Practice Quizzes -- Essential Concepts for Healthy Living Third Edition

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Please read each question and select your answer from the choices provided. You must complete all of the questions in order to view your results. At the end of each exam, you have the option to e-mail your results to your instructor.

1: Approximately ____ % of Americans use alcohol.
	A: 23
	B: 46
	C: 60
	D: 85

2: An alcoholic
	A: experiences withdrawal symptoms when not drinking.
	B: limits the number of alcoholic drinks he or she consumes each day.
	C: maintains interest in other activities besides drinking alcohol.
	D: has little desire to drink alcohol when in most situations.

3: While at a party, Susie drinks a 12-ounce bottle of regular beer. This amount of beer contains about the same amount of alcohol as in
	A: a 5-ounce glass of whiskey.
	B: a 12-ounce bottle of gin.
	C: 2 cocktails containing 2.5 ounces of whiskey.
	D: a 5-ounce glass of wine.

4: Which of the following characteristics appears to be associated with an increased risk of alcoholism?
	A: lack of aggressiveness
	B: long attention span
	C: hyperactivity
	D: ability to delay gratification

5: Blood alcohol concentration is associated with one''s
	A: immune system functioning.
	B: exercise habits.
	C: occupation
	D: body weight

6: The most significant risk factor for adolescent alcohol abuse and dependence is
	A: living near more than one liquor store
	B: being reared in an alcoholic family.
	C: attending private schools in urban areas.
	D: having Italian or Greek ancestry.

7: The "detoxification center" of the body is the
	A: kidney.
	B: brain.
	C: liver
	D: pancreas.

8: Alcohol affects the
	A: immune system
	B: brain.
	C: reproductive system
	D: all of the above

9: Years of abusing alcohol can result in
	A: fatty liver
	B: emphysema.
	C: low blood pressure
	D: cystic fibrosis.

10: Drinking ____ or more standard alcoholic drinks per week raises a woman''s risk of breast cancer.
	A: 1
	B: 3
	C: 6
	D: 9

11: Smoking while taking oral contraceptives increases the risk of
	A: pregnancy.
	B: stroke.
	C: gonorrhea.
	D: breast cancer.

12: Pregnant women who smoke cigarettes are at risk of developing
	A: abruptio placentae.
	B: cervical retention.
	C: ovarian rupture.
	D: ovarian tumors

13: Which of the following effects is produced by nicotine?
	A: narrowing of the blood vessels
	B: decreased blood pressure
	C: decreased heart rate
	D: decreased metabolic rate

14: Which of the following conditions occurs with chronic smoking?
	A: tar buildup on the cilia
	B: decreased production of mucus
	C: decreased coughing
	D: increased lung capacity

15: . Smoking is the main cause of ____.
	A: cold sores
	B: emphysema.
	C: pneumonia.
	D: cystic fibrosis

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