Questions:
Reproduction, Diseases and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
1. Which of the following statements is NOT true of STDs?
a. STDs are extremely widespread.
b. STDs are easy to track.
c. Billions of dollars are spent every year battling STDs.
d. Most people are unaware of the risks and consequences of STDs.
2. Of the 15 million new cases of STDs in the US every year, what percentage of these new infections are found in teenagers?
a. 10%
b. 2%
c. 50%
d. 25%
3. Which of the following STD has the highest incidence based on the CDC findings?
a. Chlamydia
b. Syphilis
c. HPV
d. Herpes
4. Which of the following STD has the highest prevalence based on the CDC findings?
a. Chlamydia
b. Syphilis
c. HPV
d. Herpes
5. _______ is now at an all time low, presenting an opportunity for elimination of the disease.
a. Gonorrhea
b. Herpes
c. HPV
d. Syphilis
6. Which population has the greatest risk of more serious complications from STDs?
a. men
b. women
7. Why are teenagers and young adults are greater risk for acquiring STDs?
a. multiple sex partners
b. unprotected sex
c. older sexual partners
d. all of the above
8. The Southern US has the highest incidences of _______ in the US.
a. Chlamydia
b. Gonorrhea
c. Syphilis
d. All of the above
9. Why is Chlamydia spread so easily?
a. There is no cure for Chlamyida.
b. Only women contact the disease.
c. 50% of men with Chlamydia are asymptomatic.
d. Screening of the disease is difficult.
10. Gonorrhea is a ______ STD.
a. viral
b. bacterial
11. Gonorrhea most often occurs in ______.
a. African American males
b. Hispanic females
c. all races equally in the female population
d. all races equally in the male population
12. If Syphilis is untreated, it can cause
a. cardiovascular disease
b. neurological disease
c. blindness
d. all of the above
13. Congenital syphilis is when
a. males infect females.
b. females infect males.
c. Males infect males.
d. females infect infants.
14. Syphilis most often occurs in ______.
a. African Americans
b. Hispanics
c. Caucasians
d. Asians
15. Which of the following states has the largest rate of Syphilis?
a. Mississippi
b. Georgia
c. Louisiana
d. Tennessee
16. Which of the following is NOT true concerning HPV?
a. viral disease
b. causes genital warts
c. may cause cervical cancer
d. all forms have identifiable symptoms
17. Herpes infection can not be cured.
a. true
b. false
18. Which of the following STDs affects the liver?
a. Herpes
b. Syphilis
c. HPV
d. Hepatitis B
19. Cirrhosis is
a. a new identified STD
b. a disease of the penis
c. only found in Asian males
d. the scarring of the liver
20. An estimated ______ infants are born to mothers infected with hepatitis B each year.
a. 1,000
b. 2,000
c. 10,000
d. 20,000
21. Trichomoniasis is caused by
a. viruses
b. bacteria
c. parasites
d. worms
22. Genital ulcers are produced by
a. Chancroid
b. HPV
c. PID
d. Gonorrhea
23. Which of the following cities has the highest incidence of Gonorrhea?
a. Memphis, TN
b. Baltimore, MD
c. Detroit, MI
d. Chicago, IL
24. Which of the following cities has the highest incidence of Syphilis?
a. Memphis, TN
b. Baltimore, MD
c. Detroit, MI
d. Indianapolis, IN