Test Bank, Quizzes: An Invitation to Health, Brief Edition,Tunks,12e (2025 update)

Questions -
Chapter_1_Taking_Charge_of_Your_Health
1. Simply defined, health means being free of disease.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B
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2. The World Health Organization defines health as the absence of disease or
illness.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B
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3. Compared to the past, more college students take longer to graduate,
have jobs, and take fewer courses per semester.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
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4. It is young adults, not the elderly, who are experiencing the greatest
health deficits and losing the most years to illness, disability, and premature
death.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
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5. According to their body mass index (BMI), the vast majority of
undergraduates are overweight or obese.
A. True

,B. False
Answer: B
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6. Very few college students have high blood pressure.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
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7. Almost all people who try to kick bad health habits achieve long-term
success on their first try.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B
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8. To effect a lasting change in behavior, reinforcement must come largely
from such external factors as having someone tell you that you need to
make a change.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B
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9. People typically cycle and recycle through the stages of behavioral change
several times.
A. True
B. False
Answer: A
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10. To have an external locus of control, people must believe their actions
will make a difference in their health.
A. True

,B. False
Answer: B
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11. Which term best describes making a deliberate lifestyle choice that
includes taking responsibility to achieve your highest potential?
A. Psychology
B. Communication
C. Liberation
D. Health
E. Wellness
Answer: E
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12. Which dimension of health primarily includes your ability to think and
learn from life experience?
A. Environmental
B. Emotional
C. Psychological
D. Intellectual
E. Cultural
Answer: D
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13. Which dimension of health focuses on an optimal state of physical,
mental, and social well-being—not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity?
A. Physical
B. Emotional
C. Social
D. Intellectual
E. Environmental
Answer: A

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14. Which dimension of health refers to both the feelings and thoughts of a
person, that is, their emotional and mental states?
A. Emotional
B. Financial
C. Intellectual
D. Social
E. Environmental
Answer: A
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15. Research has shown that students who start to have respiratory
symptoms after they begin smoking move into which stage(s) of change?
A. Contemplation
B. Preparation
C. Action
D. Precontemplation and contemplation
E. Contemplation and preparation
Answer: E
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16. Which dimension of health focuses on the complex interrelationships
between one person’s health and the health of the community and
environment?
A. Emotional
B. Environmental
C. Cultural
D. Community
E. Occupational
Answer: D
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