HSB EXAM 2 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Which of the following is true for men and women ages 20-24 in any given 12 month period?
A. men have twice as many sex partners as women
B. Most have only a few sex partners
C. most are abstinent than sexually active
D. women have twice as many sex partners as men
Answer:
B. most have only a few sex partners
Question:
2. What does in vitro fertilization involve?
Answer:
placing a dozen or more harvested ova into a petri dish with many sperm
Question:
3. Which periodic abstinence method is best for a women with a regular cycle wanting to minimize
tracking time?
Answer:
standard days method
Question:
4. how does ideal duration of foreplay differ between men and women?
Answer:
men and women prefer about the same duration
Question:
5. What percent of pregnancies in the US are unintended? what percent of these are terminated by
abortion?
Answer:
45%; 42%
Question:
6. based on the grandmother hypothesis, how do modern grandchildren compare to premodern
grandchildren?
Answer:
they benefit less from having grandmothers than premodern grandkids
Question:
7. how common is cheating in monogamous relationships?
Answer:
most people in committed relationships do not commit infidelity
, Question:
8. what is the most likely reason for decreasing divorce rates in America?
Answer:
the marriage rate among economically disadvantaged young people has fallen
Question:
9. which physiological change in sexual response is common among older men?
Answer:
decreased ejaculatory volume
Question:
10. how does artificial insemination increase the likelihood of conception?
Answer:
sperm count is increased by collecting and combining sperm
Question:
11. why do adolescents engage in serial monogamy?
Answer:
to experiment with their sexuality
Question:
12. During anal sex, the penis passes the anal orifice and enters the ___, or the lowermost portion of the
intestinal tract.
Answer:
rectum
Question:
13. which statement accurately describes masturbation techniques?
A. women usually masturbate by insetting fingers or an object into the vagina
B. women usually masturbate by stimulating the clitoris
C. men use more varied masturbation techniques than women
D. all men and women require genital stimulation to orgasm
Answer:
A. women usually masturbate by stimulating the clitoris
Question:
14. how does sexual kissing vary across cultures?
Answer:
only about half of the world's cultures engage in romantic/sexual kissing
Question:
15. compared to heterosexual sex, women-women sex is characterized by?
Answer:
greater body contact and longer duration
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Which of the following is true for men and women ages 20-24 in any given 12 month period?
A. men have twice as many sex partners as women
B. Most have only a few sex partners
C. most are abstinent than sexually active
D. women have twice as many sex partners as men
Answer:
B. most have only a few sex partners
Question:
2. What does in vitro fertilization involve?
Answer:
placing a dozen or more harvested ova into a petri dish with many sperm
Question:
3. Which periodic abstinence method is best for a women with a regular cycle wanting to minimize
tracking time?
Answer:
standard days method
Question:
4. how does ideal duration of foreplay differ between men and women?
Answer:
men and women prefer about the same duration
Question:
5. What percent of pregnancies in the US are unintended? what percent of these are terminated by
abortion?
Answer:
45%; 42%
Question:
6. based on the grandmother hypothesis, how do modern grandchildren compare to premodern
grandchildren?
Answer:
they benefit less from having grandmothers than premodern grandkids
Question:
7. how common is cheating in monogamous relationships?
Answer:
most people in committed relationships do not commit infidelity
, Question:
8. what is the most likely reason for decreasing divorce rates in America?
Answer:
the marriage rate among economically disadvantaged young people has fallen
Question:
9. which physiological change in sexual response is common among older men?
Answer:
decreased ejaculatory volume
Question:
10. how does artificial insemination increase the likelihood of conception?
Answer:
sperm count is increased by collecting and combining sperm
Question:
11. why do adolescents engage in serial monogamy?
Answer:
to experiment with their sexuality
Question:
12. During anal sex, the penis passes the anal orifice and enters the ___, or the lowermost portion of the
intestinal tract.
Answer:
rectum
Question:
13. which statement accurately describes masturbation techniques?
A. women usually masturbate by insetting fingers or an object into the vagina
B. women usually masturbate by stimulating the clitoris
C. men use more varied masturbation techniques than women
D. all men and women require genital stimulation to orgasm
Answer:
A. women usually masturbate by stimulating the clitoris
Question:
14. how does sexual kissing vary across cultures?
Answer:
only about half of the world's cultures engage in romantic/sexual kissing
Question:
15. compared to heterosexual sex, women-women sex is characterized by?
Answer:
greater body contact and longer duration
