Medical Quiz

Healthy Foundations Quiz

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Illness and premature death lie at one end of the health continuum, and _______ health lies at the other.

A. perfect

B. optimal

C. moderate

D. quality


While life expectancy measures the length of time a person is expected to live, the actual number of years a person lives is called ________.

A. life expectancy

B. quality of life

C. lifetime

D. life span


_______ factors are choices and behaviors that affect a person’s chance of developing a disease, unhealthy condition, or injury.

A. Protective factors

B. Wellness factors

C. Social factors

D. Behavioral factors


Lack of _______ due to blue light from digital devices reduces a person’s resistance to disease and impairs motor skills, such as for driving.

A. Sleep

B. physical activity

C. nutrition

D. B and C


Which of the following is a part of your social environment?

A. family

B. peers

C. culture/community

D. all of the above


How people express their thoughts, emotions, moods, feelings about themselves, and views about the world is ___________ health.

A. physical

B. nutritional

C. emotional

D. social


Your social environment includes your __________, or the beliefs, values, customs, and arts of a group of people.

A. culture

B. behaviors

C. habits

D. friends


To achieve optimal health, people practice __________, which is the process of identifying one’s state of health and taking steps to improve it.

A. wellness

B. health

C. well-being

D. good habits


The presence of waste in the environment is called ________.

A. pollution

B. garbage

C. trash

D. dirt


True or False:

Teens need at least 8 to 10 hours of sleep per night.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE


Risk factors increase the chances a person will develop a disease or experience an injury, while _________ factors reduce these chances.

A. positive

B. plus

C. safety

D. protective


True or False:

A problem in one dimension of health will not affect other dimensions of health.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE


Which type of risk factor is typically nonmodifiable?

A. genetic risk factors

B. behavioral risk factors

C. environmental risk factors

D. All of the above


_________ factors are aspects of people’s lives that increase the chances that will develop a disease or disorder or experience an injury or decline in health.

A. Positive

B. Risk

C. Reward

D. Negative


Which answer lists the 3 dimensions of health?

A. climate, geography, & economic

B. nutrition, fitness, & body composition

C. physical, mental & emotional, social

D. home, school, & work


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