1. Chapter 1 – The Basics of Healthy Change
Health Statistics
Disease
Prevention
Health Dimensions
Behavior Change
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2. Health Statistics: $100 Question
Morbidity statistics describe:
a. Disease rates
b. Accident rates
c. Death rates
d. Illness rates
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3. Health Statistics: $100 Answer
Morbidity statistics describe:
a. Disease rates
b. Accident rates
c. Death rates
d. Illness rates
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4. Health Statistics: $200 Question
The number of new cases of disease and disability describes:
a. Mortality
b. Prevalence
c. Malady
d. Incidence
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5. Health Statistics: $200 Answer
The number of new cases of disease and disability describes:
a. Mortality
b. Prevalence
c. Malady
d. Incidence
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6. Health Statistics: $300 Question
What is the greatest public health achievement of the twentieth century?
a. Motor vehicle safety
b. Vaccinations
c. Reduction in cardiovascular disease
d. Workplace safety
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7. Health Statistics: $300 Answer
What is the greatest public health achievement of the twentieth century?
a. Motor vehicle safety
b. Vaccinations
c. Reduction in cardiovascular disease
d. Workplace safety
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8. Health Statistics: $400 Question
Based on projections for babies born in 2007, where will the United States rank in the world for life expectancy?
a. Eleventh
b. Twenty-third
c. Thirty-first
d. Forty-fifth
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9. Health Statistics: $400 Answer
Based on projections for babies born in 2007, where will the United States rank in the world for life expectancy?
a. Eleventh
b. Twenty-third
c. Thirty-first
d. Forty-fifth
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10. Disease Prevention: $100 Question
Actions that increase susceptibility to negative health outcomes are:
a. Risk behaviors
b. Precipitating behavioral factors
c. Reinforcing negative behaviors
d. Cues to action
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11. Disease Prevention: $100 Answer
Actions that increase susceptibility to negative health outcomes are:
a. Risk behaviors
b. Precipitating behavioral factors
c. Reinforcing negative behaviors
d. Cues to action
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12. Disease Prevention: $200 Question
What is the leading cause of death in the United States population-wide?
a. Accidents
b. Cancer
c. Stroke
d. Heart disease
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13. Disease Prevention: $200 Answer
What is the leading cause of death in the United States population-wide?
a. Accidents
b. Cancer
c. Stroke
d. Heart disease
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14. Disease Prevention: $300 Question
Trained public health educators with special credentials and competencies in developing prevention programs are known as:
a. Registered health therapists
b. Advanced practice nurses
c. Certified health education specialists
d. Physical therapists
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15. Disease Prevention: $300 Answer
Trained public health educators with special credentials and competencies in developing prevention programs are known as:
a. Registered health therapists
b. Advanced practice nurses
c. Certified health education specialists
d. Physical therapists
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16. Disease Prevention: $400 Question
Preventable risk behaviors account for approximately _____ percent of medical expenditures.
a. 40
b. 50
c. 70
d. 80
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17. Disease Prevention: $400 Answer
Preventable risk behaviors account for approximately _____ percent of medical expenditures.
a. 40
b. 50
c. 70
d. 80
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18. Health Dimensions: $100 Question
The achievement of the highest level of health possible in each of several dimensions is known as:
a. Wellness
b. Health promotion
c. Prevention
d. Locus of control
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19. Health Dimensions: $100 Answer
The achievement of the highest level of health possible in each of several dimensions is known as:
a. Wellness
b. Health promotion
c. Prevention
d. Locus of control
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20. Health Dimensions: $200 Question
Spiritual health can best be described as:
a. Developing a sense of purpose or meaning
b. Experiencing satisfying relationships
c. Controlling and communicating
d. An ability to reason
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21. Health Dimensions: $200 Answer
Spiritual health can best be described as:
a. Developing a sense of purpose or meaning
b. Experiencing satisfying relationships
c. Controlling and communicating
d. An ability to reason
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22. Health Dimensions: $300 Question
Self-confidence and self-efficacy are part of which dimension of health?
a. Social health
b. Emotional health
c. Intellectual health
d. Physical health
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23. Health Dimensions: $300 Answer
Self-confidence and self-efficacy are part of which dimension of health?
a. Social health
b. Emotional health
c. Intellectual health
d. Physical health
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24. Health Dimensions: $400 Question
The performance of everyday tasks, such as bathing or walking up the stairs, is called:
a. Improved quality of life
b. Physical health
c. Health promotion behaviors
d. Activities of daily living
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25. Health Dimensions: $400 Answer
The performance of everyday tasks, such as bathing or walking up the stairs, is called:
a. Improved quality of life
b. Physical health
c. Health promotion behaviors
d. Activities of daily living
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26. Behavior Change: $100 Question
The state of being that precedes behavior change is called:
a. Skills
b. Resources
c. Readiness
d. Motivation
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27. Behavior Change: $100 Answer
The state of being that precedes behavior change is called:
a. Skills
b. Resources
c. Readiness
d. Motivation
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28. Behavior Change: $200 Question
Because Brandon hangs out with friends who smoke, he is more to likely to smoke than someone whose friends don’t smoke. This is an example of which factor influencing behavior?
a. Enabling factor
b. Reinforcing factor
c. Circumstantial factor
d. Predisposing factor
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29. Behavior Change: $200 Answer
Because Brandon hangs out with friends who smoke, he is more to likely to smoke than someone whose friends don’t smoke. This is an example of which factor influencing behavior?
a. Enabling factor
b. Reinforcing factor
c. Circumstantial factor
d. Predisposing factor
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30. Behavior Change: $300 Question
The observation of a friend’s success in losing weight that serves to help you lose weight is an example of:
a. Situational inducement
b. Modeling
c. Conforming
d. Imagined rehearsal
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31. Behavior Change: $300 Answer
The observation of a friend’s success in losing weight that serves to help you lose weight is an example of:
a. Situational inducement
b. Modeling
c. Conforming
d. Imagined rehearsal
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32. Behavior Change: $400 Question
What strategy for change helps ensure success for someone in the action stage of the Transtheoretical Model?
a. Seeking out recommended readings
b. Maintaining positive behaviors
c. Publicly stating the desire for change
d. Setting realistic goals
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33. Behavior Change: $400 Answer
What strategy for change helps ensure success for someone in the action stage of the Transtheoretical Model?
a. Seeking out recommended readings
b. Maintaining positive behaviors
c. Publicly stating the desire to change
d. Setting realistic goals
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34. FINAL ROUND Question
The setting events for a behavior that stimulate a person to act in certain ways defines:
a. Cues to action
b. Consequences
c. Antecedents
d. Activity reinforcer
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35. FINAL ROUND Answer
The setting events for a behavior that stimulate a person to act in certain ways defines:
a. Cues to action
b. Consequences
c. Antecedents
d. Activity reinforcer
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