HEALTH AND WELLNESS FINAL EXAM UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Define health.
Answer:
A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being; not merely the absence of disease.
Question:
2. What is wellness?
Answer:
Living a lifestyle that promotes good physical, mental, and emotional health.
Question:
3. What is disease?
Answer:
Pathologic changes in the structure or function of the body or mind.
Question:
4. What is morbidity?
Answer:
The condition of being diseased or the incidence of disease within a population.
Question:
5. What is mortality?
Answer:
The state of being subject to death; often used to refer to death rates in a population.
Question:
6. What characterizes acute illness?
Answer:
An illness that rapidly occurs and allows the patient to return to their previous level of functioning.
Question:
7. What characterizes chronic illness?
Answer:
An illness that persists over a long period, often with periods of exacerbation and remission.
Question:
8. What are common causes of illness or disease?
Answer:
Inherited genetic defects, developmental defects from exposure during pregnancy, biological agents,
physical agents, and physiological/emotional reactions to stress.
, Question:
9. What are internal variables affecting wellness?
Answer:
Family practices, socioeconomic factors, cultural background, developmental stage, intellectual
background, perception of function, emotional factors, and spiritual factors.
Question:
10. What are external variables affecting wellness?
Answer:
Lifestyle, visibility of symptoms, nature of the illness (acute vs. chronic), social group & support,
economic variables, and access to healthcare.
Question:
11. Who are considered vulnerable populations?
Answer:
Individuals at greatest risk for poor health outcomes, including those with low socioeconomic status and
ethnic/racial minorities.
Question:
12. What is health promotion?
Answer:
The process of optimizing health through self-responsibility, nutritional awareness, stress reduction, and
physical fitness.
Question:
13. What is primary prevention?
Answer:
Health education, physical fitness activities, protection against occupational hazards, and immunizations.
Question:
14. What is secondary prevention?
Answer:
Screenings (e.g., blood pressure, cholesterol), follow-up visits with healthcare providers, and family
counseling.
Question:
15. What is tertiary prevention?
Answer:
Rehabilitation and restoration, medication management, diet therapy, and physical/occupational therapy.
Question:
16. What is the role of the nurse in health promotion?
Answer:
To educate patients, identify risk factors, perform nursing assessments, and assist clients in maintaining or
improving health.
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Define health.
Answer:
A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being; not merely the absence of disease.
Question:
2. What is wellness?
Answer:
Living a lifestyle that promotes good physical, mental, and emotional health.
Question:
3. What is disease?
Answer:
Pathologic changes in the structure or function of the body or mind.
Question:
4. What is morbidity?
Answer:
The condition of being diseased or the incidence of disease within a population.
Question:
5. What is mortality?
Answer:
The state of being subject to death; often used to refer to death rates in a population.
Question:
6. What characterizes acute illness?
Answer:
An illness that rapidly occurs and allows the patient to return to their previous level of functioning.
Question:
7. What characterizes chronic illness?
Answer:
An illness that persists over a long period, often with periods of exacerbation and remission.
Question:
8. What are common causes of illness or disease?
Answer:
Inherited genetic defects, developmental defects from exposure during pregnancy, biological agents,
physical agents, and physiological/emotional reactions to stress.
, Question:
9. What are internal variables affecting wellness?
Answer:
Family practices, socioeconomic factors, cultural background, developmental stage, intellectual
background, perception of function, emotional factors, and spiritual factors.
Question:
10. What are external variables affecting wellness?
Answer:
Lifestyle, visibility of symptoms, nature of the illness (acute vs. chronic), social group & support,
economic variables, and access to healthcare.
Question:
11. Who are considered vulnerable populations?
Answer:
Individuals at greatest risk for poor health outcomes, including those with low socioeconomic status and
ethnic/racial minorities.
Question:
12. What is health promotion?
Answer:
The process of optimizing health through self-responsibility, nutritional awareness, stress reduction, and
physical fitness.
Question:
13. What is primary prevention?
Answer:
Health education, physical fitness activities, protection against occupational hazards, and immunizations.
Question:
14. What is secondary prevention?
Answer:
Screenings (e.g., blood pressure, cholesterol), follow-up visits with healthcare providers, and family
counseling.
Question:
15. What is tertiary prevention?
Answer:
Rehabilitation and restoration, medication management, diet therapy, and physical/occupational therapy.
Question:
16. What is the role of the nurse in health promotion?
Answer:
To educate patients, identify risk factors, perform nursing assessments, and assist clients in maintaining or
improving health.
