Exam Questions Sexual Health Chapter 11 - Comprehensive Test Bank | Sociology of Sexualities 2e by Fitzgerald by Kathleen Fitzgerald. DOCX document preview.
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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Comprehensive Test Bank | Sociology of Sexualities 2e by Fitzgerald
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