What is the term for your rate of breathing?
a. respiration rate
b. oxygen use
c. maximal oxygen uptake
d. respiratory reserve
During what stage does slow-wave sleep begin?
a. NREM stage 1
b. NREM stage 2
c. NREM stage 3
d. REM sleep
The most common type of cancer in men is:
a. lung
b. prostate
c. colon
d. kidney
The vast majority of Americans believe that ____ is an important marker of adulthood.
a. being employed full-time
b. marriage
c. having children
d. buying a car
Mononucleosis is caused by:
a. EBV
b. HIV
c. HPV
d. HCV
What would be the best weightlifting regimen for increasing your endurance?
a. fewer repetitions with heavy loads
b. fewer repetitions with lighter loads
c. many repetitions with lighter loads
d. many repetitions with heavy loads
Which statement accurately describes the problem of “carrying” excess weight?
a. A waist measurement of more than 35 inches increases health risk in males.
b. Visceral fat poses fewer health risks than subcutaneous fat.
c. “Apple-shaped” women are at increased health risk but “apple-shaped” men are not.
d. A “pot belly” raises health risks even when a person has a healthy weight.
What is an example of isometric exercise?
a. Using your fingers to touch something
b. Benchpressing weights
c. Throwing a ball into the air
d. Tightening an abdominal muscle while sitting
What is known as a component of performance-related fitness?
a. endurance
b. recovery
c. balance
d. body composition
The body attempts to restore homeostasis during the ____.
a. alarm reaction
b. fight-or-flight response
c. adaptive response
d. resistance phase
What term best describes a scene in which an individual survives a close brush with
death and describes watching from the air as their own body is resuscitated?
a. autopsy
b. autoscopy
c. regeneration
d. post-trauma
Heavy drinking increases the likelihood of ____.
a. having multiple sex partners
b. drinking caffeinated beverages
c. smoking from hookah pipes
d. salt cravings
According to the American College Health Association, ____ percent of students report
using at least one behavioral strategy to control their drinking and prevent
alcohol-related problems.
a. 38
b. 58
c. 78
d. 98
What percentage of adolescents have ever used inhalants?
a. 5%
b. 7%
c. 9%
d. 11%
The action of a diuretic can best be described as ____.
a. delaying the absorption of alcohol in the bloodstream
b. speeding up the elimination of fluid from the body
c. lowering blood pressure
d. speeding up the heart rate
Differentiate between the three stages of labor in terms of the length of each stage and
what occurs during each stage.
Practicing better time management can help to eliminate ____________________ in
your life and reduce stress.
Women, who have smaller skeletons, are more susceptible to ____________________
than men.
Hormones called ____________________ stimulate the gonads to make sex hormones.