ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
About half of all pregnancies in the US are unintended and occur most frequently in women who:
A. Are married or divorced
B. Have finished high school
C. Are between the ages of 18 and 24
D. Are memberos of the majority group - CORRECT ANSWER -C
Estimates from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth indicate that ____ of infants born to never-
married women younger than 45yo were relinquished for adoption between 1996 and 2002
A. 1%
B. 11%
C. 24%
D. 49% - CORRECT ANSWER -A
Unintended pregnancy is associated with:
A. Tobacco and alcohol use during pregnancy
B. Less risk of physical abuse and depression
C. Higher number of total prenatal care visits
D. Higher infant birth weights - CORRECT ANSWER -A
One study of more than 10,000 women who had abortions found that ____ had been using a contraceptive
method in the moths they conceived
,A. 14%
B. 34%
C. 54%
D. 74% - CORRECT ANSWER -C
When a patients decision about an unintended pregnancy causes an irreconcilable conflict between a
clinician's personal beliefs and professional responsibility, the clinician should:
A. Make sure the patient understands what those beliefs are
B. Continue to work in settings where such conflicts occur frequently
C. Deny comprehensive pregnancy options counseling to the patient
D. Refer the patient to a colleague or to a different setting entirely - CORRECT ANSWER -D
All of the alternatives that follow are included in pregnancy options counseling except:
A. Discontinue the pregnancy
B. Carry the pregnancy and parent the child
C. Assess the need for additional attention after abortion
D. Carry the pregnancy and place the infant for adoption - CORRECT ANSWER -C
Women who present for pregnancy options an counseling:
A. Understand the time-sensitive nature of the decision making process
B. Should be made aware of the gestational age of the pregnancy
C. Have made their decision and do not need to discuss it
D. Need no further resources to establish a plan of action - CORRECT ANSWER -B
, The most recent data on the timing of abortions indicate that ____ are performed prior to 13wks gestation:
A. 99%
B. 88%
C. 77%
D. 66% - CORRECT ANSWER -B
The method of abortion used in the US-in order, with the most common method listed first- are:
A. Aspiration, medication, induction, surgical
B. Medication, induction, aspiration, surgical
C. Surgical, induction, medication, aspiration
D. Induction, aspiration, surgical, medication - CORRECT ANSWER -A
The WHO estimates that _____ unsafe abortions took place between 1993 and 2003, resulting in enough
deaths to render unsafe abortions one of the leading causes of maternal mortality:
A. 19-20 million
B. 19-20 thousand
C. 1-2 million
D. 1-2 thousand - CORRECT ANSWER -A
Most research studies on methods of contraception use the term efficacy to refer to:
A. Rate of success in those who are spacing their pregnancies
B. Likelihood of pregnancy when a method is used exactly as prescribed
C. Number of pregnancies when a method is used improperly or inconsistently
D. Likelihood of user failure or typical-use failure rates in different populations - CORRECT
ANSWER -B