HDE 135 EXAM 1 UPDATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |Revised 2025/2026 Edition | A+ Results | Sure to Pass

1. Which of the following would be a clear example of a "cue to action"? • finishing a marathon • A doctor recommending a vaccine • discovering one has high blood pressure • getting a pet fish 2. According to the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) of change, maintenance is an important process of change. Answer: False 3. Which of the following refers to when a process is made more difficult with the goal of creating friction and making it harder for someone to take action? • System 1 • Affect • status-quo bias • Dark nudge • Sludge 4. Moving the sugary drink dispenser to the back and placing water in front is an example of a nudge. Answer: True 5. A country-wide smoking ban is a good example of a nudge. Answer: False 2 6. A policy that sets salad instead of fries as the default side improves dietary behaviors by taking advantage of what bias? Answer: Status quo bias 7. Which of the following is NOT a social determinant of health (SDoH)? Answer: Being unhoused or homeless 8. What is true about social determinants of health (SDoH)? Answer: They are not things individuals can directly have, avoid, or be. 9. Pouring rights contracts between soda/beer companies and universities are an example of: Answer: Marketing, especially to young people 10. The abstract you read about e-cigarette prevalence used a telephone-based random survey of U.S. adults. Answer: True 11. Which is true about the article by Lee et al. on the sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax? Answer: SSB consumption was assessed using a questionnaire. 12. Ecological models are advantageous because they allow policymakers to reach a larger proportion of the population. Answer: True 3 13. In the CATCH trial, how was social support provided for healthy dietary behaviors? Answer: Teachers and parents used recognition and praise. 14. Ecological models are advantageous because they focus only on the individual level. Answer: False 15. Which of the following is true about the article by Greenthal and colleagues? • Most contracts allowed soda companies to use university marks • This was an empirical study • Pouring rights encouraged tap water • 87% of universities had Coca-Cola/Pepsi contracts 16. UC Davis' contract with Pepsi required sugary drinks to be marketed to children and water to be placed in Gatorade containers. Answer: True 17. Which of the following is true about Commercial Determinants of Health (CDoH)? • They can have both negative and positive effects • There is no consistent definition • They include small businesses 18. Installing water stations near doors to remind people to drink water is an example of: Answer: Stimulus control 4 19. According to TTM, self-liberation is an important stage of change. Answer: False 20. Which model can be customized to how ready someone is to engage in a health behavior? Answer: Transtheoretical Model of Change 21. Reciprocal determinism ______ • is a key part of Social Cognitive Theory • is the idea that behavior results from reciprocal interactions 22. According to TTM, someone can go from action to precontemplation. Answer: True 23. The tobacco, alcohol, food, and fossil fuel industries cause at least 1/3 of all global deaths. Answer: True 24. Which of the following is not a health outcome? Answer: Exercise 25. In the Integrated Behavioral Model, what determines health behavior? • Attitude • Intentions • Beliefs about what others do