HEALTH 1000 FINAL ECU UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Over ______% of college students report they felt tired or sleepy for 3 or more days in the past week.
Answer:
62
Question:
2. What are two reasons you need to sleep?
Answer:
It restores you both physically and mentally and it conserves body energy
Question:
3. Sleep-deprived people may be at a greater risk of overweight and obesity because of the disruption of
which hormones?
Answer:
Ghrelin, leptin, satiety
Question:
4. Define circadian rhythm.
Answer:
The 24 hour cycle by which you are accustomed to going to sleep, waking up, and performing habitual
behaviors
Question:
5. What are the primary differences between non-REM sleep and REM sleep?
Answer:
Non REM- a period of restful sleep dominated by slow brain waves, rapid eye movement is rare REM- a
period of sleep characterized by brain-wave activity similar to that in wakefulness, rapid eye movement
and dreaming occur
Question:
6. REM sleep is the name for which physiological activity that occurs during dreaming?
Answer:
Question:
7. According to current research, most adults function best with how many hours of sleep?
Answer:
Between 7 and 8 hours
Question:
8. The difference between the number of hours of sleep an individual needs in a given time period and the
number of hours he/she actually slept is called ______________.
, Answer:
Sleep debt
Question:
9. What is a sleep disorder in which breathing is interrupted many times during sleep?
Answer:
Sleep Apnea
Question:
10. A person who has difficulty falling asleep and wakes up frequently may be suffering from what sleep
disorder?
Answer:
Insomnia
Question:
11. Define "Restless Leg Syndrome" and "Narcolepsy."
Answer:
RLS- A neurological disorder characterized by an overwhelming urge to move the legs when they are at
rest N- A lifelong condition that causes people and animals to fall asleep involuntarily during the day
Question:
12. Define domestic violence.
Answer:
The use or force to control and maintain power over another person in the home environment
Question:
13. What is known as violence that occurs between two people in a current or former marriage or sexual or
dating relationship?
Answer:
Intimate Partner Violence
Question:
14. Why do women often remain victims of domestic violence?
Answer:
Financial reasons, fear of retaliation, hope the situation will change, cultural or religious beliefs, still love
the abusive partner
Question:
15. Intimate partners are involved in what proportion of murder-suicides in the United States?
Answer:
Question:
16. What type of situations can be predictors of domestic violence?
Answer:
Alcohol abuse, history of family violence, communication patterns, stress
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Over ______% of college students report they felt tired or sleepy for 3 or more days in the past week.
Answer:
62
Question:
2. What are two reasons you need to sleep?
Answer:
It restores you both physically and mentally and it conserves body energy
Question:
3. Sleep-deprived people may be at a greater risk of overweight and obesity because of the disruption of
which hormones?
Answer:
Ghrelin, leptin, satiety
Question:
4. Define circadian rhythm.
Answer:
The 24 hour cycle by which you are accustomed to going to sleep, waking up, and performing habitual
behaviors
Question:
5. What are the primary differences between non-REM sleep and REM sleep?
Answer:
Non REM- a period of restful sleep dominated by slow brain waves, rapid eye movement is rare REM- a
period of sleep characterized by brain-wave activity similar to that in wakefulness, rapid eye movement
and dreaming occur
Question:
6. REM sleep is the name for which physiological activity that occurs during dreaming?
Answer:
Question:
7. According to current research, most adults function best with how many hours of sleep?
Answer:
Between 7 and 8 hours
Question:
8. The difference between the number of hours of sleep an individual needs in a given time period and the
number of hours he/she actually slept is called ______________.
, Answer:
Sleep debt
Question:
9. What is a sleep disorder in which breathing is interrupted many times during sleep?
Answer:
Sleep Apnea
Question:
10. A person who has difficulty falling asleep and wakes up frequently may be suffering from what sleep
disorder?
Answer:
Insomnia
Question:
11. Define "Restless Leg Syndrome" and "Narcolepsy."
Answer:
RLS- A neurological disorder characterized by an overwhelming urge to move the legs when they are at
rest N- A lifelong condition that causes people and animals to fall asleep involuntarily during the day
Question:
12. Define domestic violence.
Answer:
The use or force to control and maintain power over another person in the home environment
Question:
13. What is known as violence that occurs between two people in a current or former marriage or sexual or
dating relationship?
Answer:
Intimate Partner Violence
Question:
14. Why do women often remain victims of domestic violence?
Answer:
Financial reasons, fear of retaliation, hope the situation will change, cultural or religious beliefs, still love
the abusive partner
Question:
15. Intimate partners are involved in what proportion of murder-suicides in the United States?
Answer:
Question:
16. What type of situations can be predictors of domestic violence?
Answer:
Alcohol abuse, history of family violence, communication patterns, stress
