Deck 5: Reproductive Health

Question 1

According to Roe v. Wade, each state:

A) must fund abortion services for poor women.
B) must provide abortion information and referrals.
C) cannot outlaw first trimester abortions.
D) All of these are correct.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following is true about the typical abortion seeker?

A) Women living in poverty continue to be more likely than wealthy women to have abortions.
B) More than half of women who seek abortions are in their 20s.
C) Six in ten women who have abortions already have one child.
D) All of these are correct.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

In the United States, what is the most widely used abortion method?

A) Menstrual extraction
B) Dilation and curettage
C) Dilation and evacuation
D) Vacuum curettage

Answer 3

D

Question 4

What does the term medical abortion describe?

A) Abortion performed with pills
B) Surgical abortion performed under anesthesia
C) Manual vacuum aspiration
D) Dilation and curettage

Question 5

Which of the following statements about global abortion rates is true?

A) High levels of medical technology and expertise are needed to provide abortions in a safe manner.
B) About 25 million unsafe abortions occur each year.
C) Unsafe abortions have a relatively minor effect on women's health outside of the United States.
D) All of the these are correct.

Question 6

Which of the following forms of contraception requires a visit to a healthcare provider for a physical exam, fitting, or prescription?

A) Diaphragm
B) IUD
C) Cervical cap
D) All of these are correct.

Question 7

What are the two most popular forms of birth control in the United States?

A) The birth control pill and male condoms
B) Female sterilization and the birth control pill
C) Male condoms and male sterilization
D) Male condoms and the diaphragm

Question 8

Which types of birth control prevent sperm from fertilizing an ovum after they have entered the reproductive tract?

A) Condoms and withdrawal
B) Oral contraceptives and female sterilization
C) Intrauterine devices
D) The diaphragm and spermicides

Question 9

In which year did the U.S. Supreme Court strike down a state law criminalizing birth control pills?

A) 1900
B) 1910
C) 1965
D) 1990

Question 10

Which of the following statements defines an induced abortion, as opposed to a spontaneous abortion?

A) Loss of pregnancy due to natural complications of fetal development
B) Miscarriage
C) Decision to terminate a pregnancy with a medical procedure
D) All of these are correct.

Question 11

A contraceptive with a failure rate of 1% means which of the following?

A) One out of every 100 women using this method will become pregnant every year.
B) One out of every 100 women using this method will ever become pregnant.
C) A woman using this method has a 1% chance of getting pregnant each time she has intercourse.
D) None of these are correct.

Question 12

Which of the following birth control methods typically have a low failure rate during "typical use"?

A) IUD and tubal sterilization
B) Cervical cap and sponge
C) Diaphragm and withdrawal
D) Spermicide and birth control pills

Question 13

Which of the following is a possible side effect of taking birth control pills?

A) More-regular menstrual periods
B) A reduced sex drive
C) Clearing of acne
D) All of these are correct.

Question 14

Contraindications for the birth control pill include which of the following?

A) Being younger than age 18 years
B) Being a smoker older than age 35 years
C) Being more than 5 pounds overweight
D) All of these are correct.

Question 15

Which of the following are considered to be fertility awareness methods?

A) The calendar method
B) The withdrawal method
C) The basal body temperature method
D) The cervical mucus method

Question 16

Which of the following statements are true?

A) Teenage girls tend to rely on their male partners for contraception during early sexual intercourse experiences.
B) Female condoms are more common than male condoms among adolescent couples.
C) Adolescent women who use contraception are most likely to use condoms.
D) The average time period between an adolescent woman's first experience of sexual intercourse and a medical consultation is about 1 year.

Question 17

Family planning has allowed women to advance in society, while also resulting in healthier infants, women, and children.

Question 18

Spermicide works by preventing sperm from fertilizing the ovum.

Question 19

The percentage of women who use a method of contraception during their first sexual intercourse experience has decreased since 1985.