ReCAPP: Professional Credits: Puberty Quiz

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Puberty

Continuing Education
Self-Study Quiz
for CHES and
CFLE Contact Hours

Directions:
Read each question carefully. Circle the appropriate letter for each answer on a printed version of the self-study quiz answer sheet.

Circle only one answer for each question.

According to the 2001 Herman-Giddens, Wang, and Koch study on secondary sexual characteristics in boys, African-American boys begin puberty earlier than White and Mexican-American boys because:
1. African-American boys maintain more nutritious diets.
2. White and Mexican-American boys are subject to endocrine disruptors.
3. African-American mothers receive better prenatal care.
4. The authors do not have an explanation for the earlier puberty onset at this time.
Herman-Giddens, Slora, Wasserman, Bourdony, Bhapkar, Koch, and Heismeir (1997) cite all of the following as reasons to study the early onset of puberty in girls EXCEPT:
1. Early sexual development is linked with clinical depression.
2. With earlier onset of puberty, pediatricians will need to talk to young girls about the developmental changes.
3. Sex education may need to begin at an earlier age.
4. Early hormonal changes and differences in development based on race may have implications for women's health later in life.
When it comes to puberty, boys tend to develop:
1. at the same age as girls.
2. two years earlier than girls.
3. two years later than girls.
4. at the same time as their peers.
All of the following are changes that both boys and girls go through during puberty EXCEPT:
1. growth spurt.
2. decreased attention to physical appearance.
3. increased growth of hair.
4. acne.
The hormones responsible for the changes that occur in puberty are:
1. estrogen and pituitaries.
2. estrogen and testosterone.
3. testosterone and ovularies.
4. androgens and pituitaries.
During ejaculation, sperm move through the male reproductive system in the following order:
1. testicles, epididymis, vas deferens, prostate, urethra.
2. epididymis, testicles, vas deferens, prostate, seminal vesicles.
3. testicles, vas deferens, epididymis, prostate, urethra.
4. vas deferens, testicles, epididymis, prostate, urethra.
An egg is fertilized:
1. near the cervix.
2. right outside the ovaries.
3. in the uterus.
4. in the fallopian tubes.
All of the following are emotional changes that occur during puberty EXCEPT:
1. interest in romantic love.
2. desire to separate from peer group.
3. increased need for independence.
4. curiosity about bodies and how they work.
Suggestions for how to help a boy cope with feelings about wet dreams include:
1. telling him that wet dreams are temporary and will go away when he grows up.
2. explaining to him the link between wet dreams and manhood.
3. assuring him that this is a sign of having pleasant dreams.
4. explaining that wet dreams are normal and that most boys experience the same thing.
Suggestions for how girls can cope with symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) include:
1. drinking coffee or black tea.
2. avoiding exercise until her period is over.
3. drinking plenty of water.
4. using a cold compress or ice to relieve muscle aches.

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