Question :
41.
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41.
Adolescents most at risk of sexually transmitted infection include all of the following groups EXCEPT
A.
young people who start sexual activity early.
B.
young people who have multiple partners.
C.
those who have been given too much information too early.
D.
those who use a variety of contraceptive methods.
42.
Taylor has high grades in school, is on the debate team, and enjoys being a member of the cheerleading squad. All of these factors will
A.
provide her with more opportunity for early sexual activity.
B.
make her less likely to engage in early sexual activity.
C.
put added pressure on her to follow her peers and become sexually active.
D.
increase her sexual desire.
43.
All of the following factors have been cited as playing a part in an adolescent’s decision to engage in early sexual activity EXCEPT
A.
late entrance into puberty.
B.
family patterns of sexual activity.
C.
lack of academic and career goals.
D.
history of sexual abuse.
44.
A powerful predictor of which students would engage in early sexual activity was
A.
remembering learning about sex in health classes.
B.
availability of a steady boyfriend or girlfriend.
C.
access to contraceptive information.
D.
intention, influenced by the belief that one’s friends were doing it.
45.
Teenagers who are knowledgeable about sex are more likely to
A.
use contraception consistently.
B.
use contraception but not consistently.
C.
feel no reason to postpone sexual encounters.
D.
engage in sex but with fewer partners.
46.
Programs that encourage abstinence but also discuss STI prevention and safer sexual practices have been found to ______ sexual initiation.
A.
stop
B.
increase
C.
delay
D.
have no effect on
47.
When teenagers get their sex education from the media they
A.
tend to be overly judgmental about others’ recreational attitudes towards sexual behavior.
B.
believe that portrayals rarely showed risks of unprotected sex.
C.
believe that portrayals were unrealistic and were critical of characters’ views on recreational sex.
D.
believe that programs had no effect on the viewers’ ideas about recreational sex.
48.
According to the text, approximately what percentage of adolescent girls reported using a contraceptive during the most recent time they had sex?
A.
About 80%
B.
About 60%
C.
About 90%
D.
About 70%
49.
The best safeguard for teens who are sexually active is the consistent use of
A.
jellies or creams.
B.
condoms.
C.
morning-after pills.
D.
birth-control pills.
50.
Which of the following teenagers would be LEAST likely to use birth control, or to use it effectively?
A.
Alice, age 17, who is a reporter for her school newspaper, wants to be a journalist, and has been having sexual relations regularly with her steady boyfriend.
B.
Barbara, age 13, who lives with her single mother and has had intercourse only once, and that was within the past month.
C.
Claire, age 16, whose grades are above average and who has been sexually active for more than a year.
D.
Sharon, age 18, who has been accepted to a highly selective university.
