Volume CXXXII, Number 23 May 2, 2003 f

Dr. J's Health Quiz
JEFF BENSON, M.D.

Dear students: Who can resist the theme of these final days of the semester? To end the year, an open-Orient, Health 101 final! Collaboration and discussion are definitely and strongly encouraged!!

1. Which of the following statements are true about Plan B (Emergency
Contraception the Health Center gives to women):
a) It is more effective than other methods of EC
b) It causes fewer side effects than other methods of EC
c) It is more effective if taken as soon as possible after unprotected
intercourse
d) All of the above

2. True or False: Orthotricyclen is the only birth control pill that improves acne?

3. What are "Taeniae liberae"?
a) West African tape worms
b) Canadian civil rights group promoting people of short stature
c) The "Ten Books" class studied at Hogworts
d) Connective tissue supports of the ascending colon

4. What proportion of first-year college students arrive already immune to mono?
a) 10 percent
b) 30 percent
c) 50 percent
d) 70 percent

5. True or False: Fingernails grow faster than toenails, and both grow faster in summer than in winter?

6. In the Northern hemisphere, hair grows fastest during which month of the year? And slowest? How about beard growth?

7. How many Americans have smoked marijuana (and inhaled)?
a) 10 percent
b) 33 percent
c) 50 percent
d) 75 percent

8. Match street names to the club drugs:
A. Easy Lay, Fantasy, and Sleep
B. Charity, GWM, and Tweety Birds
C. Banana Split
D. Forget-Me Pill
1. Rohypnol
2. Nexus (2C-B) + LSD
3. GHB
4. MDMA (Ecstasy)

9. True or False: One in fifty American college students will die prematurely from tobacco use?

10. True or False: Exposure to second-hand smoke is the third leading cause of preventable death in the U.S.?

11. What percentage of Bowdoin students have reported sleeping less than 8 hours most weeknights?
a) 20 percent
b) 35 percent
c) 50 percent
d) 75 percent

12. Which of the following statements are true about condoms?
a) They break about five to ten percent of the time
b) The majority of condom failures are due to manufacturing defects
c) They should be stored in wallets, pockets and glove compartments
d) They work best with oil-based lubricants

13. True or False: Oral Herpes Simplex Type I causes nearly half of genital herpes infections?

14. What percentage of women who have chlamydia have no symptoms? And men?
a) <5 percent
b) 25 percent
c) 45 percent
d) >75 percent

15. Which statements about HPV (Human Papilloma Virus, the cause of genital warts) are true?
a) Over a lifetime of sexual activity, three out of four Americans will be infected with HPV
b) At any given point in time, 20 million Americans have HPV infections
c) Condoms offer little protection against HPV
d) Certain strains of HPV can cause cervical and rectal cancer

16. Which risk is higher: Contracting meningitis as a first-year college student or being struck by lightning?

17. True or False: It takes most people one hour to metabolize the alcohol content of one shot of liquor, longer for one glass of wine, and more like a half-hour for a bottle of beer?

18. What percentage of Bowdoin students reported last year that they never have 5 or more drinks in one sitting? How about the number who reported almost always having no more than 1 or 2 drinks?
a) 10 percent
b) 25 percent
c) 50 percent
d) 75 percent

Answers:
1. D
2. False: most OCP's have anti-androgenic effects that help with acne.
3. D
4. C
5. True and True
6. Scalp hair grows fastest in March, slowest in September. Beards grow fastest in July, slowest in January.
7. B
8. A>3, B>4, C>2, D>1.
9. False: it's actually one in ten
10. True - and bonus points for naming #'s 1 and 2!
11. C.
12. All are false. Condoms break two to five percent of the time, and almost always from incorrect use. They should never be stored in over-heated places, and used only with water-based lubricants.
13. True
14. D for women, C for men.
15. All are true. Condoms offer substantial protection against HPV, and are especially effective at preventing cervical infection.
16. Meningitis, but only three times more likely.
17. False. They all have the same alcohol content, and it takes the same hour for all three.
18. B and D.

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