BPK 140 MIDTERM MOCK EXAM WITH
ANSWER RATIONALES 2026
◉ What what LEVEL should you EXPLORE HEALTH? (What is
Health?) (Chapter 1)
Answer: Exploring individual and population levels
◉ What is HEALTH INFLUENCED BY? (What is Health?) (Chapter 1)
Answer: Genetics, personal health behaviours, socioeconomic status,
and environmental factors
◉ What are the 3 INDICATORS of HEALTH? (Indicators of Health)
(Chapter 1)
Answer: 1) Life Expectancy
2) Quality of life
3) Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)
◉ What is LIFE EXPECTANCY? (Indicators of Health) (Chapter 1)
Answer: Length of life
◉ What is INFANT MORTALITY RATE? (Indicators of Health)
(Chapter 1)
,Answer: Deaths of infants in the 1st year of life per 1,000 births
◉ What are the TOP 10 CAUSES of DEATH according to WHO?
(Chapter 1)
Answer: 1) Heart Disease
2) Stroke
3) Respiratory infections
4) Chronic Obstructive
5) Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (type of lung disease)
6) Cancer of lungs and airway
7) Diabetes
8) Alzheimer's/Dementia
9) Diarrhea
10) Tuberculosis
11) Road traffic injuries
◉ What are some of the TRENDS RIGHT NOW in HEALTH? (Chapter
1)
Answer: -Diabetes is on the rise
-Tobacco use is still a rising threat
-IMR still much higher in Africa than developed countries (Higher in
countries w/ the shortest life expectancy)
,◉ What are the 3 MODELS of HEALTH? (Models of Health) (Chapter
1)
Answer: 1) Illness Model
2) Medical Model
3) Risk Factor Model
◉ What is the ILLNESS MODEL? (Illness Model) (Chapter 1)
Answer: Views health as the absence of disease
◉ What happens in the ILLNESS MODEL? (Illness Model) (Chapter
1)
Answer: When 1 develops signs and symptoms of disease =
Doctors/practitioners will begin treatment to cure the disease
◉ What is SIGN? And give an example (Illness Model) (Chapter 1)
Answer: -Things 1 can see
-Ex - Spots on the skin
◉ What is SYMPTOM? And give an example (Illness Model) (Chapter
1)
Answer: -Things 1 feels
-Ex - Fever or nausea
, ◉ What happens if the DISEASE ISN'T CURED? (Illness Model)
(Chapter 1)
Answer: Disability and even premature death can happen
◉ When does the INTERVENTION STOP? (Illness Model) (Chapter 1)
Answer: Once the individual returns to neutral position (where
there is no signs or symptoms)
◉ What is the MEDICAL MODEL? (Medical Model) (Chapter 1)
Answer: Scientific empirical approach that attempts to form a
specific diagnosis based on symptoms of a disorder
◉ What VIEW does the MEDICAL MODEL USE? (Medical Model)
(Chapter 1)
Answer: Uses the mechanistic view
◉ What is the MECHANISTIC VIEW? (Medical Model) (Chapter 1)
Answer: Sees nature as an intricate system of complex machine
◉ What did Descartes and Newton BEGAN TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND? And what did they find? (Mechanistic view) (Medical
Model) (Chapter 1)
ANSWER RATIONALES 2026
◉ What what LEVEL should you EXPLORE HEALTH? (What is
Health?) (Chapter 1)
Answer: Exploring individual and population levels
◉ What is HEALTH INFLUENCED BY? (What is Health?) (Chapter 1)
Answer: Genetics, personal health behaviours, socioeconomic status,
and environmental factors
◉ What are the 3 INDICATORS of HEALTH? (Indicators of Health)
(Chapter 1)
Answer: 1) Life Expectancy
2) Quality of life
3) Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)
◉ What is LIFE EXPECTANCY? (Indicators of Health) (Chapter 1)
Answer: Length of life
◉ What is INFANT MORTALITY RATE? (Indicators of Health)
(Chapter 1)
,Answer: Deaths of infants in the 1st year of life per 1,000 births
◉ What are the TOP 10 CAUSES of DEATH according to WHO?
(Chapter 1)
Answer: 1) Heart Disease
2) Stroke
3) Respiratory infections
4) Chronic Obstructive
5) Pulmonary Disease (COPD) (type of lung disease)
6) Cancer of lungs and airway
7) Diabetes
8) Alzheimer's/Dementia
9) Diarrhea
10) Tuberculosis
11) Road traffic injuries
◉ What are some of the TRENDS RIGHT NOW in HEALTH? (Chapter
1)
Answer: -Diabetes is on the rise
-Tobacco use is still a rising threat
-IMR still much higher in Africa than developed countries (Higher in
countries w/ the shortest life expectancy)
,◉ What are the 3 MODELS of HEALTH? (Models of Health) (Chapter
1)
Answer: 1) Illness Model
2) Medical Model
3) Risk Factor Model
◉ What is the ILLNESS MODEL? (Illness Model) (Chapter 1)
Answer: Views health as the absence of disease
◉ What happens in the ILLNESS MODEL? (Illness Model) (Chapter
1)
Answer: When 1 develops signs and symptoms of disease =
Doctors/practitioners will begin treatment to cure the disease
◉ What is SIGN? And give an example (Illness Model) (Chapter 1)
Answer: -Things 1 can see
-Ex - Spots on the skin
◉ What is SYMPTOM? And give an example (Illness Model) (Chapter
1)
Answer: -Things 1 feels
-Ex - Fever or nausea
, ◉ What happens if the DISEASE ISN'T CURED? (Illness Model)
(Chapter 1)
Answer: Disability and even premature death can happen
◉ When does the INTERVENTION STOP? (Illness Model) (Chapter 1)
Answer: Once the individual returns to neutral position (where
there is no signs or symptoms)
◉ What is the MEDICAL MODEL? (Medical Model) (Chapter 1)
Answer: Scientific empirical approach that attempts to form a
specific diagnosis based on symptoms of a disorder
◉ What VIEW does the MEDICAL MODEL USE? (Medical Model)
(Chapter 1)
Answer: Uses the mechanistic view
◉ What is the MECHANISTIC VIEW? (Medical Model) (Chapter 1)
Answer: Sees nature as an intricate system of complex machine
◉ What did Descartes and Newton BEGAN TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND? And what did they find? (Mechanistic view) (Medical
Model) (Chapter 1)
