Examination Questions - Multiple Choice
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1. Who of the following contributed to a better understanding of the sexual response?
Carl Westphal
Ernst Gräfenberg
Samuel Tissot
Arnold H. Kegel
2. A sexological examination is used to
explore the patient's past sexual behavior
explore the patient's sexual fears and anxieties
explore the patient's sexual responsiveness
explore the patient's medical history
3. For his research, Alfred C. Kinsey used
questionnaires
nation-wide polls
sexological examinations
personal interviews
4. The first sexologist to develop an instrument for recording a patient's sexual history was
Wilhelm Reich
Alfred C. Kinsey
Magnus Hirschfeld
5. Masters and Johnson pioneered
the male/female dual therapy team
the use of the perineometer
taking the sex history of their patients
the PLISSIT model of sex therapy
6. The PLISSIT model of sex therapy was developed by
Masters and Johnson
Jack Annon
7. The WAS Declaration of Sexual Rights lists, among others, the following rights:
the right to make free and responsible reproductive choices
the right to sexual information based upon scientific inquiry
the right to use any drug that can enhance sexual performance
the right to emotional sexual epxpression
8. A woman can easily identify her pubococcigeus muscle by
looking at her vagina with a hand-held mirror
using a large vaginal dilator to look for her G-spot
sitting on a toilet with her legs spread apart and trying to stop the flow of urine
massaging the area below her navel and feeling some muscular tension there
9. Sexual dysfunctions often result from some distortions of sexual communication. Such typical modern distortions are:
an overemphasis on coitus
an overemphasis on orgasm
an overemphasis on the female response
an overemphasis on the process of lovemaking rather than on the result
10. A correct diagnosis of sexual dysfunctions requires
a physical examination
an interpretation of dreams
questioning under hypnosis
taking a sex history
11. Any information given in a patient's sex history
should never be shared with the patient's partner
should immediately be shared with the patient's partner
can be shared with the partner only with the patient's consent
should be compared by the therapist with the information given by the partner
12. The PAHO/WHO/WAS definition of sexual health states that
sexual health is the absence of dysfunction, disease and/or infirmity
sexual health is not merely the absence of dysfunction, disease and/or infirmity
sexual health requires that the sexual rights of all people be upheld
sexual health does not require that the sexual rights of all people be upheld
13. Which of the following are considered "classic" sexual dysfunctions?
vaginismus
sexual aversion
inhibited sexual desire
lack of orgasm
14. In Victorian times, women
had no right to abortion
were believed to have more interest in having children than in sexual activity
had the right to contraception
were considered sick or dangerous if they had strong sexual desires
15. The Diagnostic Handbook of the American Psychiatric Association is known for short as
DSH
DM
DH
DSM
16. The Intersex Society of North America is an organization of
bisexuals
people with gender identity problems
people with sexual orientation problems
people interested in international sexual contacts
17. Masturbation was recommended as therapeutic by the following physicians
Galen
18. The disease homosexuality was invented
in Greek antiquity
in the Middle Ages
in the 18th century
in the 19th century
19. The American Psychiatric Association ceased to consider homosexuality a mental illness
in the 1950s
in the 1960s
in the 1970s
in the 1980s
20. Which of the following terms implies the existence of a natural, correct sexual behavior?
aberration
perversion
paraphilia
deviation
21. The term "dyspareunia" is often used to refer to
pain during sexual intercourse
inability to reach orgasm
22. Women have a problem of tumescence when
they have difficulties reaching orgasm
they experience pain during sexual intercourse
they fail to develop vaginal lubrication
they suffer from excessive vaginal lubricationj
23. Masters and Johnson published their research
in the 1920s
in the 1990s
24. Figures about the prevalence of sexual dysfunctions are not reliable if they are based on the findings of
sex therapists
pharmaceutical companies
poll takers
telephone surveys
25. Which of the following are not gender identity problems?
bisexuality
fetishistic transvestism
gender dysphoria
intersex syndromes
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