Sexology Practice Exam
This practice exam was made for the course “Sexology” in 2023. It contains 56 questions, separated
per week. The last 8 questions are bonus questions. The answers start on page 9 of this document.
Good luck!
Week 1
1. Which belief belonged to Christianity of the 15th century?
a) sexual intercourse is one of the finest pleasures of life
b) the original humans were double creatures, and the god split them in half
c) nocturnal emissions occur as a result of intercourse with tiny spiritual creatures
d) all of the above
2. Who discovered sperm in semen?
a) Hertwig
b) Elllis
c) van Leeuwenhoek
d) von Krafft-Ebing
3. The media can have a society-shaping effect. It defines what is important and what isn’t by which
stories it covers. This is referred to as:
a) cultivation
b) agenda setting
c) social learning
d) selective cultivation
4. Who investigated sex from a behavioristic perspective, looking for positive reinforcers in sex?
a) Freud
b) Gagnon
c) Wilson
d) Bandura
5. Which ideology / statement is not true of the feminist theories?
a) gender signals a status in a culture
b) women’s sexuality is repressed
c) gender roles are too restrictive for both genders
d) society scripts sexual behaviors and gender roles
6. When a person’s behavior is constructed through his or her interaction with others, we refer to this
as:
a) symbolic interaction theory
b) behavioral scripts
c) behavioral fields
d) social institutions
,7. Which pattern is correct about the sexual response cycle of men?
a) vasocongestion causes an erection; vasoconstriction causes detumescence
b) vasocongestion causes detumescence; vasoconstriction causes an erection
c) an erection causes vasocongestion, detumescence causes vasoconstriction
d) detumescence causes vasocongestion, an erection causes vasoconstriction
8. What leads to a greater likelihood for a female to experience orgasm during penis-in-vagina
intercourse?
a) a longer clitoral-urethral distance
b) a shorter clitoral-urethral distance
c) increased testosterone levels
d) it cannot be narrowed down to one biological factor; only psychological ones have been
proven to have an effect
9. What is a retrograde ejaculation and what causes it?
a) it is a delayed ejaculation, caused by the lack of blood in the corpora cavernosa
b) it is a delayed ejaculation, caused by psychological factors
c) it is an orgasm without ejaculation, caused by the emptying of the ejaculate into the bladder
d) it is an orgasm without ejaculation, caused by the lack of ejaculate produced by the prostate
10. Which gland is responsible for female ejaculations?
a) Cowper’s gland
b) Skene’s gland
a) Bartholin glands
b) Tyson’s glands
11. Which hormone / neurotransmitter causes female libido?
a) androgens
b) testosterone
c) dopamine
d) oxytocin
12. In sexual functioning, certain drugs can serve as:
a) aphrodisiacs only
b) anaphrodisiacs only
c) both aphrodisiacs and anaphrodisiacs
d) neither aphrodisiacs nor anaphrodisiacs
Week 2
13. Which term refers to the vaginal opening?
a) fourchette
b) perineum
c) introitus
d) hymen
, 14. Which layer of the uterus creates menstrual discharge?
a) endometrium
b) myometrium
c) perimetrium
d) all layers
15. Which is not a function of the ovaries?
a) producing eggs
b) manufacturing estrogen
c) manufacturing progesterone
d) manufacturing prolactin
16. Which statement is false concerning circumcision?
a) it results in a decreased chance for urinary infection
b) it results in a decreased chance for HIV
c) it results in a decreased chance for prostate cancer
d) the penis becomes less excitable
17. What is not true about the seminiferous tubules?
a) there are about a 1000 of them in the testes
b) they produce testosterone
c) they manufacture sperm
d) they store sperm
18. What is the correct order in which sperms mature?
a) spermatogonium spermatocyte spermatozoan
b) spermatogonium spermatozoan spermatocyte
c) spermatocyte spermatozoan spermatogonium
d) spermatocyte spermatogonium spermatozoan
19. What secretes pre-ejaculate fluid?
a) the prostate
b) the seminal vesicles
c) Cowper’s glands
d) the testicles
20. Which of the following is the effect of progesterone and not estrogen?
a) growth of the uterus, vagina, pelvis, and breasts
b) creation of a uterine lining to support a fertilized egg, embryo, and fetus
c) maintenance of the mucous membrane if the vagina
d) the stopping of bone- and muscle growth
21. Which pair of female and male organs are homologous but not analogous?
a) penis glans and clitoris
b) testes and ovaries
c) prostate and Skene’s gland
d) penoscrotal raphe and labia minora
This practice exam was made for the course “Sexology” in 2023. It contains 56 questions, separated
per week. The last 8 questions are bonus questions. The answers start on page 9 of this document.
Good luck!
Week 1
1. Which belief belonged to Christianity of the 15th century?
a) sexual intercourse is one of the finest pleasures of life
b) the original humans were double creatures, and the god split them in half
c) nocturnal emissions occur as a result of intercourse with tiny spiritual creatures
d) all of the above
2. Who discovered sperm in semen?
a) Hertwig
b) Elllis
c) van Leeuwenhoek
d) von Krafft-Ebing
3. The media can have a society-shaping effect. It defines what is important and what isn’t by which
stories it covers. This is referred to as:
a) cultivation
b) agenda setting
c) social learning
d) selective cultivation
4. Who investigated sex from a behavioristic perspective, looking for positive reinforcers in sex?
a) Freud
b) Gagnon
c) Wilson
d) Bandura
5. Which ideology / statement is not true of the feminist theories?
a) gender signals a status in a culture
b) women’s sexuality is repressed
c) gender roles are too restrictive for both genders
d) society scripts sexual behaviors and gender roles
6. When a person’s behavior is constructed through his or her interaction with others, we refer to this
as:
a) symbolic interaction theory
b) behavioral scripts
c) behavioral fields
d) social institutions
,7. Which pattern is correct about the sexual response cycle of men?
a) vasocongestion causes an erection; vasoconstriction causes detumescence
b) vasocongestion causes detumescence; vasoconstriction causes an erection
c) an erection causes vasocongestion, detumescence causes vasoconstriction
d) detumescence causes vasocongestion, an erection causes vasoconstriction
8. What leads to a greater likelihood for a female to experience orgasm during penis-in-vagina
intercourse?
a) a longer clitoral-urethral distance
b) a shorter clitoral-urethral distance
c) increased testosterone levels
d) it cannot be narrowed down to one biological factor; only psychological ones have been
proven to have an effect
9. What is a retrograde ejaculation and what causes it?
a) it is a delayed ejaculation, caused by the lack of blood in the corpora cavernosa
b) it is a delayed ejaculation, caused by psychological factors
c) it is an orgasm without ejaculation, caused by the emptying of the ejaculate into the bladder
d) it is an orgasm without ejaculation, caused by the lack of ejaculate produced by the prostate
10. Which gland is responsible for female ejaculations?
a) Cowper’s gland
b) Skene’s gland
a) Bartholin glands
b) Tyson’s glands
11. Which hormone / neurotransmitter causes female libido?
a) androgens
b) testosterone
c) dopamine
d) oxytocin
12. In sexual functioning, certain drugs can serve as:
a) aphrodisiacs only
b) anaphrodisiacs only
c) both aphrodisiacs and anaphrodisiacs
d) neither aphrodisiacs nor anaphrodisiacs
Week 2
13. Which term refers to the vaginal opening?
a) fourchette
b) perineum
c) introitus
d) hymen
, 14. Which layer of the uterus creates menstrual discharge?
a) endometrium
b) myometrium
c) perimetrium
d) all layers
15. Which is not a function of the ovaries?
a) producing eggs
b) manufacturing estrogen
c) manufacturing progesterone
d) manufacturing prolactin
16. Which statement is false concerning circumcision?
a) it results in a decreased chance for urinary infection
b) it results in a decreased chance for HIV
c) it results in a decreased chance for prostate cancer
d) the penis becomes less excitable
17. What is not true about the seminiferous tubules?
a) there are about a 1000 of them in the testes
b) they produce testosterone
c) they manufacture sperm
d) they store sperm
18. What is the correct order in which sperms mature?
a) spermatogonium spermatocyte spermatozoan
b) spermatogonium spermatozoan spermatocyte
c) spermatocyte spermatozoan spermatogonium
d) spermatocyte spermatogonium spermatozoan
19. What secretes pre-ejaculate fluid?
a) the prostate
b) the seminal vesicles
c) Cowper’s glands
d) the testicles
20. Which of the following is the effect of progesterone and not estrogen?
a) growth of the uterus, vagina, pelvis, and breasts
b) creation of a uterine lining to support a fertilized egg, embryo, and fetus
c) maintenance of the mucous membrane if the vagina
d) the stopping of bone- and muscle growth
21. Which pair of female and male organs are homologous but not analogous?
a) penis glans and clitoris
b) testes and ovaries
c) prostate and Skene’s gland
d) penoscrotal raphe and labia minora
