WGU - C458 - HEALTH, WELLNESS AND FITNESS EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED 2025/2026 A COMPLETE
SOLUTION ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT DETAILED BEST
GRADED A+ FOR PASS
Antioxidants - CORRECT ANSWERS Reduce cellular damage by binding free radicals
during oxidation.
BMI - CORRECT ANSWERS A measure of body fat based on height and weight.
Fiber sources - CORRECT ANSWERS Beans, whole grains, brown rice, popcorn, nuts,
baked potato with skin, berries, bran cereal, oatmeal, vegetables.
Self-esteem - CORRECT ANSWERS Reflects a persons overall subjective emotional
evaluation of his or her own worth. It is a judgment of oneself as well as an attitude towards the
self
Generalized anxiety disorder - CORRECT ANSWERS Severe ongoing anxiety that
interferes with daily activities
Adaptive response - CORRECT ANSWERS A natural emotion that occurs in response to
danger and prepares an organism to cope with the environment playing a critical role in its
survival.
General adaptation syndrome - CORRECT ANSWERS The bodies short term and long
term reactions to stress
Activities of daily living (ADLs) - CORRECT ANSWERS Routine activities that people tend
to do every day without meeting the systems: eating bathing dressing toileting transferring
(walking) and continence
,WGU - C458 - HEALTH, WELLNESS AND FITNESS EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED 2025/2026 A COMPLETE
SOLUTION ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT DETAILED BEST
GRADED A+ FOR PASS
Fight or flight response - CORRECT ANSWERS A physiological reaction that occurs in
response to a perceived harmful event, attack, or threat to survival
Cortisol - CORRECT ANSWERS The stress hormone. Influences, regulates or modulates
many of the changes that occur in the body in response to stress. Essential to the maintenance
of homeostasis
Emotional health - CORRECT ANSWERS Being in control of emotions and behavior.
Being happy self-confident self-aware and resilient. Handle life's in evitable challenges, build
strong relationships, and lead productive, fulfilling lives.
Parasympathetic nervous system - CORRECT ANSWERS Branch of autonomic nervous
system responsible for slowing system stimulated by the stress response (relaxation)
Self efficacy - CORRECT ANSWERS The extent or strength of one's belief in one's own
ability to complete tasks and reach goals
Anorexia - CORRECT ANSWERS An eating disorder characterized by an abnormally low
bodyweight, intense fear of gaining weight and a distorted perception of body weight
Bulimia - CORRECT ANSWERS A serious eating disorder marked by binging, followed by
methods to avoid weight gain, such as purging
Synesthesia - CORRECT ANSWERS neurological phenomenon in which stimulation of
one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic involuntary experiences in a second
sensory or cognitive pathway
, WGU - C458 - HEALTH, WELLNESS AND FITNESS EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED 2025/2026 A COMPLETE
SOLUTION ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT DETAILED BEST
GRADED A+ FOR PASS
PTSD - CORRECT ANSWERS A mental health condition triggered by experiencing or
seeing a terrifying event such as war assault or disaster.
Eustress - CORRECT ANSWERS Meaning good or beneficial stress. Either psychological,
physical or biochemical/radiological.
Kubler Ross model - CORRECT ANSWERS A series of emotional stages experienced by
survivors of an intimate death. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.
Target heart rate - CORRECT ANSWERS The minimum number of heartbeats in a given
amount of time in order to reach the level of exertion necessary for cardiovascular fitness.
Specific to age, gender or physical fitness.
Overload principle - CORRECT ANSWERS Refers to the amount of load or resistance,
providing a greater stress, or load, on the body than it is normally accustomed to in order to
increase fitness. Stress is your muscles be all ready used to.
Isometric exercise - CORRECT ANSWERS Type of strength training in which the joint
angle and muscle length do not change during contraction
Isotonic exercise - CORRECT ANSWERS Muscular contractions occur without
movement of the involved parts of the body
Hypertrophy - CORRECT ANSWERS Enlargement of muscle size
Overtraining syndrome - CORRECT ANSWERS The results are hormonal, nutritional,
mental/emotional, muscular, neurological and other imbalances
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED 2025/2026 A COMPLETE
SOLUTION ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT DETAILED BEST
GRADED A+ FOR PASS
Antioxidants - CORRECT ANSWERS Reduce cellular damage by binding free radicals
during oxidation.
BMI - CORRECT ANSWERS A measure of body fat based on height and weight.
Fiber sources - CORRECT ANSWERS Beans, whole grains, brown rice, popcorn, nuts,
baked potato with skin, berries, bran cereal, oatmeal, vegetables.
Self-esteem - CORRECT ANSWERS Reflects a persons overall subjective emotional
evaluation of his or her own worth. It is a judgment of oneself as well as an attitude towards the
self
Generalized anxiety disorder - CORRECT ANSWERS Severe ongoing anxiety that
interferes with daily activities
Adaptive response - CORRECT ANSWERS A natural emotion that occurs in response to
danger and prepares an organism to cope with the environment playing a critical role in its
survival.
General adaptation syndrome - CORRECT ANSWERS The bodies short term and long
term reactions to stress
Activities of daily living (ADLs) - CORRECT ANSWERS Routine activities that people tend
to do every day without meeting the systems: eating bathing dressing toileting transferring
(walking) and continence
,WGU - C458 - HEALTH, WELLNESS AND FITNESS EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED 2025/2026 A COMPLETE
SOLUTION ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT DETAILED BEST
GRADED A+ FOR PASS
Fight or flight response - CORRECT ANSWERS A physiological reaction that occurs in
response to a perceived harmful event, attack, or threat to survival
Cortisol - CORRECT ANSWERS The stress hormone. Influences, regulates or modulates
many of the changes that occur in the body in response to stress. Essential to the maintenance
of homeostasis
Emotional health - CORRECT ANSWERS Being in control of emotions and behavior.
Being happy self-confident self-aware and resilient. Handle life's in evitable challenges, build
strong relationships, and lead productive, fulfilling lives.
Parasympathetic nervous system - CORRECT ANSWERS Branch of autonomic nervous
system responsible for slowing system stimulated by the stress response (relaxation)
Self efficacy - CORRECT ANSWERS The extent or strength of one's belief in one's own
ability to complete tasks and reach goals
Anorexia - CORRECT ANSWERS An eating disorder characterized by an abnormally low
bodyweight, intense fear of gaining weight and a distorted perception of body weight
Bulimia - CORRECT ANSWERS A serious eating disorder marked by binging, followed by
methods to avoid weight gain, such as purging
Synesthesia - CORRECT ANSWERS neurological phenomenon in which stimulation of
one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic involuntary experiences in a second
sensory or cognitive pathway
, WGU - C458 - HEALTH, WELLNESS AND FITNESS EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED 2025/2026 A COMPLETE
SOLUTION ALL ANSWERS 100% CORRECT DETAILED BEST
GRADED A+ FOR PASS
PTSD - CORRECT ANSWERS A mental health condition triggered by experiencing or
seeing a terrifying event such as war assault or disaster.
Eustress - CORRECT ANSWERS Meaning good or beneficial stress. Either psychological,
physical or biochemical/radiological.
Kubler Ross model - CORRECT ANSWERS A series of emotional stages experienced by
survivors of an intimate death. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.
Target heart rate - CORRECT ANSWERS The minimum number of heartbeats in a given
amount of time in order to reach the level of exertion necessary for cardiovascular fitness.
Specific to age, gender or physical fitness.
Overload principle - CORRECT ANSWERS Refers to the amount of load or resistance,
providing a greater stress, or load, on the body than it is normally accustomed to in order to
increase fitness. Stress is your muscles be all ready used to.
Isometric exercise - CORRECT ANSWERS Type of strength training in which the joint
angle and muscle length do not change during contraction
Isotonic exercise - CORRECT ANSWERS Muscular contractions occur without
movement of the involved parts of the body
Hypertrophy - CORRECT ANSWERS Enlargement of muscle size
Overtraining syndrome - CORRECT ANSWERS The results are hormonal, nutritional,
mental/emotional, muscular, neurological and other imbalances
