WGU D579 Mental Health Awareness and Education: Midterm
Exam (Units 1-7)
50 questions
1. Which statement best reflects the relationship between mental health and mental illness?
A. Mental health is simply the absence of mental illness
B. People with mental illness never function well
C. Mental health cannot change over time
D. A person can have a mental illness and still experience good mental well-being
Correct Answer: D. A person can have a mental illness and still experience good mental
well-being
Rationale: The dual continua model separates the two.
2. A college student without any diagnosis feels empty, unmotivated and disconnected for
months. In Keyes' model this is:
A. Flourishing
B. Serious mental illness
C. Languishing
D. Mania
Correct Answer: C. Languishing
Rationale: Languishing is low well-being without a disorder.
3. Which manual is used in the U.S. to describe and diagnose mental disorders?
A. ICD-9
B. PDR
C. DSM-5-TR
D. CPT
Correct Answer: C. DSM-5-TR
Rationale: The DSM-5-TR was published in 2022.
4. Which is NOT typically a protective factor for mental health?
A. Chronic exposure to discrimination
B. Supportive relationships
C. Problem-solving skills
D. Access to care
Correct Answer: A. Chronic exposure to discrimination
Rationale: Discrimination is a risk factor.
5. Structural stigma is best illustrated by:
A. A person feeling ashamed of their diagnosis
B. Insurance policies that cover fewer mental health visits than medical visits
C. A friend making a joke about therapy
D. A teen avoiding a counselor
Correct Answer: B. Insurance policies that cover fewer mental health visits than medical
visits
Rationale: Structural stigma is built into policies and institutions.
, 6. Why can protest used alone backfire as a stigma-reduction strategy?
A. Telling people not to think something can provoke a rebound of the stereotype
B. Protest is illegal
C. It always increases funding
D. It replaces treatment
Correct Answer: A. Telling people not to think something can provoke a rebound of the
stereotype
Rationale: Contact and education are often more effective.
7. Which is the best example of person-first language?
A. 'A person living with bipolar disorder'
B. 'A bipolar'
C. 'A mental patient'
D. 'A crazy person'
Correct Answer: A. 'A person living with bipolar disorder'
Rationale: The person comes before the condition.
8. Safe messaging guidelines for suicide recommend:
A. Describing methods in detail
B. Presenting suicide as a solution
C. Using sensational headlines
D. Avoiding method details and including help resources and hope
Correct Answer: D. Avoiding method details and including help resources and hope
Rationale: Responsible messaging reduces contagion risk.
9. Which neurotransmitter is associated with reward and motivation and, in excess activity, with
psychosis?
A. Serotonin
B. Dopamine
C. GABA
D. Acetylcholine
Correct Answer: B. Dopamine
Rationale: Antipsychotics block dopamine receptors.
10. Which describes the relationship between ACEs and adult health?
A. No relationship
B. A dose-response relationship: more ACEs, higher risk
C. ACEs only affect physical health
D. Only one ACE matters
Correct Answer: B. A dose-response relationship: more ACEs, higher risk
Rationale: The CDC-Kaiser ACE study showed graded risk.
11. Poverty affects mental health mainly by:
A. Increasing chronic stress and limiting access to resources and care
B. Causing genetic mutations
C. Having no effect
D. Improving resilience automatically
Correct Answer: A. Increasing chronic stress and limiting access to resources and care
Rationale: Economic hardship is a major social determinant.
Exam (Units 1-7)
50 questions
1. Which statement best reflects the relationship between mental health and mental illness?
A. Mental health is simply the absence of mental illness
B. People with mental illness never function well
C. Mental health cannot change over time
D. A person can have a mental illness and still experience good mental well-being
Correct Answer: D. A person can have a mental illness and still experience good mental
well-being
Rationale: The dual continua model separates the two.
2. A college student without any diagnosis feels empty, unmotivated and disconnected for
months. In Keyes' model this is:
A. Flourishing
B. Serious mental illness
C. Languishing
D. Mania
Correct Answer: C. Languishing
Rationale: Languishing is low well-being without a disorder.
3. Which manual is used in the U.S. to describe and diagnose mental disorders?
A. ICD-9
B. PDR
C. DSM-5-TR
D. CPT
Correct Answer: C. DSM-5-TR
Rationale: The DSM-5-TR was published in 2022.
4. Which is NOT typically a protective factor for mental health?
A. Chronic exposure to discrimination
B. Supportive relationships
C. Problem-solving skills
D. Access to care
Correct Answer: A. Chronic exposure to discrimination
Rationale: Discrimination is a risk factor.
5. Structural stigma is best illustrated by:
A. A person feeling ashamed of their diagnosis
B. Insurance policies that cover fewer mental health visits than medical visits
C. A friend making a joke about therapy
D. A teen avoiding a counselor
Correct Answer: B. Insurance policies that cover fewer mental health visits than medical
visits
Rationale: Structural stigma is built into policies and institutions.
, 6. Why can protest used alone backfire as a stigma-reduction strategy?
A. Telling people not to think something can provoke a rebound of the stereotype
B. Protest is illegal
C. It always increases funding
D. It replaces treatment
Correct Answer: A. Telling people not to think something can provoke a rebound of the
stereotype
Rationale: Contact and education are often more effective.
7. Which is the best example of person-first language?
A. 'A person living with bipolar disorder'
B. 'A bipolar'
C. 'A mental patient'
D. 'A crazy person'
Correct Answer: A. 'A person living with bipolar disorder'
Rationale: The person comes before the condition.
8. Safe messaging guidelines for suicide recommend:
A. Describing methods in detail
B. Presenting suicide as a solution
C. Using sensational headlines
D. Avoiding method details and including help resources and hope
Correct Answer: D. Avoiding method details and including help resources and hope
Rationale: Responsible messaging reduces contagion risk.
9. Which neurotransmitter is associated with reward and motivation and, in excess activity, with
psychosis?
A. Serotonin
B. Dopamine
C. GABA
D. Acetylcholine
Correct Answer: B. Dopamine
Rationale: Antipsychotics block dopamine receptors.
10. Which describes the relationship between ACEs and adult health?
A. No relationship
B. A dose-response relationship: more ACEs, higher risk
C. ACEs only affect physical health
D. Only one ACE matters
Correct Answer: B. A dose-response relationship: more ACEs, higher risk
Rationale: The CDC-Kaiser ACE study showed graded risk.
11. Poverty affects mental health mainly by:
A. Increasing chronic stress and limiting access to resources and care
B. Causing genetic mutations
C. Having no effect
D. Improving resilience automatically
Correct Answer: A. Increasing chronic stress and limiting access to resources and care
Rationale: Economic hardship is a major social determinant.
