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Exam Questions Sexual Health Chapter 11

Chapter 11: Sexual Health

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. A social constructionist approach to understanding illness describes disease as ______ and illness as ______.

A. a biological condition; the accompanying social meaning

B. the accompanying social meaning; a biological condition

C. curable; psychological

D. psychological; curable

Learning Objective: 11-1: Explore the meaning of sexual health and the primary forms of sexual dysfunction for men and women.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Understanding Sexual Health

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Which of the following is the most commonly experienced form of sexual dysfunction for men?

A. sexual aversion disorder

B. premature ejaculation

C. erectile dysfunction

D. failure to orgasm

Learning Objective: 11-1: Explore the meaning of sexual health and the primary forms of sexual dysfunction for men and women.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Sexual Dysfunction and Men

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Which of the following symptoms of female sexual dysfunction is most frequently critiqued?

A. anxiety about sex

B. lack of sexual desire

C. difficulties with lubrication

D. high sexual drive

Learning Objective: 11-1: Explore the meaning of sexual health and the primary forms of sexual dysfunction for men and women.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Sexual Dysfunction and Women

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. How should we think of disability?

A. as purely socially constructed

B. as a medical phenomenon

C. as a binary construct

D. as a continuum

Learning Objective: 11-2: Describe the disability/ability status hierarchy and specifically discuss sexual ableism and the effects of erotic segregation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Sexuality and Disability

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Physically disabled individuals are frequently perceived as ______, while intellectually disabled individuals are frequently perceived as ______.

A. asexual; excessively sexual

B. excessively sexual; asexual

C. erotic; dependent

D. dependent; erotic

Learning Objective: 11-2: Describe the disability/ability status hierarchy and specifically discuss sexual ableism and the effects of erotic segregation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Sexuality and People With Physical Disabilities

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. The belief that the heterosexual script for sex represents the “best” way to obtain sexual pleasure is an example of ______.

A. sexual surrogacy

B. queer theory

C. sexual ableism

D. erotic segregation

Learning Objective: 11-2: Describe the disability/ability status hierarchy and specifically discuss sexual ableism and the effects of erotic segregation.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Sexuality and People With Physical Disabilities

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. A person who helps someone learn about sexual intimacy and pleasure is a ______.

A. sexual citizen

B. sexual caregiver

C. sex assistant

D. sex surrogate

Learning Objective: 11-2: Describe the disability/ability status hierarchy and specifically discuss sexual ableism and the effects of erotic segregation.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sex Assistants and Sex Surrogates

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. Which group is at higher risk for contracting sexually transmitted infections?

A. Young men between ages 15 and 24.

B. Young women between ages 15 and 24.

C. Middle-aged men between ages 30 and 45.

D. Middle-aged women between ages 30 and 45.

Learning Objective: 11-1: Explore the meaning of sexual health and the primary forms of sexual dysfunction for men and women.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sexually Transmitted Infections

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. Nearly all sexually active people will get which of the following sexually transmitted infections?

A. gonorrhea

B. chlamydia

C. genital herpes

D. human papillomavirus (HPV) infections

Learning Objective: 11-1: Explore the meaning of sexual health and the primary forms of sexual dysfunction for men and women.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Common STIs

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. What contributes to the public health crisis created by sexually transmitted infections?

A. People can unknowingly transmit STIs.

B. Most STIs cannot be adequately treated.

C. STI testing is expensive.

D. Few people use condoms.

Learning Objective: 11-1: Explore the meaning of sexual health and the primary forms of sexual dysfunction for men and women.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Sexually Transmitted Infections

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. The stigma attached to sexually transmitted diseases can result in an infected person experiencing ______.

A. sexual self-awareness

B. spoiled sexual self

C. medical reform

D. mental illness

Learning Objective: 11-1: Explore the meaning of sexual health and the primary forms of sexual dysfunction for men and women.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: STIs and Stigma

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. The rise of HIV/AIDS in the 1980s and its association with gay men resulted in a(n) ______.

A. moral panic

B. diversity framework

C. social model of disability

D. expanded sexual citizenry

Learning Objective: 11-3: Explain the origins of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the moral panics of the early years.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Moral Panics Surrounding HIV/AIDS | Anti-Gay Backlash

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. The riskiest behaviors for transmission of HIV/AIDS are ______.

A. oral sex and all penetrative sex

B. oral sex and drug use

C. anal sex and IV drug use

D. all penetrative sex and IV drug use

Learning Objective: 11-3: Explain the origins of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the moral panics of the early years.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Origins of an Epidemic

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. Taking a global perspective, which group makes up the majority of HIV/AIDS cases?

A. intravenous drug users

B. men who have sex with men

C. women

D. children

Learning Objective: 11-4: Describe some of the key social consequences of HIV/AIDS globally.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Global Pandemic

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. What is a major issue with current efforts to treat or prevent HIV/AIDS?

A. The measures are largely ineffective.

B. The financial costs remain prohibitively high.

C. The stigma of HIV/AIDS makes it hard to seek treatment.

D. Moral panics result in underfunded research.

Learning Objective: 11-4: Describe some of the key social consequences of HIV/AIDS globally.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: New Drug Treatments: Potential and Pitfalls

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. Male sexual dysfunction receives more attention from medical institutions than female sexual dysfunction.

Learning Objective: 11-1: Explore the meaning of sexual health and the primary forms of sexual dysfunction for men and women.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Sexual Dysfunction and Men

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. The lack of images capturing disability and sexuality contributes to the eroticization of people with disabilities.

Learning Objective: 11-2: Describe the disability/ability status hierarchy and specifically discuss sexual ableism and the effects of erotic segregation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Sexuality and Disability

Difficulty Level: Hard

3. There are currently no antidiscrimination protections for people living with HIV/AIDS.

Learning Objective: 11-2: Describe the disability/ability status hierarchy and specifically discuss sexual ableism and the effects of erotic segregation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Fear of Casual Encounters

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Disability porn is a contested issue in the United States.

Learning Objective: 11-2: Describe the disability/ability status hierarchy and specifically discuss sexual ableism and the effects of erotic segregation.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Disability Pornography

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. HIV/AIDS is primarily a disease that affects men who have sex with men.

Learning Objective: 11-4: Describe some of the key social consequences of HIV/AIDS globally.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Global Pandemic

Difficulty Level: Hard

Short Answer

1. Define sexual ableism, and explain what contributes to this hierarchy.

Learning Objective: 11-2: Describe the disability/ability status hierarchy and specifically discuss sexual ableism and the effects of erotic segregation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Sexuality and Disability

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. What is the difference between a sex assistant and a sex surrogate?

Learning Objective: 11-2: Describe the disability/ability status hierarchy and specifically discuss sexual ableism and the effects of erotic segregation.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Disability and Sex Work | Sex Assistants and Sex Surrogates

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Explain why sexually transmitted infections should be understood as a public health crisis.

Learning Objective: 11-1: Explore the meaning of sexual health and the primary forms of sexual dysfunction for men and women.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Sexually Transmitted Infections

Difficulty Level: Hard

4. How does social class intersect with HIV/AIDS? Provide at least two examples from the text.

Learning Objective: 11-3: Explain the origins of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the moral panics of the early years.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Current Social Consequences of the HIV/AIDS Crisis

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Who is most at risk of contracting HIV/AIDS in the United States? In the world?

Learning Objective: 11-4: Describe some of the key social consequences of HIV/AIDS globally.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: HIV/AIDS Today | Global Pandemic

Difficulty Level: Medium

Essay

1. Compare and contrast how sexual dysfunction is perceived and treated for men versus women. What do your observations tell us about the social construction of illness?

Learning Objective: 11-1: Explore the meaning of sexual health and the primary forms of sexual dysfunction for men and women.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Sexual Dysfunction and Men | Sexual Dysfunction and Women

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. How are people with physical or intellectual disabilities perceived in terms of sexuality? What contributes to these stereotypes?

Learning Objective: 11-2: Describe the disability/ability status hierarchy and specifically discuss sexual ableism and the effects of erotic segregation.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Sexuality and People With Physical Disabilities | Sexuality and People With Intellectual Disabilities

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Explain the moral panics surrounding HIV/AIDS in the early years of the epidemic. What were the short- and long-term consequences of these panics?

Learning Objective: 11-3: Explain the origins of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the moral panics of the early years.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Moral Panics Surrounding HIV/AIDS | Anti-Gay Backlash

Difficulty Level: Hard

4. Describe the key social consequences of HIV/AIDS globally. What has been the impact in sub-Saharan Africa? How is HIV/AIDS gendered?

Learning Objective: 11-4: Describe some of the key social consequences of HIV/AIDS globally.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: The Consequences of HIV/AIDS on Africa

Difficulty Level: Medium

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Chapter Number:
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Created Date:
Aug 21, 2025
Chapter Name:
Chapter 11 Sexual Health
Author:
Kathleen Fitzgerald

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