NRNP 6552 — Advanced Women’s Health (100 Multiple
Choice Questions with Answers & Rationales)
1. What is the term for the inflammation of the vagina characterized by an increased vaginal
discharge containing numerous white blood cells?
a. Vaginitis
b. Vaginosis
c. Cystitis
d. Vaginal mucosa - answer-;A
2. How does vaginosis differ from vaginitis?
a. It must be treated with metronidazole.
b. The discharge does not contain white blood cells.
c. The discharge does not have an odor.
d. It causes itching and/or burning. - answer-;B
3. What is the most important step in preventing vaginal infections?
a. Good personal hygiene
b. Healthy diet
c. Scented sanitary products
d. Douching - answer-;A
4. What can bacterial vaginosis lead to?
a. Vulvovaginal candidiasis
b. Pelvic inflammatory disease
,c. Toxic shock syndrome
d. Trichomoniasis - answer-;B
5. Approximately what percentage of women with bacterial vaginosis are asymptomatic?
a. 25%
b. 40%
c. 75%
d. 50% - answer-;D
6. What is the most common symptom of bacterial vaginosis?
a. Vaginal itching and/or burning
b. Cottage cheese-like discharge
c. Fishy odor
d. Yeasty odor - answer-;C
7. Vulvovaginal candidiasis accounts for what percentage of all vaginal infections?
a. 10-15%
b. 20-25%
c. 50-55%
d. 60-65% - answer-;B
8. Which organism causes 90% of vulvovaginal candidiasis episodes in women?
a. Candida tropicalis
b. Candida albicans
c. Candida glabrata
d. Candida krusei - answer-;B
,9. What is the most common symptom of vulvovaginal candidiasis?
a. Fishy odor
b. Fever
c. Thin, grayish-white discharge
d. Vulvar pruritis - answer-;D
1. Approximately how many Americans will contract one or more sexually transmitted infections
during their lifetime?
a. 50%
b. 25%
c. 40%
d. 60% - answer-;A
2. Why is it often more difficult to detect STIs in women than in men?
a. Men are two times more likely to transmit STIs to women than the reverse.
b. The risk of a woman contracting an STI is much higher than a man's risk.
c. The anatomy of women's genital tracts makes examination more difficult.
d. Women tend to have fewer sexual partners than men do. - answer-;C
3. Who should be screened regularly for STIs?
a. Women who have more than one sexual partner
b. Women over the age of 21
c. Women who are sexually active
d. Women over the age of 15 - answer-;C
, 4. Of the more than 100 known serotypes of human papillomavirus (HPV), approximately how
many can infect the genital tract?
a. 80
b. 60
c. 20
d. 40 - answer-;D
5. Routine HPV vaccination is recommended for girls of what age?
a. 8-9
b. 13-14
c. 6-7
d. 11-12 - answer-;D
6. An initial or primary genital herpes infection characteristically lasts about
a. one week.
b. three weeks.
c. one month.
d. six weeks. - answer-;B
7. How do systemic antivirul drugs treat genital herpes?
a. They can control the symptoms.
b. They can reduce the frequency of recurrences after discontinuation.
c. They can prevent transmission to sexual partners.
d. They can prevent secondary infection. - answer-;A
8. Which of the following is caused by an anaerobic one-celled protozoan that commonly lives in
the vagina?
Choice Questions with Answers & Rationales)
1. What is the term for the inflammation of the vagina characterized by an increased vaginal
discharge containing numerous white blood cells?
a. Vaginitis
b. Vaginosis
c. Cystitis
d. Vaginal mucosa - answer-;A
2. How does vaginosis differ from vaginitis?
a. It must be treated with metronidazole.
b. The discharge does not contain white blood cells.
c. The discharge does not have an odor.
d. It causes itching and/or burning. - answer-;B
3. What is the most important step in preventing vaginal infections?
a. Good personal hygiene
b. Healthy diet
c. Scented sanitary products
d. Douching - answer-;A
4. What can bacterial vaginosis lead to?
a. Vulvovaginal candidiasis
b. Pelvic inflammatory disease
,c. Toxic shock syndrome
d. Trichomoniasis - answer-;B
5. Approximately what percentage of women with bacterial vaginosis are asymptomatic?
a. 25%
b. 40%
c. 75%
d. 50% - answer-;D
6. What is the most common symptom of bacterial vaginosis?
a. Vaginal itching and/or burning
b. Cottage cheese-like discharge
c. Fishy odor
d. Yeasty odor - answer-;C
7. Vulvovaginal candidiasis accounts for what percentage of all vaginal infections?
a. 10-15%
b. 20-25%
c. 50-55%
d. 60-65% - answer-;B
8. Which organism causes 90% of vulvovaginal candidiasis episodes in women?
a. Candida tropicalis
b. Candida albicans
c. Candida glabrata
d. Candida krusei - answer-;B
,9. What is the most common symptom of vulvovaginal candidiasis?
a. Fishy odor
b. Fever
c. Thin, grayish-white discharge
d. Vulvar pruritis - answer-;D
1. Approximately how many Americans will contract one or more sexually transmitted infections
during their lifetime?
a. 50%
b. 25%
c. 40%
d. 60% - answer-;A
2. Why is it often more difficult to detect STIs in women than in men?
a. Men are two times more likely to transmit STIs to women than the reverse.
b. The risk of a woman contracting an STI is much higher than a man's risk.
c. The anatomy of women's genital tracts makes examination more difficult.
d. Women tend to have fewer sexual partners than men do. - answer-;C
3. Who should be screened regularly for STIs?
a. Women who have more than one sexual partner
b. Women over the age of 21
c. Women who are sexually active
d. Women over the age of 15 - answer-;C
, 4. Of the more than 100 known serotypes of human papillomavirus (HPV), approximately how
many can infect the genital tract?
a. 80
b. 60
c. 20
d. 40 - answer-;D
5. Routine HPV vaccination is recommended for girls of what age?
a. 8-9
b. 13-14
c. 6-7
d. 11-12 - answer-;D
6. An initial or primary genital herpes infection characteristically lasts about
a. one week.
b. three weeks.
c. one month.
d. six weeks. - answer-;B
7. How do systemic antivirul drugs treat genital herpes?
a. They can control the symptoms.
b. They can reduce the frequency of recurrences after discontinuation.
c. They can prevent transmission to sexual partners.
d. They can prevent secondary infection. - answer-;A
8. Which of the following is caused by an anaerobic one-celled protozoan that commonly lives in
the vagina?
