Chapter 18—Maintaining Work and Life Balance: The Key to a Healthy Lifestyle
1. Stress only began to occur in the past 15 years because of technology.
2. An increased risk of developing such conditions as high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetes, and coronary
artery disease can be associated with obesity.
3. Smoking is an appropriate stress reliever because it often serves as an outlet for nervousness and
anxiety.
4. Any successful meeting will address all topics including those from both planned and hidden agendas.
5. Only negative events that occur in daily life cause stress.
6. Health and productivity programs commonly address safety and emotional health as well as physical
health and wellness.
7. Prescription drugs can be abused.
8. Chronic illnesses account for less than 25% of health care spending.
9. Unhealthy employees who actually go to work may not perform at their peak.
10. Marijuana is the most abused drug in the United States.
11. Companies only test for drugs in random intervals.
12. Covering up for an employee who is late because he/she has had too much to drink the night before is
called enabling.
13. The white rabbit habit is a symptom of substance abuse.
14. Procrastination can be caused by perfectionism.
15. Checking for electronic messages frequently is a good way to manage your time because you will
always be up to date on what is occurring at work.
16. A healthy diet contains no milk products because they are high in calories.
17. Workaholics are individuals who are consumed by their jobs and derive little pleasure from other
activities.
18. Type B personalities tend to be highly competitive.
19. Type A personalities are relaxed and easy going.
20. Healthy behavior includes refusing to be drawn into a problem between others.
21. Multitasking greatly increases your efficiency.
22. Lack of information is a good reason to procrastinate.
23. A valuable step in assessing your time usage is to keep a time log of your daily activities.
24. Meeting leaders are responsible for adhering to an agenda.
25. An effective exercise program includes rigorous routines of one hour in length each day of the week.
26. A list of what is to be accomplished during a meeting is called
a.
A priority list
b.
A planned agenda
c.
A time log
27. The body’s physical response to anxiety is commonly known as
a.
Stress
b.
Psychological overload
c.
The fight or flight response
28. Procrastination is caused by
a.
Uncertainty
b.
Abdication
c.
Both answers are correct
29. Time-wasters include
a.
A lack of planning
b.
Checking your e-mails only at certain times of the day
c.
Tackling tough problems at your body‘s peak performance times
30. Enabling behavior includes
a.
Rationalizing
b.
White rabbit habit
c.
Stress illnesses
31. Anabolic steroids
a.
Lead to increased mental alertness and feelings of exhilaration
b.
Cause respiratory depression
c.
Have no intoxication effects but can damage the body
32. Signs you may have a problem with alcohol include
a.
Feeling bad or guilty about your drinking
b.
Needing a drink first think in the morning to steady your nerves or get rid of a hangover
c.
Both answers are correct
33. When one person brings you into a problem that he or she is having with a third person, you have
effectively become involved in
a.
A transfer
b.
A displacement
c.
A triangle
34. Forces not responsible for pushing a work-life balance include
a.
The meaning of work
b.
Globalization
c.
Demographics
35. Stress can cause
a.
Imprecise thinking
b.
Precise thinking
c.
Free thought
36. Estimates are that stress accounts for
a.
10% of job turnover
b.
100% of job turnover
c.
40% of job turnover
37. Marijuana is
a.
addictive
b.
not addictive
c.
not harmful
38. Cocaine is
a.
A stimulant
b.
A morphine derivative
c.
A hallucinogen
39. To help reduce alcohol intake you should
a.
Set a drinking goal
b.
Drink slowly
c.
Both answers are correct
40. Companies may test
a.
After termination
b.
For cause
c.
Only employees in safety sensitive positions
41. ____________________ is putting off or intentionally delaying activities that need to be done.
42. ____________________ is maximizing the time we have to our greatest advantage.
43. An outline or list of what is to be discussed or accomplished during a meeting is known as a planned
____________________.
44. Personalities that tend not to be highly competitive, aggressive, achievement oriented, and impatient
are called ____________________ personalities.
45. ____________________ is the most commonly abused drug.
46. ____________________ can be caused by either good or bad events.
47. Programs that commonly address safety and emotional health as well as physical health and wellness
are called ____________________ programs.
48. Costs of work-life imbalance include costs of health insurance, absenteeism and
____________________.
49. Limiting ____________________ can help because it can cause dependency, chronic insomnia,
persistent anxiety, restlessness, heart palpitations, upset stomach, and depression.
50. ____________________ is trying to do two or more tasks at once.