HLT PPT 1 - MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026
NEGATIVE definition of health - Answers A kind of definition that describes health as
• Absence of disease or illness
• Western scientific medical model
POSITIVE definition of health - Answers A kind of definition that describes health as
• A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
• Not just the absence of disease or infirmity
holistic and multi-dimensional - Answers Health is ___ and ___
Physical,
Mental,
Emotional,
Social,
Spiritual,
Sexual - Answers the 6 individual dimensions of health
Physical (dimension of health) - Answers concerns the body: fitness or lack of illness .
Mental (dimension of health) - Answers a positive sense of purpose and an underlying belief in one's
own worth
Emotional (dimension of health) - Answers the ability to feel, recognize and express feelings, and to
develop/sustain relationships .
Social (dimension of health) - Answers the sense of having support available from family and friends .
Spiritual (dimension of health) - Answers the recognition and ability to put into practice moral or
religious principles or beliefs.
Sexual (dimension of health) - Answers the acceptance and ability to achieve a satisfactory expression
of one's sexuality .
virulence - Answers the degree to which a pathogen (like a virus, bacterium, or fungus) can cause
damage, severe illness, or death in an infected host.
Immunodeficiency - Answers a state where the immune system's ability to fight off infectious
diseases and cancer is weakened or entirely absent
pathogenicity - Answers a microorganism's genetic and structural ability to cause disease in a host.
Acquired immunity - Answers a targeted, adaptive defense system that develops over your lifetime.
pathogen - Answers any infectious agent or organism—such as a virus, bacterium, fungus, or parasite
—that causes disease in its host.
The Disease Triangle - Answers a foundational epidemiological model in plant pathology and human
health. It illustrates that an infectious disease can only develop when three specific components
interact simultaneously
Environment,
Host,
Pathogen - Answers three specific components in The Disease Triangle
DISEASE - Answers • Objective state of ill health
• Verified by scientific medicine
Illness - Answers • Subjective experience of loss of health
• Reported symptoms
False; subjective experiences CANNOT be overruled. - Answers True or False: Subjective experiences
can be overruled
Ill Health - Answers Umbrella term = experience of disease + illness
malingering - Answers when a person feels ill, but has no disease
healthy - Answers when a person feels well, and has no disease
screening - Answers when a person feels well, but has a disease
ill health - Answers when a person feels ill, and has a disease
A disease is objective, while an illness is subjective. - Answers main difference between a disease and
an illness
THE WESTERN SCIENTIFIC MODEL OF HEALTH - Answers It is a model that defines health primarily as
the absence of disease or illness. It views the body as a complex machine and relies on biological
NEGATIVE definition of health - Answers A kind of definition that describes health as
• Absence of disease or illness
• Western scientific medical model
POSITIVE definition of health - Answers A kind of definition that describes health as
• A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
• Not just the absence of disease or infirmity
holistic and multi-dimensional - Answers Health is ___ and ___
Physical,
Mental,
Emotional,
Social,
Spiritual,
Sexual - Answers the 6 individual dimensions of health
Physical (dimension of health) - Answers concerns the body: fitness or lack of illness .
Mental (dimension of health) - Answers a positive sense of purpose and an underlying belief in one's
own worth
Emotional (dimension of health) - Answers the ability to feel, recognize and express feelings, and to
develop/sustain relationships .
Social (dimension of health) - Answers the sense of having support available from family and friends .
Spiritual (dimension of health) - Answers the recognition and ability to put into practice moral or
religious principles or beliefs.
Sexual (dimension of health) - Answers the acceptance and ability to achieve a satisfactory expression
of one's sexuality .
virulence - Answers the degree to which a pathogen (like a virus, bacterium, or fungus) can cause
damage, severe illness, or death in an infected host.
Immunodeficiency - Answers a state where the immune system's ability to fight off infectious
diseases and cancer is weakened or entirely absent
pathogenicity - Answers a microorganism's genetic and structural ability to cause disease in a host.
Acquired immunity - Answers a targeted, adaptive defense system that develops over your lifetime.
pathogen - Answers any infectious agent or organism—such as a virus, bacterium, fungus, or parasite
—that causes disease in its host.
The Disease Triangle - Answers a foundational epidemiological model in plant pathology and human
health. It illustrates that an infectious disease can only develop when three specific components
interact simultaneously
Environment,
Host,
Pathogen - Answers three specific components in The Disease Triangle
DISEASE - Answers • Objective state of ill health
• Verified by scientific medicine
Illness - Answers • Subjective experience of loss of health
• Reported symptoms
False; subjective experiences CANNOT be overruled. - Answers True or False: Subjective experiences
can be overruled
Ill Health - Answers Umbrella term = experience of disease + illness
malingering - Answers when a person feels ill, but has no disease
healthy - Answers when a person feels well, and has no disease
screening - Answers when a person feels well, but has a disease
ill health - Answers when a person feels ill, and has a disease
A disease is objective, while an illness is subjective. - Answers main difference between a disease and
an illness
THE WESTERN SCIENTIFIC MODEL OF HEALTH - Answers It is a model that defines health primarily as
the absence of disease or illness. It views the body as a complex machine and relies on biological
