STRESS AND HEALTH COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026/2027
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What are some of the physical signs of stress? - ✔✔Insomnia, constipation, dry
mouth, headaches, heartburn, and depression.
✔✔What are the features of general adaptation syndrome? - ✔✔The three steps in
general adaptation syndrome are vigilance, resistance, and fatigue. The alarm is a fight
or flight response. Hormones rise, breathing becomes faster and shallower, glucose is
released, heart rate increases, and pupils dilate. The second part is the resistance,
including fighting the stressor head-on, or flying where stress is avoided. This includes
how the body responds using stored energy, hormones, minerals, and glucose. The last
step is wear and tear, also called burnout. After prolonged stress, fatigue begins and
your ability to manage stress decreases. At this point, prolonged exposure to hormones
involved in stress can damage your body.
✔✔Compare and contrast eustress with distress. - ✔✔Eustress gives people an
explosion of energy when exciting things happen. This is a short-term effect, and the
excitement can be short-term or long-term, depending on the time of exposure to the
stressor. Eustress is positive, motivating and inspiring individuals to get things done.
distress is chronic and negative, especially in the case of physical or mental trauma.
Distress usually occurs when normal routines are interrupted.
✔✔The signs of cognitive (mental) stress include all of the following EXCEPT:
A. loss of memory
B. loss of concentration
C. poor judgment
D. isolation - ✔✔D. isolation
✔✔The hormones released due to stress lead to increased risk of pregnancy.
Please select the best answer from the choices provided.
-True
-False - ✔✔False
✔✔Which of the following statements relating to stress is FALSE?
A. Stress is caused by a wide variety of factors.
B. Stress causes an automatic physiological response in organisms.
C. Stress is always unhealthy and should be avoided.
D. Stress can affect the mind and the body. - ✔✔C. Stress is always unhealthy and
should be avoided.
✔✔Emotional signs of stress include aches and nausea.
Please select the best answer from the choices provided.
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What are some of the physical signs of stress? - ✔✔Insomnia, constipation, dry
mouth, headaches, heartburn, and depression.
✔✔What are the features of general adaptation syndrome? - ✔✔The three steps in
general adaptation syndrome are vigilance, resistance, and fatigue. The alarm is a fight
or flight response. Hormones rise, breathing becomes faster and shallower, glucose is
released, heart rate increases, and pupils dilate. The second part is the resistance,
including fighting the stressor head-on, or flying where stress is avoided. This includes
how the body responds using stored energy, hormones, minerals, and glucose. The last
step is wear and tear, also called burnout. After prolonged stress, fatigue begins and
your ability to manage stress decreases. At this point, prolonged exposure to hormones
involved in stress can damage your body.
✔✔Compare and contrast eustress with distress. - ✔✔Eustress gives people an
explosion of energy when exciting things happen. This is a short-term effect, and the
excitement can be short-term or long-term, depending on the time of exposure to the
stressor. Eustress is positive, motivating and inspiring individuals to get things done.
distress is chronic and negative, especially in the case of physical or mental trauma.
Distress usually occurs when normal routines are interrupted.
✔✔The signs of cognitive (mental) stress include all of the following EXCEPT:
A. loss of memory
B. loss of concentration
C. poor judgment
D. isolation - ✔✔D. isolation
✔✔The hormones released due to stress lead to increased risk of pregnancy.
Please select the best answer from the choices provided.
-True
-False - ✔✔False
✔✔Which of the following statements relating to stress is FALSE?
A. Stress is caused by a wide variety of factors.
B. Stress causes an automatic physiological response in organisms.
C. Stress is always unhealthy and should be avoided.
D. Stress can affect the mind and the body. - ✔✔C. Stress is always unhealthy and
should be avoided.
✔✔Emotional signs of stress include aches and nausea.
Please select the best answer from the choices provided.
