HLWB105 MULTICHOICE Q'S UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Which of the following dimension(s) is/are paramount in understanding African health beliefs?
a) Spiritual influences
b) Communal orientation
c) Both spiritual influences and communal orientation
d) Neither spiritual influences nor communal orientation
Answer:
C
Question:
2. Which of the following form of complementary and alternative medicine involves the use of highly
diluted substances to trigger the body's natural healing system?
a) Homeopathy
b) Herbal medicine
c) Reflexology
d) Acupuncture
Answer:
a
Question:
3. Which of the following refers to a treatment that consists of nothing other than a simulation of the active
treatment, used a control condition in some studies?
a) Simulator
b) Placebo
c) Dummy
d) Palliative
Answer:
B
Question:
4. Which of the following statements is correct?
a) Experiences of discrimination are related to stress that could potentially lead to chronic illnesses
b) There are strong associations between racial discrimination and common mental health problems among
adults
c) There are strong associations between racial discrimination and common mental health problems among
children and young people
d) All of these
Answer:
D
, Question:
5. Which of the following statements is correct?
a) Cultural competence only involves frontline health care staff
b) Interventions that aim to improve cultural competence among health care professionals can help to
increase knowledge of cultural issues in health care
c) There is no significant relationship between cultural competence and clinical health outcomes
d) All of these
Answer:
B
Question:
6. For those who seek help for smoking, guidelines such as those of the Surgeon General can be followed
(Fiore,
2008). For smokers who are willing to quit, ____ are a useful framework.
a) The 3 K's
b) The 7 A's
c) The 12 steps
d) The 5 A's
Answer:
D
Question:
7. Ethnocentrism is:
a) The study of associations between patterns of disease in populations and environmental, lifestyle and
genetic factors
b) A model or theory about health and behaviour that emphasises environmental influences
c) A bias in perception, thinking or principles stemming from membership of an ethnic or cultural group
d) A general representation for conceptualising a research field or question
Answer:
C
Question:
8. Complete the following definition of health psychology, as described in your textbook: Health
Psychology is an ___ field concerned with the application of ____ knowledge and techniques to health,
illness and health care.
a) Transdisciplinary; physiological
b) Psychological; physiological
c) Interdisciplinary; social and cultural
d) Interdisciplinary; psychological
Answer:
D
Question:
9. What is the most outer layer of the 'Health Onion' framework?
a) Social and community networks
b) General socio-economic, cultural and environmental conditions
c) Water and sanitation
d) Lifestyle factors
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Which of the following dimension(s) is/are paramount in understanding African health beliefs?
a) Spiritual influences
b) Communal orientation
c) Both spiritual influences and communal orientation
d) Neither spiritual influences nor communal orientation
Answer:
C
Question:
2. Which of the following form of complementary and alternative medicine involves the use of highly
diluted substances to trigger the body's natural healing system?
a) Homeopathy
b) Herbal medicine
c) Reflexology
d) Acupuncture
Answer:
a
Question:
3. Which of the following refers to a treatment that consists of nothing other than a simulation of the active
treatment, used a control condition in some studies?
a) Simulator
b) Placebo
c) Dummy
d) Palliative
Answer:
B
Question:
4. Which of the following statements is correct?
a) Experiences of discrimination are related to stress that could potentially lead to chronic illnesses
b) There are strong associations between racial discrimination and common mental health problems among
adults
c) There are strong associations between racial discrimination and common mental health problems among
children and young people
d) All of these
Answer:
D
, Question:
5. Which of the following statements is correct?
a) Cultural competence only involves frontline health care staff
b) Interventions that aim to improve cultural competence among health care professionals can help to
increase knowledge of cultural issues in health care
c) There is no significant relationship between cultural competence and clinical health outcomes
d) All of these
Answer:
B
Question:
6. For those who seek help for smoking, guidelines such as those of the Surgeon General can be followed
(Fiore,
2008). For smokers who are willing to quit, ____ are a useful framework.
a) The 3 K's
b) The 7 A's
c) The 12 steps
d) The 5 A's
Answer:
D
Question:
7. Ethnocentrism is:
a) The study of associations between patterns of disease in populations and environmental, lifestyle and
genetic factors
b) A model or theory about health and behaviour that emphasises environmental influences
c) A bias in perception, thinking or principles stemming from membership of an ethnic or cultural group
d) A general representation for conceptualising a research field or question
Answer:
C
Question:
8. Complete the following definition of health psychology, as described in your textbook: Health
Psychology is an ___ field concerned with the application of ____ knowledge and techniques to health,
illness and health care.
a) Transdisciplinary; physiological
b) Psychological; physiological
c) Interdisciplinary; social and cultural
d) Interdisciplinary; psychological
Answer:
D
Question:
9. What is the most outer layer of the 'Health Onion' framework?
a) Social and community networks
b) General socio-economic, cultural and environmental conditions
c) Water and sanitation
d) Lifestyle factors
