ADOLESCENCE Q & A

1. Define identity
a. When you look at someone else
b. A sense of oneself as a unique person
c. A sense of someone else
d. Your buddy
e. Characteristic of behavior

2. Define adolescence
a. Process of state of growing to maturity
b. Process of growing from adulthood to old age
c. When you get old
d. When you are a child
e. The condition of being fully grown or mature

3. What is the range of adolescence?

a 31-39
b 51-59
c 11-19
d 21-29
e 41-49

4. Who matures faster?

a. Boys
b. Girls
c. Lesbians
d. Gays
e. Transgenders

5. Which of the tasks that teens are dealing with?

a. Overcoming insecurities with the changing body
b. Adjusting to new intellectual abilities
c. Achieving new and more mature relations with age-mates of both sexes
 d. Achieving emotional independence from parents and other adults
e. All of the above

6. What is the master gland of the body?

a. Pineal gland
b. Thyroid gland
c. Thymus gland
d. Hypothalamus
e. Pituitary gland

7. This refers to the primary female sex hormone that is produced by the ovaries
and helps thicken the lining of the uterus.
a. Testosterone
b. Progesterone
c. Estrogen
d. Follicle-stimulating hormone
e. Luteinizing hormone

8. A ceremony that marks the transition from adolescence to adulthood is called

a. Transition
b. Crisis
c. Discretion
d. Rite of passage
e. Development stage

9. Emotional fluctuations in adolescence are caused by

a. Hormonal changes and brain in development
b. Hormonal imbalances
c. Lead to a need for professional counseling
d. Environmental factors
e. Psychological factors

10. One’s thoughts and feelings about one’s self-concept and identity is called
a. self-confidence
 b. self-esteem
c. intuition
d. perception
e. aptitude

11. The following are examples of good habits that adolescents should observe
except
a. erect body posture
b. eye contact while communicating
c. cleanliness and grooming
d. decorum and decency
e. eating snacks from fast food restaurants

12. What is the range of late adolescence that marks the transition into adulthood?
a. 11 and 12
b. 13 and 14
c. 15 and 17
d. 17 and 20
e. 20 and 22

13. The secular trend is ascribed to the following factors except

a. Improved health care
b. Control of infectious diseases
c. Interaction of genetic
d. Environmental influences
e. Economic indicator

14. Which of the following plays a role in pubertal growth?

a. Pituitary gland
b. Thyroid
c. Estrogen
d. Testosterone
e. All of the above
15. What is a girls’ first menstruation called?
a. Menses
b. Amenorrhea
c. Menopause
d. Melatonin
e. Menarche

16. Girls experience the growth spurt about

a. 1 year before boys do
b. 2 years before boys do
c. the same time as boys do
d. 1 years after boys do
e. 2 years after boys do

17. This refers to the primary male sex hormone and plays a key role in the
development of male reproductive tissues, as well as promoting secondary
sexual characteristics.
a. Progesterone
b. Testosterone
c. Estrogen
d. Testes
e. Ovaries

18. Androgen is to male as _______ to female.

a. Estradiol
b. Testosterone
c. Estrogen
d. Hormone
e. Gonadotropin

19. When a girl’s breast begin to grow, it means that she ________
a. has begun puberty
b. is thinking about sex
c. is gaining too much weight
 d. is old enough to date
e. has an illness

20. Occasionally, a boy’s body will release some fluid through the penis during the
night while he is asleep (known as nocturnal emission or wet dream). The fluid
that comes out of the penis is made of ________
a. White blood cells
b. Urine
c. Sperm and seminal fluid
d. Adrenalin
e. egg

21. When girls reach puberty, they experience the following changes in their body
except
a. Growth of underarm and pubic hair
b. Fat deposits on breasts and hips
c. widening of the pelvic bowl
d. muscles get bigger and stronger
e. testes get larger

22. During puberty, __________ begins to grow under a person’s arm and in the
pubic area.
a. Hair
b. Pimples
c. Perspiration
d. Layers of fat
e. Blisters

23. When people reach puberty, they need to take showers and wash their hair
more often than when they were young children because _________.
a. They get dirtier than young children
b. They perspire more than young children
c. They need to use up extra energy
d. Showers help you grow faster
 e. They feel warmer and sticky

24. Paula has developed a training program to improve the peer relationships of
neglected adolescents. The program likely includes teaching how to
a. Listen in a friendly way
b. Ask questions to gain peers’ attention
c. Appropriately enter groups of peers
d. Talk about themselves in ways that relate to their peers’ interest
e. All of the above are correct

25. People start growing quite quickly during puberty because of increased
_________ in their blood.
a. Hormones
b. Sugar
c. Protein
d. Glands
e. Carbohydrates

26. The __________ gland in the brain causes the body to produce growth
hormones.
a. Sweat
b. Pituitary
c. Salivary
d. Puberty
e. Pineal

27. Menstruation is the periodic shedding of the lining of the _________.

a. Vagina
b. Uterus
c. Pituitary
d. Larynx
e. Ovary
28. Ovaries produce hormones throughout the month, but once in each menstrual
cycle, a female’s ovaries produce ______.
a. A period
b. Cramps or aches
c. Pregnancy
d. An egg or ovum
e. Sperm and seminal fluid

29. By the end of puberty, boys usually end up a little _______ than girls.
a. Shorter
b. Faster
c. Taller
d. Slower
e. Heavier

30. During puberty, both boys’ and girls’ voices change because the _______
grows bigger. This is also known as a ‘voice box.’
a. Lungs
b. Mouth
c. Abdomen
d. Larynx
e. Throat