WCU PHYS 261: Real Final Exam Questions And Correct
Answers ( All Chapters Covered ) Already Graded A+|
Latest Update 2025/2026.
QUESTION: An ovum bursts from one of a woman's two __________ and is drawn into one of two
__________.
a. ovaries; testes
b. fallopian tubes; ovaries
c. corpus luteum; fallopian tubes
d. ovaries; fallopian tubes ✓✓Correct Answer: d. ovaries; fallopian tubes
QUESTION: Early medical records of SIDS babies reveal
a. a family history of chromosomal abnormalities.
b. higher rates of prematurity and low birth weight, poor Apgar scores, and limp muscle tone.
c. they were born after their due date and had higher-than-average birth weights.
d. they often cried or whimpered in their sleep. ✓✓Correct Answer: b. higher rates of prematurity
and low birth weight, poor Apgar scores, and limp muscle tone.
QUESTION: The Apgar Scale rates the following newborn characteristics:
a. appearance, personality, grimace, activity, and reflexes.
b. aptitude, pulse, grimace, appearance, and renal function.
c. appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, and respiration.
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,d. airway, personality, general temperament, appearance, and reaction time. ✓✓Correct Answer: c.
appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, and respiration.
QUESTION: Prenatally malnourished babies frequently
reject breast milk.
have enlarged hearts.
have a higher-than-average birth weight.
catch respiratory illnesses. ✓✓Correct Answer: d. catch respiratory illnesses.
QUESTION: Men affected by even tiny amounts of dioxin in their bloodstream father
nearly twice as many girls as boys.
more boys than girls.
more twins and triplets than unaffected men.
fewer children than unaffected men. ✓✓Correct Answer: nearly twice as many girls as boys.
QUESTION: Around the time of birth, fathers who are in contact with the mother and baby often
show
slight increases in estrogens.
slight decreases in prolactin.
moderate increases in androgens.
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,slight increases in androgens. ✓✓Correct Answer: a. slight increases in estrogens.
QUESTION: High levels of prenatal lead exposure are related to
deformities of the gums and nails.
difficulty in chewing and swallowing.
breast and uterine cancers in women.
prematurity, low birth weight, and brain damage. ✓✓Correct Answer: d. prematurity, low birth
weight, and brain damage.
QUESTION: In the United States, the second leading cause of neonatal mortality is __________,
which is largely preventable.
a. low birth weight
b. physical abnormality
c. sudden infant death syndrome
d. malnutrition ✓✓Correct Answer: a. low birth weight
QUESTION: Most freestanding birth centers
a. encourage family participation, but do not allow maternal control over labor and delivery.
b. do not allow family members and friends to participate in the birth.
c. permit a choice of delivery positions.
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, d. encourage childbirth medication and delivery instruments. ✓✓Correct Answer: c. permit a choice
of delivery positions.
QUESTION: While the senses of __________ have begun to emerge by 20 weeks, a fetus born at this
time cannot survive because __________.
a. sight and sound; its brain cannot yet control breathing and body temperature
b. touch and sight; the billions of neurons of its brain are not yet produced
c. smell and sound; the cerebral cortex, the seat of human intelligence, is too large
d. sight and sound; the neurons of its brain have not begun forming synapses ✓✓Correct Answer: a.
sight and sound; its brain cannot yet control breathing and body temperature
QUESTION: Swaddling newborns
a. increases crying.
b. hinders early motor development.
c. promotes an insecure attachment relationship.
d. reduces crying. ✓✓Correct Answer: d. reduces crying
QUESTION: A certified nurse-midwife
a. cannot legally deliver a baby at home in most states.
b. has a degree in nursing and additional training in childbirth management.
c. can perform a cesarean delivery and can administer medication to control pain.
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Answers ( All Chapters Covered ) Already Graded A+|
Latest Update 2025/2026.
QUESTION: An ovum bursts from one of a woman's two __________ and is drawn into one of two
__________.
a. ovaries; testes
b. fallopian tubes; ovaries
c. corpus luteum; fallopian tubes
d. ovaries; fallopian tubes ✓✓Correct Answer: d. ovaries; fallopian tubes
QUESTION: Early medical records of SIDS babies reveal
a. a family history of chromosomal abnormalities.
b. higher rates of prematurity and low birth weight, poor Apgar scores, and limp muscle tone.
c. they were born after their due date and had higher-than-average birth weights.
d. they often cried or whimpered in their sleep. ✓✓Correct Answer: b. higher rates of prematurity
and low birth weight, poor Apgar scores, and limp muscle tone.
QUESTION: The Apgar Scale rates the following newborn characteristics:
a. appearance, personality, grimace, activity, and reflexes.
b. aptitude, pulse, grimace, appearance, and renal function.
c. appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, and respiration.
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,d. airway, personality, general temperament, appearance, and reaction time. ✓✓Correct Answer: c.
appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, and respiration.
QUESTION: Prenatally malnourished babies frequently
reject breast milk.
have enlarged hearts.
have a higher-than-average birth weight.
catch respiratory illnesses. ✓✓Correct Answer: d. catch respiratory illnesses.
QUESTION: Men affected by even tiny amounts of dioxin in their bloodstream father
nearly twice as many girls as boys.
more boys than girls.
more twins and triplets than unaffected men.
fewer children than unaffected men. ✓✓Correct Answer: nearly twice as many girls as boys.
QUESTION: Around the time of birth, fathers who are in contact with the mother and baby often
show
slight increases in estrogens.
slight decreases in prolactin.
moderate increases in androgens.
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,slight increases in androgens. ✓✓Correct Answer: a. slight increases in estrogens.
QUESTION: High levels of prenatal lead exposure are related to
deformities of the gums and nails.
difficulty in chewing and swallowing.
breast and uterine cancers in women.
prematurity, low birth weight, and brain damage. ✓✓Correct Answer: d. prematurity, low birth
weight, and brain damage.
QUESTION: In the United States, the second leading cause of neonatal mortality is __________,
which is largely preventable.
a. low birth weight
b. physical abnormality
c. sudden infant death syndrome
d. malnutrition ✓✓Correct Answer: a. low birth weight
QUESTION: Most freestanding birth centers
a. encourage family participation, but do not allow maternal control over labor and delivery.
b. do not allow family members and friends to participate in the birth.
c. permit a choice of delivery positions.
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, d. encourage childbirth medication and delivery instruments. ✓✓Correct Answer: c. permit a choice
of delivery positions.
QUESTION: While the senses of __________ have begun to emerge by 20 weeks, a fetus born at this
time cannot survive because __________.
a. sight and sound; its brain cannot yet control breathing and body temperature
b. touch and sight; the billions of neurons of its brain are not yet produced
c. smell and sound; the cerebral cortex, the seat of human intelligence, is too large
d. sight and sound; the neurons of its brain have not begun forming synapses ✓✓Correct Answer: a.
sight and sound; its brain cannot yet control breathing and body temperature
QUESTION: Swaddling newborns
a. increases crying.
b. hinders early motor development.
c. promotes an insecure attachment relationship.
d. reduces crying. ✓✓Correct Answer: d. reduces crying
QUESTION: A certified nurse-midwife
a. cannot legally deliver a baby at home in most states.
b. has a degree in nursing and additional training in childbirth management.
c. can perform a cesarean delivery and can administer medication to control pain.
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