HEP 3400 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE | COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | EXAM REVIEW 2026
Fight or Flight response and sequence - correct answer ✔✔Stage 1: Stimuli from senses are sent
to the brain.
Stage 2: The brain deciphers stimuli to be either threat or non-threat. If it is a threat, the brain
activates the nervous and endocrine systems to prepare for defense or escape.
Stage 3: The body stays aroused/activated/keyed-up until threat is over
Stage 4: The body returns to homeostasis once the threat is gone.
What nervous systems are responsible for these responses - correct answer ✔✔nervous and
endocrine
Stress' effects on and in relation to illness and disease - correct answer ✔✔increases likelihood
It is suggested that attitudes and behaviors about race and gender begin in:
-preschool
-grade school
-middle school
-high school - correct answer ✔✔grade school
Approximately this many gallons of water are used to produce a 1-lb. hamburger.
-1511
-1757
-1994
-2500 - correct answer ✔✔2500
, "Cognitive Surplus" is a term that best explains:
-a very intelligent college student
-the collective intelligence of humanity
-Navy Seal soldiers in Afghanistan
-digital consciousness with online media - correct answer ✔✔digital consciousness with online
media
The threshold of 40 emails is now labeled as email stress.
True
False - correct answer ✔✔False
The term "shallow effect" is related to this concept:
-The lack of water in underground aquifers
-The dumbing down of Americans from Internet exposure
-One's "water footprint" in relationship to one's carbon footprint
-Poor scores on standardized academic tests - correct answer ✔✔The dumbing down of
Americans from Internet exposure
This non-inert substance in plastic is associated with problematic changes in one's hormonal
balance.
-polypropylene
-Styrofoam
-PCBs
-phthalates - correct answer ✔✔phthalates
"Future Shock" is best defined as:
-stress that comes as a surprise
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | EXAM REVIEW 2026
Fight or Flight response and sequence - correct answer ✔✔Stage 1: Stimuli from senses are sent
to the brain.
Stage 2: The brain deciphers stimuli to be either threat or non-threat. If it is a threat, the brain
activates the nervous and endocrine systems to prepare for defense or escape.
Stage 3: The body stays aroused/activated/keyed-up until threat is over
Stage 4: The body returns to homeostasis once the threat is gone.
What nervous systems are responsible for these responses - correct answer ✔✔nervous and
endocrine
Stress' effects on and in relation to illness and disease - correct answer ✔✔increases likelihood
It is suggested that attitudes and behaviors about race and gender begin in:
-preschool
-grade school
-middle school
-high school - correct answer ✔✔grade school
Approximately this many gallons of water are used to produce a 1-lb. hamburger.
-1511
-1757
-1994
-2500 - correct answer ✔✔2500
, "Cognitive Surplus" is a term that best explains:
-a very intelligent college student
-the collective intelligence of humanity
-Navy Seal soldiers in Afghanistan
-digital consciousness with online media - correct answer ✔✔digital consciousness with online
media
The threshold of 40 emails is now labeled as email stress.
True
False - correct answer ✔✔False
The term "shallow effect" is related to this concept:
-The lack of water in underground aquifers
-The dumbing down of Americans from Internet exposure
-One's "water footprint" in relationship to one's carbon footprint
-Poor scores on standardized academic tests - correct answer ✔✔The dumbing down of
Americans from Internet exposure
This non-inert substance in plastic is associated with problematic changes in one's hormonal
balance.
-polypropylene
-Styrofoam
-PCBs
-phthalates - correct answer ✔✔phthalates
"Future Shock" is best defined as:
-stress that comes as a surprise
