NUR514: TEST 4: CHAPTER (21-25): QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
1) What is the general goal of surgical treatment for stress UI?
A) To increase the capacity of the bladder
B) To increase pressure on the vaginal walls
C) To support and strengthen the elevator any
D) To support and stabilize the urethra -- Correct Answer ✔✔ d)
To support and stabilize the urethra
2) What term refers to the period from about 7 to 10 days before menstrual flow
begins until the first or second day of menstrual flow?
A) Amenorrhea
B) Premenstrual
C) Dysmenorrhea
D) Perimenstrual -- Correct Answer ✔✔ d) Perimenstrual
3) Approximately what percentage of women experience severe recurring
symptoms associated with their menstrual cycle?
A) 10%
, B) 20%
C) 5%
D) 25% -- Correct Answer ✔✔ a) 10%
4) Why shouldn't symptoms such as bloating and breast tenderness be considered
disordered perimenstrual symptoms?
A) Because only a small minority of women have these symptoms
B) Because these symptoms affect the majority of women
C) Because these symptoms do not affect women's moods
D) Because it is not possible to quantify these symptoms -- Correct
Answer ✔✔ b) Because these symptoms affect the majority of
women
5) Of the four symptom clusters of perimenstrual symptoms identified by Woods,
Mitchell & Lentz (1999), which was the dominant one in terms of explaining
variance in premenstrual symptoms?
A) Fluid retention
B) Arousal
C) Turmoil
D) Somatic symptoms -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c) Turmoil
6) How is secondary dysmenorrhea defined?
A) Absence of menstruation due to an underlying pathology
B) Painful menstruation in the absence of pathology
C) An underlying pathology causing pain symptoms during menstrual
flow
D) Painful menstruation that occurs in women after the age of 35 --
Correct Answer ✔✔ c) An underlying pathology causing pain
symptoms during menstrual flow
, 7) What is the term for the exacerbation of somatic or mood symptoms in the late
luteal or menstrual phase of the cycle?
A) Premenstrual magnification
B) Perimenstrual dysmenorrhea
C) Premenstrual syndrome
D) Premenstrual dysphoric disorder -- Correct Answer ✔✔ a)
Premenstrual magnification
8) Which of the following is a diagnostic label that is listed in the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual IV-TR?
A) Premenstrual dysphoric disorder
B) Premenstrual magnification
C) Dysmenorrhea
D) Premenstrual syndrome -- Correct Answer ✔✔ a) Premenstrual
dysphoric disorder
9) Women who report experiencing the most severe symptoms of PMS tend to be
A) in their late 40s.
B) in their early 20s.
C) in their late teens.
D) in their late 30s. -- Correct Answer ✔✔ d) in their late 30s.
10) Which of the following is one of the key criteria for a diagnosis of PMS?
A) The symptoms markedly interfere with occupational functioning
B) One of the symptoms is depressed mood, anxiety, or irritability
C) Exclusion of other diagnoses that may better explain the symptoms
D) One of the symptoms is depressed mood, anxiety, or irritability --
Correct Answer ✔✔ c) Exclusion of other diagnoses that may
better explain the symptoms
SOLUTIONS
1) What is the general goal of surgical treatment for stress UI?
A) To increase the capacity of the bladder
B) To increase pressure on the vaginal walls
C) To support and strengthen the elevator any
D) To support and stabilize the urethra -- Correct Answer ✔✔ d)
To support and stabilize the urethra
2) What term refers to the period from about 7 to 10 days before menstrual flow
begins until the first or second day of menstrual flow?
A) Amenorrhea
B) Premenstrual
C) Dysmenorrhea
D) Perimenstrual -- Correct Answer ✔✔ d) Perimenstrual
3) Approximately what percentage of women experience severe recurring
symptoms associated with their menstrual cycle?
A) 10%
, B) 20%
C) 5%
D) 25% -- Correct Answer ✔✔ a) 10%
4) Why shouldn't symptoms such as bloating and breast tenderness be considered
disordered perimenstrual symptoms?
A) Because only a small minority of women have these symptoms
B) Because these symptoms affect the majority of women
C) Because these symptoms do not affect women's moods
D) Because it is not possible to quantify these symptoms -- Correct
Answer ✔✔ b) Because these symptoms affect the majority of
women
5) Of the four symptom clusters of perimenstrual symptoms identified by Woods,
Mitchell & Lentz (1999), which was the dominant one in terms of explaining
variance in premenstrual symptoms?
A) Fluid retention
B) Arousal
C) Turmoil
D) Somatic symptoms -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c) Turmoil
6) How is secondary dysmenorrhea defined?
A) Absence of menstruation due to an underlying pathology
B) Painful menstruation in the absence of pathology
C) An underlying pathology causing pain symptoms during menstrual
flow
D) Painful menstruation that occurs in women after the age of 35 --
Correct Answer ✔✔ c) An underlying pathology causing pain
symptoms during menstrual flow
, 7) What is the term for the exacerbation of somatic or mood symptoms in the late
luteal or menstrual phase of the cycle?
A) Premenstrual magnification
B) Perimenstrual dysmenorrhea
C) Premenstrual syndrome
D) Premenstrual dysphoric disorder -- Correct Answer ✔✔ a)
Premenstrual magnification
8) Which of the following is a diagnostic label that is listed in the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual IV-TR?
A) Premenstrual dysphoric disorder
B) Premenstrual magnification
C) Dysmenorrhea
D) Premenstrual syndrome -- Correct Answer ✔✔ a) Premenstrual
dysphoric disorder
9) Women who report experiencing the most severe symptoms of PMS tend to be
A) in their late 40s.
B) in their early 20s.
C) in their late teens.
D) in their late 30s. -- Correct Answer ✔✔ d) in their late 30s.
10) Which of the following is one of the key criteria for a diagnosis of PMS?
A) The symptoms markedly interfere with occupational functioning
B) One of the symptoms is depressed mood, anxiety, or irritability
C) Exclusion of other diagnoses that may better explain the symptoms
D) One of the symptoms is depressed mood, anxiety, or irritability --
Correct Answer ✔✔ c) Exclusion of other diagnoses that may
better explain the symptoms
