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What type of genes stop the activity of the genes that previously functioned normally but now produce abnormal cell duplication?


A) Stability genes
B) Oncogenes
C) Tumour suppressor genes
D) Cancer genes

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According to Kübler-Ross, in what stage would a person who is facing imminent death reason that 'it is not fair' or that 'I am a good person, look at all of the people who are much worse than me and yet are still healthy?'


A) Denial
B) Anger
C) Bargaining
D) Acceptance

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What type of death evokes the most intense grief?


A) Unexpected, such as a heart attack of a person who was thought to be completely healthy
B) Long anticipated, such as cancer
C) Sudden, but expected such as with an intense illness
D) Accidental death

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Infectious diseases remain the primary cause of death for children under age 5 for which of the following continents?


A) Australia
B) Antarctica
C) Africa
D) South America

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As the initial shock of losing a loved one fades, it is frequently followed by a cascade of powerful, unsettling and shifting emotions. These intense emotional states may alternate with down states that resemble the symptoms of which disorder?


A) Schizophrenia
B) Obsessive-compulsive disorder
C) Anxiety
D) Depression

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What type of genes repair mistakes in DNA replication during cell replacement?


A) Stability genes
B) Oncogenes
C) Tumour suppressor genes
D) Cancer genes

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Explain how adolescents have a more sophisticated understanding of death than they did in early or middle childhood, yet when it comes to their own mortality, their conception of death seems limited (or less mature than it will be in adulthood).

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Adolescents are aware of the permanence ...

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When people accept that the death of a loved one is inevitable and begin to adapt to it emotionally, what is happening?


A) Adaptation grief
B) Acceptance grief
C) Anticipatory grief
D) Anticlimactic grief

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Within the United States, what groups have the lowest rates of death from heart disease?


A) Native Americans and African Americans
B) Whites and Asian Americans
C) African Americans and Latinos
D) Latinos and Asian Americans

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Your aunt has been using a substance that has yielded increased muscle mass and bone density, reduced fat and increased activity levels. What is this substance?


A) Oestrogen
B) Progesterone
C) Growth hormone
D) Testosterone

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There are two types of euthanasia: ____ involves ceasing medical interventions that would prolong a person's life, whereas ____ involves not just ceasing treatment but also taking steps to hasten death.


A) voluntary euthanasia; involuntary euthanasia
B) involuntary euthanasia; voluntary euthanasia
C) passive euthanasia; active euthanasia
D) active euthanasia; passive euthanasia

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A student visits a privately funded house where hospice care is provided. He learns that, in addition to the nurse on duty, a staff of volunteers comes around the clock to work. When the student asks the volunteer, 'Isn't this depressing-how can you do this?' what do you think the volunteer might say in response? What are two benefits of hospice?

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Volunteers might say that they are happy...

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What is the belief that after death the soul returns again to earth in another bodily form?


A) Reincarnation
B) Rebirth
C) Regrowth
D) Recycling

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For what age group is cancer the most likely to occur?


A) Emerging adulthood
B) Young adulthood
C) Middle adulthood
D) Late adulthood

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In developing countries, ____ is/are the leading cause of death for children under age 5, whereas in developed countries ____ is/are the leading cause of death.


A) abuse; malnutrition
B) malnutrition; abuse
C) infectious diseases; accidents
D) accidents; infectious diseases

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Individuals who have the strongest religious faith tend to have the lowest death anxiety. Why?


A) They have high confidence there will be a pleasant afterlife.
B) They are sure there is no afterlife.
C) They do not believe in death.
D) Their faith does not allow them to worry about death.

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What part of the chromosome is thought to be the location where cells lose their ability to replicate?


A) Telomeres
B) Free radicals
C) Antioxidants
D) Atherosclerosis

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When is anxiety about one's death the highest?


A) Emerging adulthood
B) Young adulthood
C) Middle adulthood
D) Late adulthood

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What percentage of wives outlives their husbands?


A) 90%
B) 80%
C) 70%
D) 60%

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You and your neighbour have had several discussions regarding religion and politics. You both agree that there is life after death. Based on these beliefs, which of the following is most likely her native country?


A) Russia
B) Hungary
C) Japan
D) Chile

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