STRESS MANAGEMENT COMPREHENSIVE EXAM
2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔_____ refers to a general sense of anxiety that is not specific to a particular
stimulus. - ✔✔Trait anxiety
✔✔Self-talk is a coping technique that requires some objectivity. - ✔✔true
✔✔A state of mind and body that includes three factors—commitment, control, and
challenge—is known as _____. - ✔✔hardiness
✔✔Spirituality can function _____. - ✔✔as either primary or secondary control
✔✔In a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of
complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), the most common form of CAM was
found to be _____. - ✔✔prayer
✔✔The inability to forgive could lead to ill health. - ✔✔true
✔✔At the Stress Reduction clinic of Jon Kabat-Zinn, patients use _____ to learn to live
in the moment and become acutely aware of feelings, thoughts, and sensations. -
✔✔mindfulness meditation
✔✔Rhonda thinks that the circumstances that she has been through in her life are
inconsistent with her personal values. Rhonda's thought process is an example of
_____. - ✔✔spiritual disease
✔✔Service-learning allows students to apply what they learn in school to the real world.
- ✔✔true
✔✔Which of the following is defined as an organized entity in which people have
common beliefs and engage in common practices relevant to spiritual matters? -
✔✔Religion
✔✔While it is recognized that spirituality is somehow linked to health, it is not yet
included in medical school coursework. - ✔✔false
✔✔Research investigations in which neither the research subject nor the data collectors
are aware of who is in the control group and who is in the experimental group are
known as _____. - ✔✔double-blind studies
✔✔_____ helps individuals improve their leadership, interpersonal skills, and self-
confidence. - ✔✔Volunteerism
, ✔✔ Which of the following dimensions of health is defined as a healthy, supportive
setting in which to function? - ✔✔Environmental health
✔✔A stressor will always elicit a stress reaction and strain. - ✔✔false
✔✔The body's stress reaction that includes an increase in heart rate, respiration, blood
pressure, and serum cholesterol is known as the: - ✔✔fight-or-flight response.
✔✔The cumulative biological wear and tear that results from responses to stress that
seek to maintain body equilibrium is known as: - ✔✔allostatic load.
✔✔A stressor is something with the potential to cause a stress reaction. - ✔✔true
✔✔Men and women generally tend to respond to stress in very similar ways. - ✔✔false
✔✔Which of the following lists the three phases of the general adaptation syndrome in
the order of their occurrence? - ✔✔Alarm reaction, stage of resistance, and stage of
exhaustion
✔✔Which of the following pioneers studied transcendental meditation and developed a
similar meditative technique that was successfully employed to help reduce his patients'
levels of high blood pressure? - ✔✔Herbert Benson
✔✔Distress is defined as: - ✔✔the bad things to which we have to adapt and that can
lead to a stress reaction.
✔✔Which of the following is an example of a behavioral strain? - ✔✔Alcohol abuse
✔✔A systolic blood pressure greater than 140 and/or a diastolic blood pressure greater
than 90 are classified as high blood pressure or hypertension. - ✔✔true
✔✔The primary glucocorticoid is: - ✔✔cortisol.
✔✔The body system responsible for digestion is called the: - ✔✔gastrointestinal
system.
✔✔The part of the brain that "sounds the alarm" that stress is present is called: - ✔✔the
hippocampus.
✔✔The reticular activating system (RAS) needs to be activated to normal levels for the
rest of the brain to function as it should. - ✔✔true
2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔_____ refers to a general sense of anxiety that is not specific to a particular
stimulus. - ✔✔Trait anxiety
✔✔Self-talk is a coping technique that requires some objectivity. - ✔✔true
✔✔A state of mind and body that includes three factors—commitment, control, and
challenge—is known as _____. - ✔✔hardiness
✔✔Spirituality can function _____. - ✔✔as either primary or secondary control
✔✔In a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of
complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), the most common form of CAM was
found to be _____. - ✔✔prayer
✔✔The inability to forgive could lead to ill health. - ✔✔true
✔✔At the Stress Reduction clinic of Jon Kabat-Zinn, patients use _____ to learn to live
in the moment and become acutely aware of feelings, thoughts, and sensations. -
✔✔mindfulness meditation
✔✔Rhonda thinks that the circumstances that she has been through in her life are
inconsistent with her personal values. Rhonda's thought process is an example of
_____. - ✔✔spiritual disease
✔✔Service-learning allows students to apply what they learn in school to the real world.
- ✔✔true
✔✔Which of the following is defined as an organized entity in which people have
common beliefs and engage in common practices relevant to spiritual matters? -
✔✔Religion
✔✔While it is recognized that spirituality is somehow linked to health, it is not yet
included in medical school coursework. - ✔✔false
✔✔Research investigations in which neither the research subject nor the data collectors
are aware of who is in the control group and who is in the experimental group are
known as _____. - ✔✔double-blind studies
✔✔_____ helps individuals improve their leadership, interpersonal skills, and self-
confidence. - ✔✔Volunteerism
, ✔✔ Which of the following dimensions of health is defined as a healthy, supportive
setting in which to function? - ✔✔Environmental health
✔✔A stressor will always elicit a stress reaction and strain. - ✔✔false
✔✔The body's stress reaction that includes an increase in heart rate, respiration, blood
pressure, and serum cholesterol is known as the: - ✔✔fight-or-flight response.
✔✔The cumulative biological wear and tear that results from responses to stress that
seek to maintain body equilibrium is known as: - ✔✔allostatic load.
✔✔A stressor is something with the potential to cause a stress reaction. - ✔✔true
✔✔Men and women generally tend to respond to stress in very similar ways. - ✔✔false
✔✔Which of the following lists the three phases of the general adaptation syndrome in
the order of their occurrence? - ✔✔Alarm reaction, stage of resistance, and stage of
exhaustion
✔✔Which of the following pioneers studied transcendental meditation and developed a
similar meditative technique that was successfully employed to help reduce his patients'
levels of high blood pressure? - ✔✔Herbert Benson
✔✔Distress is defined as: - ✔✔the bad things to which we have to adapt and that can
lead to a stress reaction.
✔✔Which of the following is an example of a behavioral strain? - ✔✔Alcohol abuse
✔✔A systolic blood pressure greater than 140 and/or a diastolic blood pressure greater
than 90 are classified as high blood pressure or hypertension. - ✔✔true
✔✔The primary glucocorticoid is: - ✔✔cortisol.
✔✔The body system responsible for digestion is called the: - ✔✔gastrointestinal
system.
✔✔The part of the brain that "sounds the alarm" that stress is present is called: - ✔✔the
hippocampus.
✔✔The reticular activating system (RAS) needs to be activated to normal levels for the
rest of the brain to function as it should. - ✔✔true
