Two working parents or an unmarried working parent head ____ of American families
with children.
a. 50%
b. 60%
c. 70%
d. 80%
On any given day, ____ percent of American men and ____ percent of American
women do not drink any alcohol.
a. 28; 94
b. 35; 87
c. 67; 82
d. 79; 72
What is likely to be someone’s first reaction upon learning that s/he has terminal
cancer?
a. anger
b. bargaining
c. depression
d. denial
What are positive psychologists most likely to study?
a. wisdom and courage
b. love and hate
c. hope and trust
d. humor and resilience
An individual with a high stress level is ____ times as likely to start smoking as a
person with low stress levels.
a. 5
b. 10
c. 15
d. 20
Which is more likely to occur with sleep deprivation?
a. enhanced memory recall
b. weight gain
c. reduced stress
d. increased production of antibodies
Which of the following is true?
a. HIV is easier to catch than other viruses.
b. Sharing dishes, food, and clothing with individuals who are HIV positive is safe.
c. Teenage girls have a reduced risk of HIV infection because of the tightness of the
cervix.
d. HIV cannot be transmitted through oral sex.
Sulema decides to avoid the side effects of the medication she takes to control her
bipolar disorder by not taking it as prescribed. This illustrates _____.
a. abuse
b. nonadherence
c. dependence
d. diversion
In men and women, bone mass peaks between the ages of
a. 15 and 25
b. 25 and 35
c. 35 and 45
d. 45 and 55
The most common reason given by smokers for missing work more often than
nonsmokers is:
a. headaches
b. respiratory illness
c. angina pectoris
d. dental problems
A substance that can cause cancer is known as a(n):
a. carcinogen
b. antigen
c. particulate
d. mutagen
The heart muscle is called the:
a. myocardium
b. endocardium
c. pericardium
d. cardiac layer
The most widespread sexually transmitted bacterium in the U.S. is:
a. herpes simplex
b. chlamydia
c. gonorrhea
d. AIDS
What provides the best protection against spine fractures?
a. shatter-proof glass
b. seat belts and air bags
c. air bags only
d. sitting in the back seat
Prolonged stress can ____.
a. cause brain cells to multiply
b. reduce the effectiveness of cancer treatment
c. lead to lower blood pressure
d. cause telomeres to lengthen
Of the more than 100 different strains of HPV, _____ are oncogenic (cancer-causing).
a. 5%
b. 15%
c. 35%
d. 55%
Which medical condition is most associated with bulimia?
a. heavy menstrual cycles
b. erosion of dental enamel
c. kidney disease
d. panic attacks
Insulin acts in the body by:
a. letting glucose into cells
b. breaking down glucose
c. shunting glucose into the liver for metabolism
d. speeding up homeostasis
Approximately _______ percent of adults in the United States are pathological
gamblers.
a. 1 to 3
b. 5 to 7
c. 9 to 11
d. 13 to 15
An autonomous individual has a locus of control that is ____.
a. negative
b. internal
c. individualized
d. external
An organization that provides health services on a fixed-contract basis is a:
a. fee-for-service plan
b. preferred provider organization
c. health maintenance organization
d. point-of-service plan
Which of the following causes you to lose water more rapidly?
a. living in a cool climate
b. living below sea level
c. eating a meal
d. exercising
The average person requires ____ grams of protein a day.
a. 10 to 25
b. 30 to 45
c. 50 to 65
d. 70 to 85
Health-care spending in the United States has soared to:
a. $513 billion
b. $926 billion
c. $1.3 trillion
d. $2.6 trillion
Which of the following is a known health effect of organic pollutants?
a. infertility
b. liver disease
c. bone cancer
d. hair loss
What is another term for living together?
a. dating
b. cohabitation
c. marriage
d. codependence
Which condition involves a skin infection spread by direct skin-to-skin contact ?
a. mononucleosis
b. tuberculosis
c. herpes gladiatorum
d. toxic shock syndrome
African Americans are ____ as likely as whites to develop hypertension.
a. half
b. twice
c. five times
d. ten times
Which form gives someone the power to make decisions on your behalf?
a. emergency order
b. conditional directive
c. health-care proxy
d. DNR initiative
What is one of the strongest factors that places college students at risk for mental
problems?
a. sexual-identity crisis
b. stress
c. homesickness
d. romantic breakup
The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, signed into law in 2009,
allows the FDA to:
a. regulate cigarettes but not other forms of tobacco
b. force tobacco companies to pay damages to former smokers
c. conduct research on the dangers of smoking
d. forbid tobacco advertising aimed at children
Which condition most indicates overtraining?
a. muscle fatigue
b. unintended weight loss
c. headaches
d. dehydration
What is a near-death experience in which individuals have a sense of passing into a
foreign dimension?
a. autopsy
b. autoscopy
c. transcendence
d. post-trauma
Which phrase best describes androgyny?
a. being of independent orientation
b. going through an identity crisis
c. feeling ambiguous about heterosexuality
d. having masculine and feminine traits
The approach to medicine that takes into account body, mind, emotions, and spirit is
called
____________________ medicine.
Compare Sternberg’s six types of love and demonstrate how varying combinations
within a relationship can affect the satisfaction level of partners.
Explain the differences between the four stages of REM sleep.
Because chronic drinking irritates the stomach lining, it may result in
____________________.
A(n) ____________________ DNR specifies an individual’s wish not to be resuscitated
at home.
Describe the four major vectors in your own words. Give examples of diseases that may
be spread through each vector.
A(n) ____________________ plan is a PPO that allows patients to use physicians
outside the network.
Discuss what steps a person should take if they have an STI.
Repeated cycles of rapid weight loss and gain is called ____________________
dieting.
The ____________________ principle is aptly summed up by the phrase “use it or lose
it”.
Continuing to eat even when you are no longer hungry is a sign of
____________________.
MDMA belongs to a family of drugs called ____________________, which means
“touching within.”
When the number of calories conserved is greater than the number of calories used,
individuals will experience weight ____________________.
____________________ is the most common STI in men.
People who regularly eat at ____________ restaurants gain more weight.
Open sores in the lining of the stomach are known as ____________________.
The drugs that most often provoke allergic responses are ____________________.
What is meant by the four dimensions of progressive overload (the FITT principal)?
The alcohol in a single drink provides about ____________________ calories.
Identify four bodily fluids through which HIV can be spread, and two ways that HIV
cannot be spread.