MS Health Final

Wellness is a continuum, which means _______________.

• personal wellness can vary between very poor and very good.

• each of the dimensions of health are interrelated.

• people must always cope with low levels of wellness

• wellness can be achieved with concentration.

Wellness is achieved when someone is at their best in all 6 dimensions of health.

• T

• F

Sarah has optimal health, but she lives in a metro area that has high levels of air pollution. Which dimension of health will be lower for Sarah?

• Psychological

• emotional

• Social

• environmental

An advocate speaks out in favor of something they believe in.

• T

• F

Which of the following is a controllable risk factor of infectious disease?

• pollution

• 
  Drug abuse

• air

• heredity

If someone is predisposed to a disease, they are more likely to contract the disease due to__________.

• lifestyle choices

• heredity

• random chance

• factors other than heredity or lifestyle

Which of the following is not an internal factor of decision making?

• ethics

• emotions

• peer pressure

• attitude

The best way to correct a poor decision is to___________.

• stop, blame, react

• stop, think, go.

• yell, apologize, move on.

• pause, ignore, talk.

The first thing you should do when developing an action plan is ______.

• organize a list of action items.

• prioritize essential actions.

• write a list of action items.

• clarify the goal.

Rank the following consequences of sunlight exposure from least serious to most serious.

• skin cancer, sunburn, premature aging.

• premature aging, skin cancer, sunburn

• sunburn, premature aging, skin cancer.

• skin cancer, premature aging, sunburn.