West E Test Prep Questions and
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A parent is discussing the use of tobacco with a 13-year-old boy. The parent decides to
focus the discussion on how tobacco use can cause bad breath and reduced physical
endurance rather than on how it can cause emphysema and cancer. One important
advantage of this approach is that it recognizes that adolescents are more likely than
adults to be:
A. overly concerned with the impression they make on others.
B. interested in issues related to health and hygiene.
C. self-centered and concerned primarily with their own welfare.
D. concerned with immediate issues rather than long-term consequences. - ✔✔D.
concerned with immediate issues rather than long-term consequences.
Which of the following organs stores glycogen and vitamins, regulates blood volume,
and removes toxic substances from the blood?
A. Organ 1 (Liver)
B. Organ 2 (Stomach)
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,C. Organ 3 (Large Intestine)
D. Organ 4 (Small Intestine) - ✔✔A. Organ 1 (Liver)
To support the cardiorespiratory endurance of adolescent athletes and allow them to
work longer before exhaustion, it would be most important to provide a diet high in:
A. unsaturated fat.
B. vitamins.
C. protein.
D. carbohydrates. - ✔✔D. carbohydrates.
4. Which of the following is a warning sign that a dating relationship is unstable and the
risks involved in continuing the relationship outweigh the benefits?
A. One partner attempts to manage the other partner's daily activities and questions the
partner about his or her interactions with others.
B. Each partner sometimes displays frustration, exasperation, or a lack of patience with
the other partner's actions and decisions.
C. One partner enjoys going out and socializing with groups of people and the other
partner prefers staying in or socializing with a few friends.
D. Each partner seems oblivious to the characteristics in the other partner that other
individuals, including friends and family, find unappealing. - ✔✔A. One partner
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, attempts to manage the other partner's daily activities and questions the partner about
his or her interactions with others.
Lupus is a chronic disease in which the body inappropriately produces antibodies that
destroy:
A. the cells that produce myelin, the insulating material that allows nerve conduction to
occur, resulting in deterioration of nervous system function.
B. fibrous connective tissue, result- ing in periods of inflammation, stiffness, fatigue,
chest discomfort, and widespread pain in muscles, joints, and skin.
C. the inner surface and muscular layer of the intestinal wall, resulting in abdominal
pain, fever, diarrhea, weight loss, and intestinal problems.
D. abnormal red blood cells that cannot pass through capillaries, resulting in anemia
and, in some cases, impaired lung function and congestive heart failure. - ✔✔B. fibrous
connective tissue, result- ing in periods of inflammation, stiffness, fatigue, chest
discomfort, and widespread pain in muscles, joints, and skin.
Use of some psychoactive drugs such as barbiturates causes the body's tissues to adapt
to the drug's presence and creates a situation in which the body needs the drug to
maintain homeostasis. This process leads to the development of:
6.
A. cross-tolerance.
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Answers 100% Pass
A parent is discussing the use of tobacco with a 13-year-old boy. The parent decides to
focus the discussion on how tobacco use can cause bad breath and reduced physical
endurance rather than on how it can cause emphysema and cancer. One important
advantage of this approach is that it recognizes that adolescents are more likely than
adults to be:
A. overly concerned with the impression they make on others.
B. interested in issues related to health and hygiene.
C. self-centered and concerned primarily with their own welfare.
D. concerned with immediate issues rather than long-term consequences. - ✔✔D.
concerned with immediate issues rather than long-term consequences.
Which of the following organs stores glycogen and vitamins, regulates blood volume,
and removes toxic substances from the blood?
A. Organ 1 (Liver)
B. Organ 2 (Stomach)
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,C. Organ 3 (Large Intestine)
D. Organ 4 (Small Intestine) - ✔✔A. Organ 1 (Liver)
To support the cardiorespiratory endurance of adolescent athletes and allow them to
work longer before exhaustion, it would be most important to provide a diet high in:
A. unsaturated fat.
B. vitamins.
C. protein.
D. carbohydrates. - ✔✔D. carbohydrates.
4. Which of the following is a warning sign that a dating relationship is unstable and the
risks involved in continuing the relationship outweigh the benefits?
A. One partner attempts to manage the other partner's daily activities and questions the
partner about his or her interactions with others.
B. Each partner sometimes displays frustration, exasperation, or a lack of patience with
the other partner's actions and decisions.
C. One partner enjoys going out and socializing with groups of people and the other
partner prefers staying in or socializing with a few friends.
D. Each partner seems oblivious to the characteristics in the other partner that other
individuals, including friends and family, find unappealing. - ✔✔A. One partner
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, attempts to manage the other partner's daily activities and questions the partner about
his or her interactions with others.
Lupus is a chronic disease in which the body inappropriately produces antibodies that
destroy:
A. the cells that produce myelin, the insulating material that allows nerve conduction to
occur, resulting in deterioration of nervous system function.
B. fibrous connective tissue, result- ing in periods of inflammation, stiffness, fatigue,
chest discomfort, and widespread pain in muscles, joints, and skin.
C. the inner surface and muscular layer of the intestinal wall, resulting in abdominal
pain, fever, diarrhea, weight loss, and intestinal problems.
D. abnormal red blood cells that cannot pass through capillaries, resulting in anemia
and, in some cases, impaired lung function and congestive heart failure. - ✔✔B. fibrous
connective tissue, result- ing in periods of inflammation, stiffness, fatigue, chest
discomfort, and widespread pain in muscles, joints, and skin.
Use of some psychoactive drugs such as barbiturates causes the body's tissues to adapt
to the drug's presence and creates a situation in which the body needs the drug to
maintain homeostasis. This process leads to the development of:
6.
A. cross-tolerance.
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