HOSA HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
EXAM SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
◉ health promotion. Answer: health care directed toward increasing
optimal level of wellness
◉ health restoration. Answer: tertiary disease prevention;
rehabilitating and restoring person
◉ malnutrition. Answer: poor dietary practice from lack of essential
nutrients or failure to use available foods
◉ general adaption syndrome (GAS). Answer: alarm, resistance,
exhaustion
◉ fight-or-flight response. Answer: state of readiness
◉ Change in lifestyle or personal habits is necessary to. Answer:
promote maximal health.
◉ Health maintenance focuses on. Answer: prevention and then
need for early diagnosis and treatment.
,◉ An important goal on the national level is to. Answer: expand
health care opportunities and eliminate disparities.
◉ Health restoration begins after. Answer: the disease process is
stabilized.
◉ Health restoration aims to. Answer: restore function or help
person compensate for losses.
◉ Healthy lifestyle includes. Answer: nutrition, exercise, mental
health, avoiding substance abuse, and disease prevention.
◉ Factors that influence a person's health include. Answer: family,
role models, social pressures, and self concept.
◉ Disease prevention is composed of 3 levels:. Answer: primary,
secondary and tertiary
◉ The roles of practial nurses in health promotion are. Answer:
caregiver, teacher, advocate, collaborator, and role model.
◉ culture. Answer: learned patterns of behavior passed down
through generations
,◉ values. Answer: deeply embedded feelings that determine what is
good, bad, right, or wrong
◉ norms. Answer: socially acepted rules and behaviors that guide
behavior and interactions
◉ folkways. Answer: customs in a culture that determine greetings
◉ laws. Answer: written policies supported and enforced by the
government
◉ mores. Answer: moral issues strongly believed by a culture
◉ sanctions. Answer: social remedies for violating norms
◉ symbols. Answer: language, gestures, or objects that people in a
culture use to communicate with each other
◉ race. Answer: people who share similar physical characteristics
◉ ethnicity. Answer: stable cultural patterns shared by families with
the same historical roots
, ◉ transcultural nursing. Answer: viewing patients as belonging to a
world with many cultures
◉ Culture is learned in. Answer: the home and community.
◉ All groups have. Answer: beliefs and practices they maintain.
◉ Cultural beliefs and patterns. Answer: distinguish culture groups.
◉ Race and ethnicity determine. Answer: socioeconomic status.
◉ The primary elements of culture are. Answer: beliefs, values,
norms, sanctions, and symbols.
◉ Ethnicity means that. Answer: people have shared cultural
heritage, race, and geographical area, language.
◉ cultural awareness. Answer: learning the history of a patient's
ancestry and appreciating cultural differences, to understand how
patients cope with problems.
EXAM SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
◉ health promotion. Answer: health care directed toward increasing
optimal level of wellness
◉ health restoration. Answer: tertiary disease prevention;
rehabilitating and restoring person
◉ malnutrition. Answer: poor dietary practice from lack of essential
nutrients or failure to use available foods
◉ general adaption syndrome (GAS). Answer: alarm, resistance,
exhaustion
◉ fight-or-flight response. Answer: state of readiness
◉ Change in lifestyle or personal habits is necessary to. Answer:
promote maximal health.
◉ Health maintenance focuses on. Answer: prevention and then
need for early diagnosis and treatment.
,◉ An important goal on the national level is to. Answer: expand
health care opportunities and eliminate disparities.
◉ Health restoration begins after. Answer: the disease process is
stabilized.
◉ Health restoration aims to. Answer: restore function or help
person compensate for losses.
◉ Healthy lifestyle includes. Answer: nutrition, exercise, mental
health, avoiding substance abuse, and disease prevention.
◉ Factors that influence a person's health include. Answer: family,
role models, social pressures, and self concept.
◉ Disease prevention is composed of 3 levels:. Answer: primary,
secondary and tertiary
◉ The roles of practial nurses in health promotion are. Answer:
caregiver, teacher, advocate, collaborator, and role model.
◉ culture. Answer: learned patterns of behavior passed down
through generations
,◉ values. Answer: deeply embedded feelings that determine what is
good, bad, right, or wrong
◉ norms. Answer: socially acepted rules and behaviors that guide
behavior and interactions
◉ folkways. Answer: customs in a culture that determine greetings
◉ laws. Answer: written policies supported and enforced by the
government
◉ mores. Answer: moral issues strongly believed by a culture
◉ sanctions. Answer: social remedies for violating norms
◉ symbols. Answer: language, gestures, or objects that people in a
culture use to communicate with each other
◉ race. Answer: people who share similar physical characteristics
◉ ethnicity. Answer: stable cultural patterns shared by families with
the same historical roots
, ◉ transcultural nursing. Answer: viewing patients as belonging to a
world with many cultures
◉ Culture is learned in. Answer: the home and community.
◉ All groups have. Answer: beliefs and practices they maintain.
◉ Cultural beliefs and patterns. Answer: distinguish culture groups.
◉ Race and ethnicity determine. Answer: socioeconomic status.
◉ The primary elements of culture are. Answer: beliefs, values,
norms, sanctions, and symbols.
◉ Ethnicity means that. Answer: people have shared cultural
heritage, race, and geographical area, language.
◉ cultural awareness. Answer: learning the history of a patient's
ancestry and appreciating cultural differences, to understand how
patients cope with problems.
