Gynecologic Health Care: With an Introduction to Prenatal and Postpartum Care (4th Edition) | Test Bank & Practice Questions with Answers

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CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS dd dd




MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS dd




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 dd dd




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 dd 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 dd dd dd dd dd




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




4. Which of the following most accurately defines “oppression” as used in the text?
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a. Not having a choice dd dd dd




b. Not having a voice dd dd dd



c. An act of tyranny dd dd dd

, 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
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sharply 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.
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d. It opens new avenues for women‟s health care.
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6. Gender is rooted in d d and shaped by
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b. self-representation, societal expectations dd dd




c. biology, environment and experience dd dd dd




d. biology, hormones dd




7. Women‟s health risks, treatments, and approaches are not always based in
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science 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. dd dd dd dd dd dd dd d d




8. Reproductive rights were added to the World Health Organization‟s human rights
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framework in the last
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c. 20 years d d



d. 40 years d d




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 dd dd dd



c. correct an injustice dd dd




d. correct an oversight dd dd




10. What d d 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. dd

, b. the individual. dd




c. environmental conditions. dd




d. scientific research. dd




12. Which question below supports the strategy: “Identify women‟s agency in the
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midst of social constraint and the biomedical paradigm.”? a. “Are „all
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women‟ the same?”
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b. “Why do you care about the issue?” dd d d dd dd dd d d



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 dd 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.
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d. all of the above.
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15. What opportunities are created byapplying 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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