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CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
Select the one correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. Which of the following best defines the term “gender” as used in this text?
a. A person’s sex
b. A person’s sex as defined by society
c. A societal response to a person’s self-representation as a man or woman
d. A person’s biological presentation as defined by himself or herself
2. Which factor bears most on women’s health care today?
a. The complexity of women’s health
b. Women’s status and position in society
c. Population growth
d. The economy
3. Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more difficult within Western
societies?
a. The multiplicity of minority groups complicates the issue.
b. The availability of health care makes acknowledgment more difficult.
c. The diversity of the news media clouds the issue.
d. Affluence and increased opportunities mask oppression.
4. Which of the following most accurately defines “oppression” as used in the text?
a. Not having a choice
b. Not having a voice
c. An act of tyranny
d. A feeling of being burdened
5. In what way does a model of care based on a feminist perspective contrast sharply with
a biomedical model?
a. It provides a forum for the exploration of gender issues.
b. It seeks equal distribution of power within the healthcare interaction.
c. It emphasizes women’s rights.
d. It opens new avenues for women’s health care.
6. Gender is rooted in and shaped by .
a. society, biology
b. self-representation, societal expectations
c. biology, environment and experience
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d. biology, hormones
7. Women’s hhealth hrisks, htreatments, hand happroaches hare hnot halways hbased hin
hscience hand hbiology hbecause h
a. they hare hoften hbased hon houtdated htreatments hand happroaches.
b. they hare hdetermined hby hsocial hexpectations hand hgender hassumptions.
c. they hoften hrely hon halternative htreatments hand happroaches.
d. scientific hresearch hoften hfails hto htake hwomen hinto hconsideration.
8. Reproductive hrights hwere hadded hto hthe hWorld hHealth hOrganization’s hhuman
hrights hframework hin hthe hlast h ?
a. 5 h years
b. 10 h years
c. 20 h years
d. 40 h years
9. “Safe hMotherhood” hwas hadded hto hthe hhuman hrights hframework hin horder hto h
a. address hmaternal hmorbidity hand hmortality hon ha hglobal hlevel
b. meet ha hlegal hobligation
c. correct han hinjustice
d. correct han hoversight
10. What his ha hchief hfailing hof hthe hbiomedical hmodel hin hregards hto hwomen’s hhealth hcare?
a. Its hreliance hon hstudies hcomprised hexclusively hof hmales
b. Its hconsideration hof hwomen has hcentral hthe hmodel
c. Its hemphasis hon hscience hand hmedicine
d. Its hlimited hdefinition hof h“health” has h“the habsence hof hdisease”
11. The hsocial hmodel hof hhealth hplaces hthe hfocus hof hhealth hon h
a. the hcommunity.
b. the hindividual.
c. environmental hconditions.
d. scientific hresearch.
12. Which hquestion hbelow hsupports hthe hstrategy: h“Identify hwomen’s hagency hin hthe
hmidst hof hsocial hconstraint hand hthe hbiomedical hparadigm.”?
a. “Are h‘all hwomen’ hthe hsame?”
b. “Why hdo hyou hcare habout hthe hissue?”
c. “Are hwomen hreally hvictims hor hare hthey hacting hwith hagency?”
d. “Who hhas ha hchoice hwithin hthe hcontext hof hhealth?”
13. What hhad hbeen ha hsignificant hproblem hin hmedical hresearch hwell hinto hthe h1990s?
a. The hfocus hon hrandomized hclinical htrials hover hepidemiological hinvestigations
b. The hlack hof hrepresentation hof hwomen hin hresearch htrials
c. The hlack hof hresearch hrelated hto hgynecology
d. The hfocus hon hrandomized hclinical htrials hover hobservational hresearch
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Edition test bank all questions and
answers verified
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Women’s Gynecologic Health, Third Edition
Test Bank
1
, 2
CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
Select the one correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. Which of the following best defines the term “gender” as used in this text?
a. A person’s sex
b. A person’s sex as defined by society
c. A societal response to a person’s self-representation as a man or woman
d. A person’s biological presentation as defined by himself or herself
2. Which factor bears most on women’s health care today?
a. The complexity of women’s health
b. Women’s status and position in society
c. Population growth
d. The economy
3. Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more difficult within Western
societies?
a. The multiplicity of minority groups complicates the issue.
b. The availability of health care makes acknowledgment more difficult.
c. The diversity of the news media clouds the issue.
d. Affluence and increased opportunities mask oppression.
4. Which of the following most accurately defines “oppression” as used in the text?
a. Not having a choice
b. Not having a voice
c. An act of tyranny
d. A feeling of being burdened
5. In what way does a model of care based on a feminist perspective contrast sharply with
a biomedical model?
a. It provides a forum for the exploration of gender issues.
b. It seeks equal distribution of power within the healthcare interaction.
c. It emphasizes women’s rights.
d. It opens new avenues for women’s health care.
6. Gender is rooted in and shaped by .
a. society, biology
b. self-representation, societal expectations
c. biology, environment and experience
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d. biology, hormones
7. Women’s hhealth hrisks, htreatments, hand happroaches hare hnot halways hbased hin
hscience hand hbiology hbecause h
a. they hare hoften hbased hon houtdated htreatments hand happroaches.
b. they hare hdetermined hby hsocial hexpectations hand hgender hassumptions.
c. they hoften hrely hon halternative htreatments hand happroaches.
d. scientific hresearch hoften hfails hto htake hwomen hinto hconsideration.
8. Reproductive hrights hwere hadded hto hthe hWorld hHealth hOrganization’s hhuman
hrights hframework hin hthe hlast h ?
a. 5 h years
b. 10 h years
c. 20 h years
d. 40 h years
9. “Safe hMotherhood” hwas hadded hto hthe hhuman hrights hframework hin horder hto h
a. address hmaternal hmorbidity hand hmortality hon ha hglobal hlevel
b. meet ha hlegal hobligation
c. correct han hinjustice
d. correct han hoversight
10. What his ha hchief hfailing hof hthe hbiomedical hmodel hin hregards hto hwomen’s hhealth hcare?
a. Its hreliance hon hstudies hcomprised hexclusively hof hmales
b. Its hconsideration hof hwomen has hcentral hthe hmodel
c. Its hemphasis hon hscience hand hmedicine
d. Its hlimited hdefinition hof h“health” has h“the habsence hof hdisease”
11. The hsocial hmodel hof hhealth hplaces hthe hfocus hof hhealth hon h
a. the hcommunity.
b. the hindividual.
c. environmental hconditions.
d. scientific hresearch.
12. Which hquestion hbelow hsupports hthe hstrategy: h“Identify hwomen’s hagency hin hthe
hmidst hof hsocial hconstraint hand hthe hbiomedical hparadigm.”?
a. “Are h‘all hwomen’ hthe hsame?”
b. “Why hdo hyou hcare habout hthe hissue?”
c. “Are hwomen hreally hvictims hor hare hthey hacting hwith hagency?”
d. “Who hhas ha hchoice hwithin hthe hcontext hof hhealth?”
13. What hhad hbeen ha hsignificant hproblem hin hmedical hresearch hwell hinto hthe h1990s?
a. The hfocus hon hrandomized hclinical htrials hover hepidemiological hinvestigations
b. The hlack hof hrepresentation hof hwomen hin hresearch htrials
c. The hlack hof hresearch hrelated hto hgynecology
d. The hfocus hon hrandomized hclinical htrials hover hobservational hresearch
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