Chapter 1—Your Invitation to a Healthy Future
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Giving encouragement for meeting a goal would best be characterized as a(n) ____.
a. reinforcing factor
b. enabling factor
c. behavioral factor
d. predisposing factor
ANS: A REF: Understanding Health Behavior KEY: Bloom's: Understand
NOT: Modified
2. Research on social norms among college students
a. is only accurate if students identify themselves with an ID
b. indicates that most undergraduates smoke cigarettes
c. should never be used in educational campaigns
d. shows that most students misjudge what their peers are actually doing
ANS: D
REF: A Report Card on the Health of College Students – Student Health Norms
KEY: Bloom's: Understand
3. Which of the following is considered a dimension of health?
a. A sense of control over stress
b. Achieving your highest potential
, c. A sense of purpose in the world
d. Social networking with friends
ANS: A REF: Health and Wellness KEY: Bloom's: Understand
NOT: New
4. Which of the following best describes "wellness"?
a. A positive, optimistic outlook
b. A personally satisfying job
c. A decision to move towards optimal health
d. A life free of pain
ANS: C REF: Health and Wellness KEY: Bloom's: Understand
NOT: New
5. Looking at health and the individual as a whole, rather than part by part, describes ____.
a. physical health
b. emotional health
c. holistic health
d. developmental health
ANS: C REF: Health and Wellness KEY: Bloom's: Understand
6. What is the most significant health barrier for minorities?
a. poverty
b. lack of sanitation
c. poor water quality
, d. bacterial infections
ANS: A REF: Health Disparities KEY: Bloom's: Analyze
7. When American men and women, men ____.
a. are more likely to have an eating disorder
b. have lower rates of cancer
c. are less likely to have attention deficit disorder
d. have higher rates of heart attack
ANS: D REF: Health Disparities KEY: Bloom's: Understand
NOT: Modified
8. How much does the United States spend on health care?
a. $50 billion
b. $175 billion
c. $1.2 trillion
d. $2.6 trillion
ANS: D REF: Health in America KEY: Bloom's: Remember
NOT: New
9. Which of the following is a goal for Healthy People 2020?
a. Promote healthy development during adolescence.
b. Achieve health equity.
c. Reduce premature death.
d. Create universal health care.
, ANS: B REF: Healthy People 2020 KEY: Bloom's: Understand
NOT: New
10. In the ____ model, failure is a sign of character weakness.
a. enlightenment
b. moral
c. medical
d. compensatory
ANS: B REF: How And Why People Change KEY: Bloom's: Understand
NOT: Modified
11. A decision to change a health behavior should primarily stem from a ____.
a. personal goal
b. desire to please others
c. significant illness
d. doctor’s recommendation
ANS: A REF: Making Healthy Changes KEY: Bloom's: Understand
NOT: New
12. According to a British study, which habit will increase longevity by 14 years?
a. drinking water
b. taking vitamins
c. regular exercise
d. meditation
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Giving encouragement for meeting a goal would best be characterized as a(n) ____.
a. reinforcing factor
b. enabling factor
c. behavioral factor
d. predisposing factor
ANS: A REF: Understanding Health Behavior KEY: Bloom's: Understand
NOT: Modified
2. Research on social norms among college students
a. is only accurate if students identify themselves with an ID
b. indicates that most undergraduates smoke cigarettes
c. should never be used in educational campaigns
d. shows that most students misjudge what their peers are actually doing
ANS: D
REF: A Report Card on the Health of College Students – Student Health Norms
KEY: Bloom's: Understand
3. Which of the following is considered a dimension of health?
a. A sense of control over stress
b. Achieving your highest potential
, c. A sense of purpose in the world
d. Social networking with friends
ANS: A REF: Health and Wellness KEY: Bloom's: Understand
NOT: New
4. Which of the following best describes "wellness"?
a. A positive, optimistic outlook
b. A personally satisfying job
c. A decision to move towards optimal health
d. A life free of pain
ANS: C REF: Health and Wellness KEY: Bloom's: Understand
NOT: New
5. Looking at health and the individual as a whole, rather than part by part, describes ____.
a. physical health
b. emotional health
c. holistic health
d. developmental health
ANS: C REF: Health and Wellness KEY: Bloom's: Understand
6. What is the most significant health barrier for minorities?
a. poverty
b. lack of sanitation
c. poor water quality
, d. bacterial infections
ANS: A REF: Health Disparities KEY: Bloom's: Analyze
7. When American men and women, men ____.
a. are more likely to have an eating disorder
b. have lower rates of cancer
c. are less likely to have attention deficit disorder
d. have higher rates of heart attack
ANS: D REF: Health Disparities KEY: Bloom's: Understand
NOT: Modified
8. How much does the United States spend on health care?
a. $50 billion
b. $175 billion
c. $1.2 trillion
d. $2.6 trillion
ANS: D REF: Health in America KEY: Bloom's: Remember
NOT: New
9. Which of the following is a goal for Healthy People 2020?
a. Promote healthy development during adolescence.
b. Achieve health equity.
c. Reduce premature death.
d. Create universal health care.
, ANS: B REF: Healthy People 2020 KEY: Bloom's: Understand
NOT: New
10. In the ____ model, failure is a sign of character weakness.
a. enlightenment
b. moral
c. medical
d. compensatory
ANS: B REF: How And Why People Change KEY: Bloom's: Understand
NOT: Modified
11. A decision to change a health behavior should primarily stem from a ____.
a. personal goal
b. desire to please others
c. significant illness
d. doctor’s recommendation
ANS: A REF: Making Healthy Changes KEY: Bloom's: Understand
NOT: New
12. According to a British study, which habit will increase longevity by 14 years?
a. drinking water
b. taking vitamins
c. regular exercise
d. meditation
