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Women’s fGynecologic fHealth, fSecond fEdition
Test fBank
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CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS f f
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS f
Select the one correct answer to each of the following questions.
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1. Which of the following best defines the term “gender” as used in this text?
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a. A person’s sex f f
b. A person’s sex as defined by society
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c. A societal response to a person’s self-representation as a man or woman
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d. A person’s biological presentation as defined by himself or herself
f f f f f f f f f
2. Which factor bears most on women’s health care today?
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a. The complexity of women’s health f f f f
b. Women’s status and position in society f f f f f
c. Population growth f
d. The economy f
3. Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more difficult within Western
f f f f f f f f f f
societies?
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a. The multiplicity of minority groups complicates the issue.
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b. The availability of health care makes acknowledgment more difficult.
f f f f f f f f
c. The diversity of the news media clouds the issue.
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d. Affluence and increased opportunities mask oppression. f f f f f
4. Which of the following most accurately defines “oppression” as used in the text?
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a. Not having a choice f f f
b. Not having a voice f f f
c. An act of tyranny f f f
d. A feeling of being burdened
f f f f
5. In what way does a model of care based on a feminist perspective contrast sharply with a
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biomedical model?
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a. It provides a forum for the exploration of gender issues.
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b. It seeks equal distribution of power within the healthcare interaction.
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c. It emphasizes women’s rights.
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d. It opens new avenues for women’s health care.
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6. Gender is rooted in f f and shaped by f f f f f .
a. society, biology f
b. self-representation, societal expectations f f
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c. biology, environment and experience f f f
d. biology, hormones f
7. Women’s health risks, treatments, and approaches are not always based in science and
f f f f f f f f f f f f
biology because
f f f
a. they are often based on outdated treatments and approaches.
f f f f f f f f
b. they are determined by social expectations and gender assumptions.
f f f f f f f f
c. they often rely on alternative treatments and approaches.
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d. scientific research often fails to take women into consideration. f f f f f f f f
8. Reproductive rights were added to the World Health Organization’s human rights
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framework in the last
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a. 5 years f
b. 10 years f
c. 20 years f
d. 40 years f
9. “Safe Motherhood” was added to the human rights framework in order to
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a. address maternal morbidity and mortality on a global level f f f f f f f f
b. meet a legal obligation f f f
c. correct an injustice f f
d. correct an oversight f f
10. What is a chief failing of the biomedical model in regards to women’s health care?
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a. Its reliance on studies comprised exclusively of males
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b. Its consideration of women as central the model
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c. Its emphasis on science and medicine
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d. Its limited definition of “health” as “the absence of disease”
f f f f f f f f f
11. The social model of health places the focus of health on
f f f f f f f f f f f
a. the community. f
b. the individual. f
c. environmental conditions. f
d. scientific research. f
12. Which question below supports the strategy: “Identify women’s agency in the midst of
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social constraint and the biomedical paradigm.”?
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a. “Are ‘all women’ the same?” f f f f
b. “Why do you care about the issue?” f f f f f f
c. “Are women really victims or are they acting with agency?”
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d. “Who has a choice within the context of health?”
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13. What had been a significant problem in medical research well into the 1990s?
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a. The focus on randomized clinical trials over epidemiological investigations
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b. The lack of representation of women in research trials
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c. The lack of research related to gynecology
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d. The focus on randomized clinical trials over observational research
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14. Gender differences in heart disease can be found in
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a. diagnosis.
b. treatment.
c. identification of symptoms. f f
d. all of the above.
f f f
15. What opportunities are created by applying feminist strategies to gynecologic health?
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a. Better insight into research methods related to gynecology
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b. Better access to the populations affected by gynecologic health
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c. Better understandings from a wellness-oriented, women-centered framework
f f f f f f
d. Better understandings of the social construction of gender
f f f f f f f
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Women’s fGynecologic fHealth, fSecond fEdition
Test fBank
1
, 2
CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS f f
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS f
Select the one correct answer to each of the following questions.
f f f f f f f f f f
1. Which of the following best defines the term “gender” as used in this text?
f f f f f f f f f f f f f
a. A person’s sex f f
b. A person’s sex as defined by society
f f f f f f
c. A societal response to a person’s self-representation as a man or woman
f f f f f f f f f f f
d. A person’s biological presentation as defined by himself or herself
f f f f f f f f f
2. Which factor bears most on women’s health care today?
f f f f f f f f
a. The complexity of women’s health f f f f
b. Women’s status and position in society f f f f f
c. Population growth f
d. The economy f
3. Why is acknowledging the oppression of women more difficult within Western
f f f f f f f f f f
societies?
f
a. The multiplicity of minority groups complicates the issue.
f f f f f f f
b. The availability of health care makes acknowledgment more difficult.
f f f f f f f f
c. The diversity of the news media clouds the issue.
f f f f f f f f
d. Affluence and increased opportunities mask oppression. f f f f f
4. Which of the following most accurately defines “oppression” as used in the text?
f f f f f f f f f f f f
a. Not having a choice f f f
b. Not having a voice f f f
c. An act of tyranny f f f
d. A feeling of being burdened
f f f f
5. In what way does a model of care based on a feminist perspective contrast sharply with a
f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f
biomedical model?
f f
a. It provides a forum for the exploration of gender issues.
f f f f f f f f f
b. It seeks equal distribution of power within the healthcare interaction.
f f f f f f f f f
c. It emphasizes women’s rights.
f f f
d. It opens new avenues for women’s health care.
f f f f f f f
6. Gender is rooted in f f and shaped by f f f f f .
a. society, biology f
b. self-representation, societal expectations f f
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c. biology, environment and experience f f f
d. biology, hormones f
7. Women’s health risks, treatments, and approaches are not always based in science and
f f f f f f f f f f f f
biology because
f f f
a. they are often based on outdated treatments and approaches.
f f f f f f f f
b. they are determined by social expectations and gender assumptions.
f f f f f f f f
c. they often rely on alternative treatments and approaches.
f f f f f f f
d. scientific research often fails to take women into consideration. f f f f f f f f
8. Reproductive rights were added to the World Health Organization’s human rights
f f f f f f f f f f
framework in the last
f f ? f f f
a. 5 years f
b. 10 years f
c. 20 years f
d. 40 years f
9. “Safe Motherhood” was added to the human rights framework in order to
f f f f f f f f f f f f
a. address maternal morbidity and mortality on a global level f f f f f f f f
b. meet a legal obligation f f f
c. correct an injustice f f
d. correct an oversight f f
10. What is a chief failing of the biomedical model in regards to women’s health care?
f f f f f f f f f f f f f f
a. Its reliance on studies comprised exclusively of males
f f f f f f f
b. Its consideration of women as central the model
f f f f f f f
c. Its emphasis on science and medicine
f f f f f
d. Its limited definition of “health” as “the absence of disease”
f f f f f f f f f
11. The social model of health places the focus of health on
f f f f f f f f f f f
a. the community. f
b. the individual. f
c. environmental conditions. f
d. scientific research. f
12. Which question below supports the strategy: “Identify women’s agency in the midst of
f f f f f f f f f f f f
social constraint and the biomedical paradigm.”?
f f f f f f
a. “Are ‘all women’ the same?” f f f f
b. “Why do you care about the issue?” f f f f f f
c. “Are women really victims or are they acting with agency?”
f f f f f f f f f
d. “Who has a choice within the context of health?”
f f f f f f f f
13. What had been a significant problem in medical research well into the 1990s?
f f f f f f f f f f f f
a. The focus on randomized clinical trials over epidemiological investigations
f f f f f f f f
b. The lack of representation of women in research trials
f f f f f f f f
c. The lack of research related to gynecology
f f f f f f
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d. The focus on randomized clinical trials over observational research
f f f f f f f f
14. Gender differences in heart disease can be found in
f f f f f f f f f
a. diagnosis.
b. treatment.
c. identification of symptoms. f f
d. all of the above.
f f f
15. What opportunities are created by applying feminist strategies to gynecologic health?
f f f f f f f f f f
a. Better insight into research methods related to gynecology
f f f f f f f
b. Better access to the populations affected by gynecologic health
f f f f f f f f
c. Better understandings from a wellness-oriented, women-centered framework
f f f f f f
d. Better understandings of the social construction of gender
f f f f f f f
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