Chapter 1 Test

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

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)   .

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

Health conditions that develop due to a person’s genes without any other risk factors are called (a)   .

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

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

• True

• False

Quality of life gauges a person’s satisfaction with life, not just how long the person lives.

• True

• False

Your actions can affect your health.

• True

• False

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

• physical

• mental

• emotional

• social

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

• perfect

• optimal

• moderate

• quality