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Women’s Gynecologic Health, Third Edition
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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 lof lthe lfollowing lmost laccurately ldefines l“oppression” las lused lin lthe ltext?
a. Not lhaving la lchoice
b. Not lhaving la lvoice
c. An lact lof ltyranny
d. A lfeeling lof lbeing lburdened
5. In lwhat lway ldoes la lmodel lof lcare lbased lon la lfeminist lperspective lcontrast
lsharply lwith la lbiomedical lmodel?
a. It lprovides la lforum lfor lthe lexploration lof lgender lissues.
b. It lseeks lequal ldistribution lof lpower lwithin lthe lhealthcare linteraction.
c. It lemphasizes lwomen’s lrights.
d. It lopens lnew lavenues lfor lwomen’s lhealth lcare.
6. Gender lis lrooted lin l and lshaped lby l .
a. society, lbiology
b. self-representation, lsocietal lexpectations
c. biology, lenvironment land lexperience
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d. biology, lhormones
7. Women’s lhealth lrisks, ltreatments, land lapproaches lare lnot lalways lbased lin
lscience land lbiology lbecause l
a. they lare loften lbased lon loutdated ltreatments land lapproaches.
b. they lare ldetermined lby lsocial lexpectations land lgender lassumptions.
c. they loften lrely lon lalternative ltreatments land lapproaches.
d. scientific lresearch loften lfails lto ltake lwomen linto lconsideration.
8. Reproductive lrights lwere ladded lto lthe lWorld lHealth lOrganization’s lhuman
lrights lframework lin lthe llast l ?
a. 5 lyears
b. 10 lyears
c. 20 lyears
d. 40 lyears
9. “Safe lMotherhood” lwas ladded lto lthe lhuman lrights lframework lin lorder lto l
a. address lmaternal lmorbidity land lmortality lon la lglobal llevel
b. meet la llegal lobligation
c. correct lan linjustice
d. correct lan loversight
10. What lis la lchief lfailing lof lthe lbiomedical lmodel lin lregards lto lwomen’s lhealth lcare?
a. Its lreliance lon lstudies lcomprised lexclusively lof lmales
b. Its lconsideration lof lwomen las lcentral lthe lmodel
c. Its lemphasis lon lscience land lmedicine
d. Its llimited ldefinition lof l“health” las l“the labsence lof ldisease”
11. The lsocial lmodel lof lhealth lplaces lthe lfocus lof lhealth lon l
a. the lcommunity.
b. the lindividual.
c. environmental lconditions.
d. scientific lresearch.
12. Which lquestion lbelow lsupports lthe lstrategy: l“Identify lwomen’s lagency lin lthe
lmidst lof lsocial lconstraint land lthe lbiomedical lparadigm.”?
a. “Are l‘all lwomen’ lthe lsame?”
b. “Why ldo lyou lcare labout lthe lissue?”
c. “Are lwomen lreally lvictims lor lare lthey lacting lwith lagency?”
d. “Who lhas la lchoice lwithin lthe lcontext lof lhealth?”
13. What lhad lbeen la lsignificant lproblem lin lmedical lresearch lwell linto lthe l1990s?
a. The lfocus lon lrandomized lclinical ltrials lover lepidemiological linvestigations
b. The llack lof lrepresentation lof lwomen lin lresearch ltrials
c. The llack lof lresearch lrelated lto lgynecology
d. The lfocus lon lrandomized lclinical ltrials lover lobservational lresearch
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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 lof lthe lfollowing lmost laccurately ldefines l“oppression” las lused lin lthe ltext?
a. Not lhaving la lchoice
b. Not lhaving la lvoice
c. An lact lof ltyranny
d. A lfeeling lof lbeing lburdened
5. In lwhat lway ldoes la lmodel lof lcare lbased lon la lfeminist lperspective lcontrast
lsharply lwith la lbiomedical lmodel?
a. It lprovides la lforum lfor lthe lexploration lof lgender lissues.
b. It lseeks lequal ldistribution lof lpower lwithin lthe lhealthcare linteraction.
c. It lemphasizes lwomen’s lrights.
d. It lopens lnew lavenues lfor lwomen’s lhealth lcare.
6. Gender lis lrooted lin l and lshaped lby l .
a. society, lbiology
b. self-representation, lsocietal lexpectations
c. biology, lenvironment land lexperience
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d. biology, lhormones
7. Women’s lhealth lrisks, ltreatments, land lapproaches lare lnot lalways lbased lin
lscience land lbiology lbecause l
a. they lare loften lbased lon loutdated ltreatments land lapproaches.
b. they lare ldetermined lby lsocial lexpectations land lgender lassumptions.
c. they loften lrely lon lalternative ltreatments land lapproaches.
d. scientific lresearch loften lfails lto ltake lwomen linto lconsideration.
8. Reproductive lrights lwere ladded lto lthe lWorld lHealth lOrganization’s lhuman
lrights lframework lin lthe llast l ?
a. 5 lyears
b. 10 lyears
c. 20 lyears
d. 40 lyears
9. “Safe lMotherhood” lwas ladded lto lthe lhuman lrights lframework lin lorder lto l
a. address lmaternal lmorbidity land lmortality lon la lglobal llevel
b. meet la llegal lobligation
c. correct lan linjustice
d. correct lan loversight
10. What lis la lchief lfailing lof lthe lbiomedical lmodel lin lregards lto lwomen’s lhealth lcare?
a. Its lreliance lon lstudies lcomprised lexclusively lof lmales
b. Its lconsideration lof lwomen las lcentral lthe lmodel
c. Its lemphasis lon lscience land lmedicine
d. Its llimited ldefinition lof l“health” las l“the labsence lof ldisease”
11. The lsocial lmodel lof lhealth lplaces lthe lfocus lof lhealth lon l
a. the lcommunity.
b. the lindividual.
c. environmental lconditions.
d. scientific lresearch.
12. Which lquestion lbelow lsupports lthe lstrategy: l“Identify lwomen’s lagency lin lthe
lmidst lof lsocial lconstraint land lthe lbiomedical lparadigm.”?
a. “Are l‘all lwomen’ lthe lsame?”
b. “Why ldo lyou lcare labout lthe lissue?”
c. “Are lwomen lreally lvictims lor lare lthey lacting lwith lagency?”
d. “Who lhas la lchoice lwithin lthe lcontext lof lhealth?”
13. What lhad lbeen la lsignificant lproblem lin lmedical lresearch lwell linto lthe l1990s?
a. The lfocus lon lrandomized lclinical ltrials lover lepidemiological linvestigations
b. The llack lof lrepresentation lof lwomen lin lresearch ltrials
c. The llack lof lresearch lrelated lto lgynecology
d. The lfocus lon lrandomized lclinical ltrials lover lobservational lresearch
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