Question 1

With regard to genetic testing, researchers in your text recommend that:

Accepted Answer

A) it should be a collective decision: one's partner and parents should be consulted 
B) it should be a private decision and efforts to intrude on one's privacy should be rebuffed 
C) only a genetic specialist should be consulted to recommend genetic testing 
D) genetic testing might best be avoided, since it only invites unnecessary worry

Question 2

A vasectomy takes about 15 minutes under a local pain killer.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

What percent of all births are to unmarried women?

Accepted Answer

A) less than five percent 
B) 15% 
C) 40% 
D) 65%

Question 4

What percent of Americans view having one child as an ideal family size?

Accepted Answer

A) slightly under a third 
B) 23 percent 
C) 13 percent 
D) 3 percent

Question 5

A therapeutic abortion is performed to:

Accepted Answer

A) protect the life of the baby 
B) protect the health of the baby 
C) protect the health or life of the mother 
D) protect the occurrence of post-traumatic stress disorder

Question 6

Twenty percent of parents in the U.S. adopt children.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which parents of children in foster care are most likely to have their rights terminated?

Accepted Answer

A) gay parents 
B) abusive parents 
C) chronic drug abusing parents 
D) parents who are in jail and are mentally ill

Question 8

What percent of women between the age of 18 and 44 have adopted a child?

Accepted Answer

A) 1% 
B) 12% 
C) 22% 
D) just under a third

Question 9

Discuss social influences on having children and why people do not feel "free" to remain childfree.

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

Dan is married, has three children, and does not want additional children. Dan may consider having a(n):

Accepted Answer

A) oophorectomy 
B) vasectomy 
C) salpingectomy 
D) laparoscopy

Question 11

The National Association of Black Social Workers is against a white family adopting a
black child.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

New research suggests that which of the following is best for female sterilization?

Accepted Answer

A) transcervical (has fewer complications) 
B) abdominal (has fewer complications) 
C) depends on the age of the woman 
D) depends on how many children she has had

Question 13

The primary developmental advantage for the child of retirement-aged parents is that:

Accepted Answer

A) the attention the parents can devote to the child 
B) the stable income of the parents 
C) the connections the parents have established by this age for institutional profit 
D) the role model as a happy couple

Question 14

Identify the motivations to remain childfree.

Accepted Answer

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Question 15

Which country is soon to adopt a one child policy?

Accepted Answer

A) Egypt (part of the revolutionary takeover) 
B) Tunisia 
C) India 
D) Mexico

Question 16

Teen mothers have poorer general health, are more depressed, and have lower self- esteem than women who did not have a child as a teen, who attended college, and who are employed full-time. What is a benefit of being a teen mother?

Accepted Answer

A) making higher grades 
B) having a higher income 
C) drinking less alcohol 
D) having a stable boyfriend

Question 17

Explain the various reasons for an unintended pregnancy.

Accepted Answer

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Question 18

After an abortion, what can a woman expect for at least a couple of weeks?

Accepted Answer

A) guilt 
B) bleeding 
C) regret 
D) anxiety

Question 19

Persons who have a first pregnancy abortion generally have:

Accepted Answer

A) higher rates of anxiety disorder 
B) higher rates of social anxiety 
C) higher rates of post-traumatic stress disorder 
D) no negative consequences such as anxiety or stress

Question 20

Miscarriage is another term for spontaneous abortion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 10: Planning for Children

With regard to genetic testing, researchers in your text recommend that:

A vasectomy takes about 15 minutes under a local pain killer.

What percent of all births are to unmarried women?

What percent of Americans view having one child as an ideal family size?

A therapeutic abortion is performed to:

Twenty percent of parents in the U.S. adopt children.

Which parents of children in foster care are most likely to have their rights terminated?

What percent of women between the age of 18 and 44 have adopted a child?

Discuss social influences on having children and why people do not feel "free" to remain childfree.

Dan is married, has three children, and does not want additional children. Dan may consider having a(n) :

The National Association of Black Social Workers is against a white family adopting a black child.

New research suggests that which of the following is best for female sterilization?

The primary developmental advantage for the child of retirement-aged parents is that:

Identify the motivations to remain childfree.

Which country is soon to adopt a one child policy?

Teen mothers have poorer general health, are more depressed, and have lower self- esteem than women who did not have a child as a teen, who attended college, and who are employed full-time. What is a benefit of being a teen mother?

Explain the various reasons for an unintended pregnancy.

After an abortion, what can a woman expect for at least a couple of weeks?

Persons who have a first pregnancy abortion generally have:

Miscarriage is another term for spontaneous abortion.