no longer be used
-
correct answer ✅Premature ovarian failure
, NAMS Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
What percentage of US women experience POI -
correct answer ✅1%
How many total stages in STRAW -
correct answer ✅10 total
Reproductive has 4 (-5 to -3a)
Menopause Transition has 2 (-2 to -1)
Post Menopause has 4 (+1a to +2)
How many reproductive stages in STRAW -
correct answer ✅4 (-5 early reproductive, -4 Peak reproductive, -
3b and -3b late reproductive)
How many stages in menopause transition in STRAW -
correct answer ✅2 (-2 early transition, -1 late transition)
How many stages in postmenopause in STRAW -
correct answer ✅4 (+1a, +1b and +1c early PM, +2 late PM)
