Questions and CORRECT Answers
A full-term pregnancy lasts - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 38 to 42 weeks since LMP
The alternative states of a gene on the chromosome strands in a pair are called - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- alleles
Which of the following statements about infant mortality in the U.S. is CORRECT?
A) Poverty can explain most of the reasons for high infant mortality rates.
B) Factors related to the prenatal environment are the reasons for most infant deaths in the
U.S.
C) Infant mortality rates are very similar across racial and ethnic groups.
D) The U.S. has the lowest infant mortality rate among industrial countries in the world. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Factors related to the prenatal environment are the reasons for
most infant deaths in the U.S.
The development of an attachment to the fetus by the expectant parents is known as -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Binding-in
Challenges in working to ensure the acceptance of the child by significant persons include: -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Even when family members are happy about the pregnancy, their
desired involvement may or may not coincide with what the parents want or the child needs.
All of the following are true regarding causes of infertility EXCEPT
A) With ovulation issues in women the causes are easy to identify and treat.
B) In about 30% of women and half of men the "cause" of infertility is unexplained or
idiopathic.
C) Infertility in men is almost always (90%) due to sperm-related issues relating to quantity
and/or quality.