Deck 6: Contraception and Birth Control

Question 1

What is the least effective fertility awareness method?

A) Periodic abstinence
B) Withdrawal
C) Sterilization
D) Coitus reservatus
E) Abstinence

Answer 1

A

Question 2

List each of the six categories of nonusers of contraception. Which one of the six groups of women is truly at risk of an intended pregnancy?

Answer 2

Not Answer

Question 3

Which international organization defines an unsafe abortion as "A procedure for terminating a pregnancy that is performed by an individual lacking the necessary skills or in an environment that does not conform to minimal medical standards or both."

A) Women's Health Alliance
B) World Women's Organization
C) United Nations
D) World Health Organization
E) Women's Reproductive Rights Alliance

Answer 3

D

Question 4

From the standpoint of use effectiveness, what are the most effective and the least effective methods of contraception? Give three examples of each type.

Question 5

One of the oldest know contraceptive methods is ____.

A) sterilization
B) the male condom
C) IUD
D) the oral pill
E) withdrawal

Question 6

One of the first persons to write about the male condom was Gabriele Falloppio in 1564 in his writings dealing with ___.

A) fallopian tubes
B) gonorrhea
C) contraception
D) syphilis
E) pregnancy

Question 7

In the Population and Society text, Dudley Poston notes that persons who practice the rhythm method are often referred to as ____.

A) Catholics
B) cyclists
C) Mennonites
D) parents
E) socio-economically disadvantaged

Question 8

Write a short essay distinguishing between the two ways to measure contraceptive effectiveness, namely, theoretical effectiveness and use effectiveness.

Question 9

Hormonal contraceptives are administered ___.

A) orally
B) transdermally
C) via injection
D) subdermal
E) all of the above

Question 10

Abortions became legal in the United States in 1973 with which Supreme Court decision?

A) Loving v. Virginia
B) Roe v. Wade
C) Lawrance v. Texas
D) Obergefell v. Hodges
E) Sumlin v. Alabama

Question 11

The Population and Society text discusses the so-called four crusaders who were behind the development in the U.S. of the oral contraceptive. Who were these four crusaders? What role did each play in the development of the oral contraceptive?

Question 12

Which of the following are "modern" methods of birth control?

A) IUD, sterilization, rhythm method, withdrawal
B) Sterilization, withdrawal, vaginal contraceptives, diaphragm
C) IUD, contraception injection, sterilization, diaphragm
D) Contraception injection, sterilization, diaphragm, withdrawal
E) Foams/jellies, rhythm method, diaphragm, male condom