Health: The Basics – 11th
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Edition
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TEST BANK
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Rebecca J. Donatelle
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Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors
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and Students
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© Rebecca J. Donatelle
All rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution without permission is prohibited.
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, TABLE OF CONTENTS
Health: The Basics – 11th Edition
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Rebecca J. Donatelle
UV
1. Accessing Your Health
Focus On: Improving Your Financial Health
2. Promoting and Preserving Your Psychological Health
Focus On: Cultivating Your Spiritual Health
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3. Managing Stress and Coping with Life’s Challenges
Focus On: Improving Your Sleep
4. Preventing Violence and Injury
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5. Building Healthy Relationships and Understanding Sexuality
6. Considering Your Reproductive Choices
7. Recognizing and Avoiding Addiction and Drug Use
8. Drinking Alcohol Responsibly and Ending Tobacco Use
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9. Eating for a Healthier You
10.Reaching and Maintaining a Healthy Weight
Focus On: Enhancing Your Body Image
11.Improving Your Personal Fitness
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12.Reducing Your Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer
Focus On: Minimizing Your Risk for Diabetes
13.Protecting Against Infectious Diseases and Sexually Transmitted
Infections
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Focus On: Reducing Risks and Coping with Chronic Diseases and
Conditions
14.Preparing for Aging, Death, and Dying
15.Promoting Environmental Health
16.Making Smart Health Care Choices
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Focus On: Understanding Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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Created by MedConnoisseur ©2025/2026
, Health: The Basics, 11e (Donatelle)
Chapter 1 Accessing Your Health
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1) Which of the following were cited by college students in a national survey as major
impediments to performing well academically?
A) Pressure from parents and family members
B) Stress, anxiety, and sleep difficulties
C) Repeated strep infections
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D) Carrying a too-heavy course load
Answer: B
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 26
Skill: Remembering
Section: Why Health, Why Now?
Learning Outcome: 1.1
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2) Life expectancy in the early 1900s was largely determined by a person's
A) hygiene habits.
B) susceptibility to infectious disease.
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C) occupation and location.
D) family history.
Answer: B
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 27
Skill: Understanding
AP
Section: Why Health, Why Now?
Learning Outcome: 1.1
3) Which of the following did NOT contribute to increased life expectancy in the early 20th
century?
A) Improved sanitation
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B) Antibiotics
C) Vaccinations
D) More doctors in metropolitan areas
Answer: D
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 27
OV
Skill: Remembering
Section: Why Health, Why Now?
Learning Outcome: 1.1
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, 4) The number of years a person is anticipated to live based on conditions at their time of birth is
A) life expectancy.
B) population control.
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C) mortality.
D) morbidity.
Answer: A
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 27
Skill: Remembering
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Section: Why Health, Why Now?
Learning Outcome: 1.1
5) Jane is sedentary and obese. What effect, if any, do these have on her dimensions of health?
A) They affect her physical health only.
B) They affect her ability to recover from illnesses.
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C) They affect all her dimensions of health.
D) They affect her health only if she has a family history of health problems related to obesity.
Answer: C
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 27-28
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Skill: Analyzing
Section: Why Health, Why Now?
Learning Outcome: 1.1
6) The contemporary definition of wellness is
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A) the ability to move about freely without pain.
B) the absence of ongoing symptoms or chronic disease.
C) living longer than one's parents.
D) all factors leading to positive health status or overall well-being.
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 30
PR
Skill: Understanding
Section: What Is Health?
Learning Outcome: 1.2
7) Paul studies mortality rates in infants of various ethnicities. He studies their
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A) illness rates.
B) accident rates.
C) chronic disease rates.
D) death rates.
Answer: D
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 27
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Skill: Understanding
Section: Why Health, Why Now?
Learning Outcome: 1.1
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Copyright © Pearson Education Limited 2015
ST
Edition
UV
TEST BANK
IA
?_
AP
Rebecca J. Donatelle
PR
Comprehensive Test Bank for Instructors
OV
and Students
ED
© Rebecca J. Donatelle
All rights reserved. Reproduction or distribution without permission is prohibited.
?
Created by MedConnoisseur ©2025/2026
, TABLE OF CONTENTS
Health: The Basics – 11th Edition
ST
Rebecca J. Donatelle
UV
1. Accessing Your Health
Focus On: Improving Your Financial Health
2. Promoting and Preserving Your Psychological Health
Focus On: Cultivating Your Spiritual Health
IA
3. Managing Stress and Coping with Life’s Challenges
Focus On: Improving Your Sleep
4. Preventing Violence and Injury
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5. Building Healthy Relationships and Understanding Sexuality
6. Considering Your Reproductive Choices
7. Recognizing and Avoiding Addiction and Drug Use
8. Drinking Alcohol Responsibly and Ending Tobacco Use
AP
9. Eating for a Healthier You
10.Reaching and Maintaining a Healthy Weight
Focus On: Enhancing Your Body Image
11.Improving Your Personal Fitness
PR
12.Reducing Your Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer
Focus On: Minimizing Your Risk for Diabetes
13.Protecting Against Infectious Diseases and Sexually Transmitted
Infections
OV
Focus On: Reducing Risks and Coping with Chronic Diseases and
Conditions
14.Preparing for Aging, Death, and Dying
15.Promoting Environmental Health
16.Making Smart Health Care Choices
ED
Focus On: Understanding Complementary and Alternative Medicine
?
Created by MedConnoisseur ©2025/2026
, Health: The Basics, 11e (Donatelle)
Chapter 1 Accessing Your Health
ST
1) Which of the following were cited by college students in a national survey as major
impediments to performing well academically?
A) Pressure from parents and family members
B) Stress, anxiety, and sleep difficulties
C) Repeated strep infections
UV
D) Carrying a too-heavy course load
Answer: B
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 26
Skill: Remembering
Section: Why Health, Why Now?
Learning Outcome: 1.1
IA
2) Life expectancy in the early 1900s was largely determined by a person's
A) hygiene habits.
B) susceptibility to infectious disease.
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C) occupation and location.
D) family history.
Answer: B
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 27
Skill: Understanding
AP
Section: Why Health, Why Now?
Learning Outcome: 1.1
3) Which of the following did NOT contribute to increased life expectancy in the early 20th
century?
A) Improved sanitation
PR
B) Antibiotics
C) Vaccinations
D) More doctors in metropolitan areas
Answer: D
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 27
OV
Skill: Remembering
Section: Why Health, Why Now?
Learning Outcome: 1.1
ED
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1
Copyright © Pearson Education Limited 2015
, 4) The number of years a person is anticipated to live based on conditions at their time of birth is
A) life expectancy.
B) population control.
ST
C) mortality.
D) morbidity.
Answer: A
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 27
Skill: Remembering
UV
Section: Why Health, Why Now?
Learning Outcome: 1.1
5) Jane is sedentary and obese. What effect, if any, do these have on her dimensions of health?
A) They affect her physical health only.
B) They affect her ability to recover from illnesses.
IA
C) They affect all her dimensions of health.
D) They affect her health only if she has a family history of health problems related to obesity.
Answer: C
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 27-28
?_
Skill: Analyzing
Section: Why Health, Why Now?
Learning Outcome: 1.1
6) The contemporary definition of wellness is
AP
A) the ability to move about freely without pain.
B) the absence of ongoing symptoms or chronic disease.
C) living longer than one's parents.
D) all factors leading to positive health status or overall well-being.
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Page Ref: 30
PR
Skill: Understanding
Section: What Is Health?
Learning Outcome: 1.2
7) Paul studies mortality rates in infants of various ethnicities. He studies their
OV
A) illness rates.
B) accident rates.
C) chronic disease rates.
D) death rates.
Answer: D
Diff: 1 Page Ref: 27
ED
Skill: Understanding
Section: Why Health, Why Now?
Learning Outcome: 1.1
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