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WGU D115 UNIT 4 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST
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How many months of unprotected Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive after 12 months of unprotected
intercourse with the same partner with intercourse with the same partner.
an inability to conceive would be
considered infertility?
A student is learning about pelvic 4. PID results in permanent changes to the ciliated epithelium of the fallopian tubes.
inflammatory disease (PID). The two students have clarified the information on PID.
Which information about PID is correct?
1. An episode of mild PID can
decrease the possibility of a successful
pregnancy by 80%.
2.PID has not been associated with an
increased risk of ectopic pregnancy.
3.Contracting this infection increases
the risk of cervical cancer.
4.This inflammation results in permanent
changes to the ciliated epithelium of the
fallopian tubes.
Which factor increases the risk for ovarian 4. Never having children
cancer after the age of 40 years? Interruption of ovulatory cycles appears to have a protective function against
developing ovarian cancer. This can be achieved with pregnancy, lactation, or use of
1. Prolonged lactation oral contraceptives.
2.Multiple pregnancies
3.Oral contraceptive use
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4. Never having children
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Why is it advised to have children before Egg quality and sperm quality and motility decline with age.
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A healthcare professional is educating a 2. The prostate grows and compresses the urethra, causing most of the symptoms
community men's group on symptoms of of BPH.
benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).
Which pathophysiological condition causes
most of the symptoms of BPH?
1. Obstruction of the urethra
2.Compression of the urethra
3.Infection of the prostate
4. Ischemia of the urethra
Which unique factor causes adolescent 3. The transformational zone extends outside the cervical os in females of early
girls to be at high risk for sexually reproductive age. As females age, this zone recedes into the cervical canal.
transmitted infections (STIs)?
1. The position of susceptible
cells on the adolescent cervix is different
than in older women.
2. They are in an experimental
phase and believe they are resistant to
developing STIs.
3.The length of the vaginal canal is short
in adolescents.
4.The anus to the vaginal introitus is in
close proximity in adolescent girls.
How is gonorrhea transmitted from a 4. Gonorrhea is found in body fluids such as semen and vaginal secretions. It can be
pregnant woman to her fetus? transmitted to an infant primarily through contact with the birth canal and affected
secretions.
1. Unbound in the blood via the
placenta
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2.By direct inoculation with the fetal
scalp electrodes exposed to maternal
body
fluids
3.Attached to immunoglobulin G (IgG) via
the placenta
4. Predominantly through infected cervical
and vaginal secretions during the birth
process
Vital capacity (VC) decreases throughout decreases Less matter means less surface area.
the life span. This is due to the expected
aging change in the adult where
alveolar surface area Choose...increases
decreases.
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