,Chapter 1: Taking Charge of Your Health
Connect Core Concepts in Health, BIG Edition, 18th Edition – Insel & Roth
Multiple-Choice Questions (50 Questions)
1. What is the primary difference between health and wellness?
A) Health is about physical condition; wellness is about mental condition
B) Health is the overall condition of body and mind; wellness is optimal health and vitality
C) Health is determined by genetics; wellness is determined by income
D) There is no difference between the two terms
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Health is the overall condition of body or mind and the presence or absence of illness or
injury. Wellness is optimal health and vitality, encompassing all dimensions of well-being .
2. Which of the following best describes the six dimensions of wellness?
A) They are independent of each other
B) They are interrelated and affect one another
C) Only physical wellness matters
D) They are static and unchanging
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The six dimensions of wellness (physical, emotional, intellectual, interpersonal, spiritual,
environmental) are interrelated, and ignoring any dimension can have harmful effects .
3. Which dimension of wellness involves the ability to understand and deal with your feelings?
A) Physical wellness
B) Emotional wellness
C) Intellectual wellness
D) Spiritual wellness
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Emotional wellness is the ability to understand and deal with your feelings, monitor your
reactions, and identify obstacles to emotional stability .
4. Which dimension of wellness involves constantly challenging your mind?
A) Physical wellness
B) Emotional wellness
,C) Intellectual wellness
D) Spiritual wellness
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Intellectual wellness involves constantly challenging your mind, detecting problems, finding
solutions, and engaging in continuous learning .
5. Which dimension of wellness involves the ability to develop and maintain satisfying relationships?
A) Physical wellness
B) Interpersonal wellness
C) Intellectual wellness
D) Spiritual wellness
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Interpersonal wellness is the ability to develop and maintain satisfying and supportive
relationships .
6. Which dimension of wellness involves having guiding beliefs and principles that give meaning to life?
A) Physical wellness
B) Emotional wellness
C) Intellectual wellness
D) Spiritual wellness
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Spiritual wellness involves possessing guiding beliefs, principles, or values that give meaning
and purpose to your life, especially in difficult times .
7. Which dimension of wellness involves the livability of your surroundings?
A) Physical wellness
B) Environmental wellness
C) Intellectual wellness
D) Occupational wellness
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Environmental wellness is the livability of your surroundings. Personal health depends on the
health of the planet .
8. What are social determinants of health?
, A) Factors that influence the health of individuals and groups
B) Only genetic factors
C) Only income factors
D) Factors that cannot be changed
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Social determinants of health are factors that influence the health of individuals and groups,
including heredity, health care, and environment .
9. Which of the following is a social determinant of health?
A) Heredity
B) Health care access
C) Environment
D) All of the above
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Social determinants of health include heredity, health care access, and environment .
10. What is health promotion?
A) A process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health
B) A process of treating disease
C) A process of prescribing medication
D) A process of performing surgery
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Health promotion is a process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their
health. It is a vehicle for achieving wellness .
11. What is an infectious disease?
A) A disease that develops over a long period
B) A disease that can spread from person to person
C) A disease caused by genetics
D) A disease caused by aging
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: An infectious disease is a disease that can spread from person to person, caused by
microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses .
12. What is a chronic disease?
Connect Core Concepts in Health, BIG Edition, 18th Edition – Insel & Roth
Multiple-Choice Questions (50 Questions)
1. What is the primary difference between health and wellness?
A) Health is about physical condition; wellness is about mental condition
B) Health is the overall condition of body and mind; wellness is optimal health and vitality
C) Health is determined by genetics; wellness is determined by income
D) There is no difference between the two terms
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Health is the overall condition of body or mind and the presence or absence of illness or
injury. Wellness is optimal health and vitality, encompassing all dimensions of well-being .
2. Which of the following best describes the six dimensions of wellness?
A) They are independent of each other
B) They are interrelated and affect one another
C) Only physical wellness matters
D) They are static and unchanging
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The six dimensions of wellness (physical, emotional, intellectual, interpersonal, spiritual,
environmental) are interrelated, and ignoring any dimension can have harmful effects .
3. Which dimension of wellness involves the ability to understand and deal with your feelings?
A) Physical wellness
B) Emotional wellness
C) Intellectual wellness
D) Spiritual wellness
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Emotional wellness is the ability to understand and deal with your feelings, monitor your
reactions, and identify obstacles to emotional stability .
4. Which dimension of wellness involves constantly challenging your mind?
A) Physical wellness
B) Emotional wellness
,C) Intellectual wellness
D) Spiritual wellness
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Intellectual wellness involves constantly challenging your mind, detecting problems, finding
solutions, and engaging in continuous learning .
5. Which dimension of wellness involves the ability to develop and maintain satisfying relationships?
A) Physical wellness
B) Interpersonal wellness
C) Intellectual wellness
D) Spiritual wellness
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Interpersonal wellness is the ability to develop and maintain satisfying and supportive
relationships .
6. Which dimension of wellness involves having guiding beliefs and principles that give meaning to life?
A) Physical wellness
B) Emotional wellness
C) Intellectual wellness
D) Spiritual wellness
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Spiritual wellness involves possessing guiding beliefs, principles, or values that give meaning
and purpose to your life, especially in difficult times .
7. Which dimension of wellness involves the livability of your surroundings?
A) Physical wellness
B) Environmental wellness
C) Intellectual wellness
D) Occupational wellness
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Environmental wellness is the livability of your surroundings. Personal health depends on the
health of the planet .
8. What are social determinants of health?
, A) Factors that influence the health of individuals and groups
B) Only genetic factors
C) Only income factors
D) Factors that cannot be changed
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Social determinants of health are factors that influence the health of individuals and groups,
including heredity, health care, and environment .
9. Which of the following is a social determinant of health?
A) Heredity
B) Health care access
C) Environment
D) All of the above
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Social determinants of health include heredity, health care access, and environment .
10. What is health promotion?
A) A process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health
B) A process of treating disease
C) A process of prescribing medication
D) A process of performing surgery
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Health promotion is a process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their
health. It is a vehicle for achieving wellness .
11. What is an infectious disease?
A) A disease that develops over a long period
B) A disease that can spread from person to person
C) A disease caused by genetics
D) A disease caused by aging
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: An infectious disease is a disease that can spread from person to person, caused by
microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses .
12. What is a chronic disease?
