Managing Exam Stress Quiz

What hormones are released by the brain under stress during exams?

• Dopamine and Oxytocin

• Cortisol and Adrenaline

• Serotonin and Melatonin

• Insulin and Glucagon

How do cortisol and adrenaline affect your exam performance?

• They improve memory

• They enhance focus

• They increase calmness

• They impair critical thinking and memory

Match the following strategies with their effectiveness in managing exam stress:

• Results in last-minute cramming and increased anxiety

• Studying continuously without breaks

• Helps in maintaining focus and reducing stress

• Avoiding sleep

• Leads to burnout and inefficiency

• Creating a study schedule with rest

• Causes fatigue and poor cognitive function

• Procrastination

The first step in the deep breathing exercise described is (a)   .

• Start with a quick breath
• Hold your breath
• Exhale slowly
• Inhale through the nose

Match the correct duration to hold your breath for the described breathing exercise.

• Duration for an extended breath hold

• Two seconds

• Duration for a very short breath hold

• Six seconds

• Duration for a quick relaxation technique

• Four seconds

• Duration for a moderate breath hold

• One minute

Deep breathing exercises (a)   the body.

• Reduces stress hormones
• Increases stress hormones
• Increases anxiety
• Has no effect on stress

Who can you talk to about managing exam stress?

• No one

• Friends, family, or a therapist

• Strangers

• Only educational professionals

What overall effect do the stress management techniques aim to achieve?

• Make you feel more relaxed and focused

• Isolate you from others

• Reduce knowledge retention

• Increase exam scores

Which of the following is a way to relieve stress: (Check all that apply)

• Go for a walk/run.

• Talk to a friend

• Get mad/punch a wall

• All of the above.

True or False
It is ok to take short "brain-breaks" during my test session.

• True
• False