Health Quizzes 1, 2, 3, and 4 – Flashcards
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Section 1-1
What is life expectancy?
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The number of years a person is likely to live.
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The degree of overall satisfaction a person gets from life is called
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Quality of life
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Which aspect of health refers to how you react to events in your life?
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Emotional health
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A trait associated with good social health is the ability to
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Get along well with others
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A person at the midpoint of the health continuum is
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Neither ill nor perfectly well
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Health is the same as the absence of illness
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False
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Life expectancy in the United States today is 90 years
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True
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Physical health refers to how well your body functions
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True
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Physical health is more important than mental and emotional health
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False
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Your choices affect your position on the health continuum
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True
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Section 1-2
All the traits that are passed biologically from parent to child
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Heredity
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All the physical and social conditions that surround a person
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Environment
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Forms of communication that provide news and entertainment
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Media
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Behavior that is repeated so often it becomes almost automatic
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Habit
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Action or condition that increases the chances of illness or injury
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Risk factor
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A person's culture is part of his or her
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Social environment
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People are more likely to take advantage of available healthcare if
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They have health insurance that pays for medications
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If you are tired because you stay up late watching television, the factor having a negative influence on your health is
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Media
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You cannot control health risks that result from
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Heredity
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One way to evaluate health risks is to
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Consider consequences
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Section 1-3
A specific goal of Healthy People 2010 is to increase seat belt use
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True
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The leading causes of death for young people are related to behaviors
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True
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Knowing how to locate a doctor is an example of making decisions
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False
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One of the steps in analyzing influences is to make an action plan
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False
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Health literacy is the ability to gather, understand, and use health knowledge
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True
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What does the term prevention mean?
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Acting to avoid negative health outcomes
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What is an example of gaining awareness about a health problem?
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Having your blood pressure measured during a medical checkup
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Figuring out why you choose to eat certain foods is an example of
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Analyzing influences
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How is communication generally used in advocacy?
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To gather and understand health information
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Section 1-4
What is a consumable product?
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Soap
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An example of a service is a(an)
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Haircut
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To evaluate health information, you need to consider
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the source
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What is the message of the bandwagon approach in advertising?
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Everyone is using the product, and so should you.
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Which is a consumer right?
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Right to information
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Someone who buys products or services for personal use
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Consumer
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Offer to repair or replace a product if there is a problem
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Warranty
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Public promotion of a product or service
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Advertising
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Lying to obtain money or property
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Fraud
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Selling useless medical treatments or products
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Quackery
