Week 4 - Quiz_ SOC313_ Social Implications of Medical Issues (CGF2350B)

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12/29/23, 2:19 AM Week 4 - Quiz: SOC313: Social Implications of Medical Issues (CGF2350B) https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/126433/quizzes/381759 1/10 Reminder : Assignments submitted during Winter Break (12/19/23 to 1/1/2024) don’t count towards participation. Learn More (https://cloud.mail.uagc.edu/winter-break? utm_source=lms&utm_campaign=winterBreak) Week 4 - Quiz Due Jan 21, 2024 at 11:59pm Points 20 Questions 20 Time Limit 180 Minutes Allowed Attempts 3 Instructions Attempt History Attempt Time Score LATEST Attempt 1 15 minutes 19 out of 20 Score for this attempt: 19 out of 20 Submitted Dec 29 at 12:18am This attempt took 15 minutes. Week 4 Quiz [WLOs: 1, 2] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Complete the quiz on the assigned readings for the week. The quiz contains 20 multiple choice, true-or-false or matching questions. It is worth 6% of your course grade. You will have three attempts and 180 minutes for each attempt to complete the quiz. The highest score will be shown in the gradebook. This quiz consists of 20 questions and is worth 6% of your course grade . Click on the Take the Quiz button when you are ready to start this exam. When finished, click on Submit Quiz . Take the Quiz Again 0 / 1 pts Question 1

12/29/23, 2:19 AM Week 4 - Quiz: SOC313: Social Implications of Medical Issues (CGF2350B) https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/126433/quizzes/381759 2/10 Sarah is collecting data related to cancer rates. The data cover three decades of people in a single zip code located adjacent to a power plant. Sarah’s goal is to see if there is any pattern between cancer rates and the plant’s activities. Which of the following terms best describes what Sarah is studying? The Bradford Hill criteria. You Answered You Answered Epidemiology. Correct Answer Correct Answer Epidemiological transition. The interaction effect. The answer can be found in Chapter 6, Section 6.3, The Changing Epidemiology of Cancer. 1 / 1 pts Question 2 In the 1970s, the term “cancer survivor” referred to the family members of cancer patients, while today it refers to people who have had cancer and survived. What primarily accounts for this change? Because of improvements in treatments, cancer is no longer considered a death sentence. Correct! Correct! Activist lobbied for more empowering language to be used to refer to people with cancer. In recent years, family members have become less involved in care because of social changes. It has been proven that family dynamics don’t impact a person’s chances of surviving cancer.

12/29/23, 2:19 AM Week 4 - Quiz: SOC313: Social Implications of Medical Issues (CGF2350B) https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/126433/quizzes/381759 3/10 1 / 1 pts Question 3 Recently, the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force announced that women ages 40-49 do not need routine mammograms. What is the most likely explanation for this? The cost of the procedure can’t be justified because the treatment for breast cancer is relatively simple. Palpation exams have been shown to be more effective at detecting cancer. A high number of false positives lead to painful and unnecessary medical procedures. Correct! Correct! Campaigns to encourage healthy behavior have made breast cancer in that age group rare. 1 / 1 pts Question 4 What is one thing all types of cancer have in common? They are caused by an anomaly in the body’s process of making new cells. Correct! Correct! They are caused by tumors, which arise from malignancies in tissues. When they spread, they go through a process called staging. They cause organs and tissues to go through metastasis. 1 / 1 pts Question 5 How does targeted therapy differ from standard approaches to cancer treatment?

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12/29/23, 2:19 AM Week 4 - Quiz: SOC313: Social Implications of Medical Issues (CGF2350B) https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/126433/quizzes/381759 4/10 It concentrates radiation directly onto the location of the cancer. It encourages the growth of healthy cells. It focuses on reducing blood flow to only those areas where cancer is present. It only attacks cells with particular genetic characteristics. Correct! Correct! 1 / 1 pts Question 6 What is the correct definition for remission? the state of having no or reduced signs and symptoms of cancer. Correct! Correct! the state of being cured of cancer. the process of monitoring a patient after successful cancer treatment. the five-year period after cancer symptoms have been eliminated. 1 / 1 pts Question 7 Why does the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) protect people with cancer and cancer survivors? Because people with cancer have a record of a disability. Correct! Correct! Because cancer leaves survivors with permanent disabilities. Because the ADA provides guidelines for how people with cancer can take responsibility for securing their own accommodations.

12/29/23, 2:19 AM Week 4 - Quiz: SOC313: Social Implications of Medical Issues (CGF2350B) https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/126433/quizzes/381759 5/10 Because people with disabilities are more likely to develop cancer than the abled population. 1 / 1 pts Question 8 Epidemiologists have tracked lung cancer rates in both men and women. They noticed the rate of lung cancer among women rose at a slower rate than men. What is the most likely cause of this phenomenon? Early research on lung cancer did not include women. The Marlboro marketing campaign directed at women came out after campaigns directed at men. Advertisers developed cigarette campaigns directed at women decades after those for men. Correct! Correct! Women were less able to afford cigarettes until they entered the work force in greater numbers. 1 / 1 pts Question 9 Which of the following is a specific mental health challenge for young adults diagnosed with cancer? They have more unmet social service needs than children or older adults. Correct! Correct! The uncertainty of cancer treatment challenges their rule-based world view. They experience stress because they become dependent during an age associated with rebellion. They suffer from feelings of guilt because they aren’t providing for their family.

12/29/23, 2:19 AM Week 4 - Quiz: SOC313: Social Implications of Medical Issues (CGF2350B) https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/126433/quizzes/381759 6/10 1 / 1 pts Question 10 What is one reason to recommend yearly colonoscopies for people over the age of 50 even if they have no symptoms of colon cancer? Many types of cancers, including colon cancer, are treated more effectively if detected early. Correct! Correct! Colon cancer is linked to age, not genetics, so there is no blood test to screen for it. Many types of cancers, including colon cancer, lack any obvious symptoms. Tests for colon cancer often result in a false negative, so it is important to retest regularly. 1 / 1 pts Question 11 In the 1990s, Cook and Colby found that television news programs about HIV/AIDS were more likely to depict hemophiliacs with family members but to show gay men alone. Of what is this an example? discrimination against gay men. stigmatization of gay men. Correct! Correct! the depiction of gay men as having fragile households. the need to reconcile with family members. 1 / 1 pts Question 12 What is a likely explanation for why TB is the leading cause of death in HIV/AIDS patients?

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12/29/23, 2:19 AM Week 4 - Quiz: SOC313: Social Implications of Medical Issues (CGF2350B) https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/126433/quizzes/381759 7/10 Because HIV weakens the immune system, and people with HIV can’t fight off TB. Correct! Correct! Because when HIV replicates and spreads to the lungs, they become too weak to withstand TB. Because people with HIV are likely to smoke cigarettes, and thus have compromised pulmonary systems. Because some antiviral medications damage the lung tissue, so the lungs are already weak when TB develops. 1 / 1 pts Question 13 What is the most likely explanation for the emergence in recent decades of more HIV positive patients who are over the age of 50? People over 50 don’t have the same awareness of sexually transmitted diseases as younger people and engage in high-risk behavior. Better treatments have developed that prolong the life expectancy of people who are HIV positive. Correct! Correct! Older adults are becoming more sexually active because of improvements in treating geriatric conditions like heart disease. As perceptions about homosexuality change, more people in their later years are engaging in same-sex relationships. 1 / 1 pts Question 14 When Ela was 18, she was diagnosed as HIV positive after being sexually active for less than a year. Her doctor started her on ART therapy. What is the most likely outcome for Ela? She can expect to live for about another 20 years.

12/29/23, 2:19 AM Week 4 - Quiz: SOC313: Social Implications of Medical Issues (CGF2350B) https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/126433/quizzes/381759 8/10 While she will experience serious disability, she can expect to live into her 50s. She can expect to live as long as she would if she were HIV negative and in comparable health. Correct! Correct! She will probably never experience the effects of the virus. 1 / 1 pts Question 15 In 2010, the White House issued The National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States. On what did this strategy specifically focus? the macro level of the national policy emphasizing prevention. the meso level emphasizing the local community’s role in treatment. the micro and meso level emphasizing an individual’s role in their community to prevent the disease. the micro, meso, and macro levels emphasizing a comprehensive approach to prevention and treatment. Correct! Correct! 1 / 1 pts Question 16 Which of the following is NOT a recommendation from the International Antiviral Society for the use of ART? Newly diagnosed patients should be tested for drug resistance. ART should be offered to patients when their CD4 cell count drops below 200. Correct! Correct!

12/29/23, 2:19 AM Week 4 - Quiz: SOC313: Social Implications of Medical Issues (CGF2350B) https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/126433/quizzes/381759 9/10 Patients should be regularly monitored while using ART. ART should be offered during the acute phase of HIV infection, regardless of symptoms. 1 / 1 pts Question 17 In which of the following cases would one expect to see the ART protocol initiated? For a 65-year-old HIV-positive man on the cusp on virologic failure. For a 21-year-old man with acute retroviral syndrome. For a 38-year-old woman with AIDS who is struggling with symptoms. For a 33-year-old woman who recently tested HIV positive but is asymptomatic. Correct! Correct! 1 / 1 pts Question 18 Why do ART regimens include multiple drugs? Each drug addresses a different aspect of the disease. The regimen helps modulate the side effects of each drug. Some of the drugs treat the virus while others prevent it from being spread to others. It helps prevent the patient’s body from developing immunity to a specific drug. Correct! Correct!

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12/29/23, 2:19 AM Week 4 - Quiz: SOC313: Social Implications of Medical Issues (CGF2350B) https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/126433/quizzes/381759 10/10 1 / 1 pts Question 19 Sally was diagnosed with HIV at birth. She is now three years old, and her CD4 levels have been in the normal range for the last two years. What is the most appropriate way to refer to Sally’s HIV status? cured. in remission. Correct! Correct! immunodeficient. acquired. 1 / 1 pts Question 20 What is the main purpose of opt-out testing in hospitals and clinics? To ensure compliance with HIPPA by allowing people to choose to be tested anonymously. To make it more difficult to receive medical treatment if a person has not been tested. To reduce the stigma of being tested, thus increasing the number of people who get tested. Correct! Correct! To prevent discrimination by allowing people to “opt out” of revealing their test results to employers. Quiz Score: 19 out of 20

Week 4 - Quiz_ SOC313_ Social Implications of Medical Issues (CGF2350B)

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