CSUF PUBH 101 MIDTERM 1 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Diseases of 1900's and today
Answer:
1900s people died of infectious diseases that were communicable from one person to another, such as
smallpox, malaria, pneumonia, TB Today - chronic diseases that develop over long period of time
(heart disease, cancer, stroke, lung diseases)
Question:
2. Leading causes of death
Answer:
1. Heart disease
2. Malignant neoplasms (cancer)
3. Accidents
Question:
3. Actual causes of death
Answer:
Tobacco, and then obesity
Question:
4. Healthy People health goals
Answer:
Preventing/eliminate diseases, disability, injury, premature death improve quality of life/achieve
health equity/improve health literacy promote healthy development/behavior create environment that
promotes good health for all
Question:
5. Predictors of poor health
Answer:
Sex and gender, race/ethnicity, income/education, disability, geographic location, sexual orientation
Question:
6. Locus of control
Answer:
Individuals perception about main causes in their life Internal - individuals have control over their
lives, one's ability to control the situation happening in their life External - a person does not have the
ability to control the situation
Question:
7. Stress and sys-tems affected
, Answer:
physical/emotional state that accompanies stress response Stressor - situations that trigger
physical/emotional reactions Stress response - actual reactions themselves Affects nervous system
(brain, spinal cords, nerves), short-term AND endocrine system (glands, tissues cells), short and long
term stress)
Question:
8. Homeostasis
Answer:
Blood response, heart rate, vital functions return to normal, resistance is new level of homeostasis
where can cope with normal life, added stress.
Question:
9. Fight-or-flight re-action
Answer:
response to stressor, triggers hormonal, cardiovascular, metabolic changes in body survival
mechanism- prepares body for physical action to quickly escape/prepare for battle "absurdly
inappropriate" - no physical response needed for stressors (exams, late to class)
Question:
10. Types of stress
Answer:
TBD
Question:
11. General Adapta-tion Syndrome
Answer:
predictable response pattern to stresses (eustress - good stress, distress - bad stress) Occurs in 3
stages:
- Alarm (most susceptible to disease, fight/flight reaction, could experience
headache, anxiety)
- Resistance (homeostasis, cope with normal life plus stress)
- Exhaustion (several stressors occur, life threatening, phyiological exhaustion)
Allostatic load - long term tear to chronic stress
Question:
12. Long-term wear and tear of stress
Answer:
Allostatic load - When it exceeds your ability to cope, you get sick
Question:
13. Psychoneuroim-munology
Answer:
study of interaction among nervous, endocrine, immune systems, relationship between stress and
disease complex network of nerve/chemical connection between nervous/endocrine sys-tems, impairs
immune system and affects health (short term vs long term)
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Diseases of 1900's and today
Answer:
1900s people died of infectious diseases that were communicable from one person to another, such as
smallpox, malaria, pneumonia, TB Today - chronic diseases that develop over long period of time
(heart disease, cancer, stroke, lung diseases)
Question:
2. Leading causes of death
Answer:
1. Heart disease
2. Malignant neoplasms (cancer)
3. Accidents
Question:
3. Actual causes of death
Answer:
Tobacco, and then obesity
Question:
4. Healthy People health goals
Answer:
Preventing/eliminate diseases, disability, injury, premature death improve quality of life/achieve
health equity/improve health literacy promote healthy development/behavior create environment that
promotes good health for all
Question:
5. Predictors of poor health
Answer:
Sex and gender, race/ethnicity, income/education, disability, geographic location, sexual orientation
Question:
6. Locus of control
Answer:
Individuals perception about main causes in their life Internal - individuals have control over their
lives, one's ability to control the situation happening in their life External - a person does not have the
ability to control the situation
Question:
7. Stress and sys-tems affected
, Answer:
physical/emotional state that accompanies stress response Stressor - situations that trigger
physical/emotional reactions Stress response - actual reactions themselves Affects nervous system
(brain, spinal cords, nerves), short-term AND endocrine system (glands, tissues cells), short and long
term stress)
Question:
8. Homeostasis
Answer:
Blood response, heart rate, vital functions return to normal, resistance is new level of homeostasis
where can cope with normal life, added stress.
Question:
9. Fight-or-flight re-action
Answer:
response to stressor, triggers hormonal, cardiovascular, metabolic changes in body survival
mechanism- prepares body for physical action to quickly escape/prepare for battle "absurdly
inappropriate" - no physical response needed for stressors (exams, late to class)
Question:
10. Types of stress
Answer:
TBD
Question:
11. General Adapta-tion Syndrome
Answer:
predictable response pattern to stresses (eustress - good stress, distress - bad stress) Occurs in 3
stages:
- Alarm (most susceptible to disease, fight/flight reaction, could experience
headache, anxiety)
- Resistance (homeostasis, cope with normal life plus stress)
- Exhaustion (several stressors occur, life threatening, phyiological exhaustion)
Allostatic load - long term tear to chronic stress
Question:
12. Long-term wear and tear of stress
Answer:
Allostatic load - When it exceeds your ability to cope, you get sick
Question:
13. Psychoneuroim-munology
Answer:
study of interaction among nervous, endocrine, immune systems, relationship between stress and
disease complex network of nerve/chemical connection between nervous/endocrine sys-tems, impairs
immune system and affects health (short term vs long term)
