Question 1

Poor health in low-income nations reflects which of the following factors?

Accepted Answer

A)  the lack of safe drinking water 
B)  the lack of access to medical personnel 
C)  the lack of a nutritious diet 
D)  All of the above are correct. 
A)  the lack of safe drinking water 
B)  the lack of access to medical personnel 
C)  the lack of a nutritious diet 
D)  All of the above are correct.

Question 2

The most common way people in the United States pay for medical care is which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  private insurance programs 
B)  the government's universal health care program 
C)  HMOs 
D)  Medicare and Medicaid 
A)  private insurance programs 
B)  the government's universal health care program 
C)  HMOs 
D)  Medicare and Medicaid

Question 3

Genital herpes is a curable sexually transmitted disease.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which sexually transmitted disease infects 45 million U.S. adults (about one in five)?

Accepted Answer

A)  syphilis 
B)  genital herpes 
C)  gonorrhea 
D)  AIDS 
A)  syphilis 
B)  genital herpes 
C)  gonorrhea 
D)  AIDS

Question 5

In the world's poorest nations today, most people die before reaching:

Accepted Answer

A)  their teens. 
B)  the age of thirty. 
C)  the age of fifty. 
D)  the age of seventy. 
A)  their teens. 
B)  the age of thirty. 
C)  the age of fifty. 
D)  the age of seventy.

Question 6

Social epidemiology is the study of how health and disease are distributed throughout a society's population.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What is the most common method of HIV transmission in the United States? In the world as a whole?

Accepted Answer

The most common method of HIV transmissi

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of a chronic illness?

Accepted Answer

A)  influenza 
B)  cancer 
C)  accidents 
D)  pneumonia 
A)  influenza 
B)  cancer 
C)  accidents 
D)  pneumonia

Question 9

Advancing medical technology has attacked infectious disease in poor countries with what result?

Accepted Answer

A)  Almost nothing: This technology has had little effect. 
B)  Populations have increased rapidly. 
C)  Death rates have dropped to near zero. 
D)  Most children die earlier in life than ever before. 
A)  Almost nothing: This technology has had little effect. 
B)  Populations have increased rapidly. 
C)  Death rates have dropped to near zero. 
D)  Most children die earlier in life than ever before.

Question 10

How does the distribution of eating disorders in the U.S. population help demonstrate the fact that disease is a social as well as a biological phenomenon?

Accepted Answer

The distribution of eating disorders in

Question 11

What is the approximate death toll in the United States each year caused by disease related to being overweight?

Accepted Answer

A)  3,000 people 
B)  30,000 people 
C)  300,000 people 
D)  3 million people 
A)  3,000 people 
B)  30,000 people 
C)  300,000 people 
D)  3 million people

Question 12

Read the Sociology in the News article on

Accepted Answer

As an AI, I'm unable to read e

Question 13

Social inequality affects a society's patterns of health.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Cultural patterns define what is or is not healthy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Industrialization gradually led to dramatic improvements in human health.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Because of so many auto accidents, death rates among young people are much higher than they were a century ago.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Why do many people consider cigarette smoking a major health problem in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Many people consider cigarette smoking a

Question 18

In the world's poorest nations today, most people die before reaching:

Accepted Answer

A)  their teens. 
B)  the age of thirty. 
C)  the age of fifty. 
D)  the age of seventy. 
A)  their teens. 
B)  the age of thirty. 
C)  the age of fifty. 
D)  the age of seventy.

Question 19

Which of the following is considered a behavior placing people at high risk of HIV infection?

Accepted Answer

A)  anal sex 
B)  sharing needles 
C)  using drugs that impair judgment 
D)  All of the above are correct. 
A)  anal sex 
B)  sharing needles 
C)  using drugs that impair judgment 
D)  All of the above are correct.

Question 20

Eating disorders have much to do with how our society defines femininity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 21: Health and Medicine

Poor health in low-income nations reflects which of the following factors?

The most common way people in the United States pay for medical care is which of the following?

Genital herpes is a curable sexually transmitted disease.

Which sexually transmitted disease infects 45 million U.S. adults (about one in five)?

In the world's poorest nations today, most people die before reaching:

Social epidemiology is the study of how health and disease are distributed throughout a society's population.

What is the most common method of HIV transmission in the United States? In the world as a whole?

Which of the following is an example of a chronic illness?

Advancing medical technology has attacked infectious disease in poor countries with what result?

How does the distribution of eating disorders in the U.S. population help demonstrate the fact that disease is a social as well as a biological phenomenon?

What is the approximate death toll in the United States each year caused by disease related to being overweight?

Read the Sociology in the News article on

Social inequality affects a society's patterns of health.

Cultural patterns define what is or is not healthy.

Industrialization gradually led to dramatic improvements in human health.

Because of so many auto accidents, death rates among young people are much higher than they were a century ago.

Why do many people consider cigarette smoking a major health problem in the United States?

In the world's poorest nations today, most people die before reaching:

Which of the following is considered a behavior placing people at high risk of HIV infection?

Eating disorders have much to do with how our society defines femininity.

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