NFP Quiz Part 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
The three leaves represent - CORRECT ANSWER - the physical, spiritual and intellectual
nature of human beings as they relate in love to one another
The circle with arrows anticipates the menstrual cycle of a woman, with three phases: -
CORRECT ANSWER - 1. The Relatively Infertile Time, with increasing blueness
(increasing fertility), where "relative" refers to the varying start of fertile symptoms
2. The Possibly Fertile Time (blue), when intercouse can lead to a pregnancy
3. The Completely Infertile Time,when no ovum is available for impregnation by sperm.
Marriage in the Catholic Church - CORRECT ANSWER - Characterized by self-donation:
"I give myself to you...
Faithfully (mirroring God's love which never quits)
Freely
Totally (to omit fertility from the love you have for your spouse is not to love her/him totally)
Fruitfully (=open to the fertility of the partner-- physical procreativity; but also spiritual
procreativity, where the couple's self-donation extends to raising the children, giving to one's
career, to one's neighbors, etc.)
Moral Intercourse - CORRECT ANSWER - accompanies sexual intercourse and it
involves mutual love and permanence (committed for life)
Definition of "Natural:" - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. No artificial chemicals , as are in oral
and injectable contraceptives
2. Uses knowledge of fertile & infertile times of cycle to achieve or avoid pregnancy
Virtues of Periodic Abstinence: Better Communication - CORRECT ANSWER - "If a
couple can communicate about their desires to have sex and why they would not, they can
communicate about anything."
, Virtues of Periodic Abstinence: Enhanced Intimacy - CORRECT ANSWER - Knowing
when the infertile time begins allows couples to plan a special romantic setting. This is especially
valuable for people with busy schedules
Virtues of Periodic Abstinence: Self Mastery - CORRECT ANSWER - Although media
like to promote the notion that we—and especially men-- should give in to our sexual fantasies,
we have managed to control hunger and smoking impulses in our culture. So through
communication and care for our partner we can manage our sexual desires as well
Virtues of Periodic Abstinence: Mutual Respect - CORRECT ANSWER - One's partner
should not be treated as an object, especially as a sexual object. One of the virtuous results of
communication
Virtues of Periodic Abstinence: Continued Enthusiasm - CORRECT ANSWER - The
period of abstinence is like an engagement period, so that the time decided upon for sexual
intimacy is like a honeymoon. Sex available anytime can become routine.
What is NFP? - CORRECT ANSWER - Natural Family Planning uses the knowledge of
fertile and infertile times to achieve or avoid pregnancy.
- NFP uses no artificial contraceptives
- Requires abstinence, not having intercourse, during the fertile time. If your intention is to
avoid a pregnancy, you abstain from intercourse then.
Achieving" pregnancy - CORRECT ANSWER - uses the fertile time for intercourse. The
need for this is more common today because of increasing infertility in both men & women in
industrial societies.
The study only asks two questions: - CORRECT ANSWER - Beginning of year,
researchers ask: "What method are you using?"
End of year, "Are you pregnant?"
Those using NFP to achieve a pregnancy would be using the method successfully, but not as a
contraceptive.
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
The three leaves represent - CORRECT ANSWER - the physical, spiritual and intellectual
nature of human beings as they relate in love to one another
The circle with arrows anticipates the menstrual cycle of a woman, with three phases: -
CORRECT ANSWER - 1. The Relatively Infertile Time, with increasing blueness
(increasing fertility), where "relative" refers to the varying start of fertile symptoms
2. The Possibly Fertile Time (blue), when intercouse can lead to a pregnancy
3. The Completely Infertile Time,when no ovum is available for impregnation by sperm.
Marriage in the Catholic Church - CORRECT ANSWER - Characterized by self-donation:
"I give myself to you...
Faithfully (mirroring God's love which never quits)
Freely
Totally (to omit fertility from the love you have for your spouse is not to love her/him totally)
Fruitfully (=open to the fertility of the partner-- physical procreativity; but also spiritual
procreativity, where the couple's self-donation extends to raising the children, giving to one's
career, to one's neighbors, etc.)
Moral Intercourse - CORRECT ANSWER - accompanies sexual intercourse and it
involves mutual love and permanence (committed for life)
Definition of "Natural:" - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. No artificial chemicals , as are in oral
and injectable contraceptives
2. Uses knowledge of fertile & infertile times of cycle to achieve or avoid pregnancy
Virtues of Periodic Abstinence: Better Communication - CORRECT ANSWER - "If a
couple can communicate about their desires to have sex and why they would not, they can
communicate about anything."
, Virtues of Periodic Abstinence: Enhanced Intimacy - CORRECT ANSWER - Knowing
when the infertile time begins allows couples to plan a special romantic setting. This is especially
valuable for people with busy schedules
Virtues of Periodic Abstinence: Self Mastery - CORRECT ANSWER - Although media
like to promote the notion that we—and especially men-- should give in to our sexual fantasies,
we have managed to control hunger and smoking impulses in our culture. So through
communication and care for our partner we can manage our sexual desires as well
Virtues of Periodic Abstinence: Mutual Respect - CORRECT ANSWER - One's partner
should not be treated as an object, especially as a sexual object. One of the virtuous results of
communication
Virtues of Periodic Abstinence: Continued Enthusiasm - CORRECT ANSWER - The
period of abstinence is like an engagement period, so that the time decided upon for sexual
intimacy is like a honeymoon. Sex available anytime can become routine.
What is NFP? - CORRECT ANSWER - Natural Family Planning uses the knowledge of
fertile and infertile times to achieve or avoid pregnancy.
- NFP uses no artificial contraceptives
- Requires abstinence, not having intercourse, during the fertile time. If your intention is to
avoid a pregnancy, you abstain from intercourse then.
Achieving" pregnancy - CORRECT ANSWER - uses the fertile time for intercourse. The
need for this is more common today because of increasing infertility in both men & women in
industrial societies.
The study only asks two questions: - CORRECT ANSWER - Beginning of year,
researchers ask: "What method are you using?"
End of year, "Are you pregnant?"
Those using NFP to achieve a pregnancy would be using the method successfully, but not as a
contraceptive.
