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MD Unit 1

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

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1.

1.    A person is running a race. Which of the following will happen to their vital signs as they’re running?

a)

 Blood pressure will decrease

 Pulse will increase

 Respiratory rate will increase

b)

 Blood pressure will increase

 Pulse will increase

 Respiratory rate will increase

c)

 Blood pressure will increase

 Pulse will decrease

 Respiratory rate will increase

d)

 Blood pressure will decrease

 Pulse will decrease

 Respiratory rate will decrease

2.

A researcher is interested in performing an experiment to determine whether listening to classical music while taking a quiz helps students do better. The researcher has two comparable classrooms with one classroom of students taking a quiz while listening to classical music and the other taking the same quiz without listening to classical music.

What is the independent variable in this experiment?

a)

Different classrooms

b)

Listening to classical music

c)

Taking a quiz

d)

How students do on the quiz

3.

A researcher is interested in performing an experiment to determine whether listening to classical music while taking a quiz helps students do better. The researcher has two comparable classrooms with one classroom of students taking a quiz while listening to classical music and the other taking the same quiz without listening to classical music.

What is the dependent variable in this experiment?

a)

How students did on the quiz.

b)

Listening to classical music

c)

Temperature of the classroom

d)

Taking a quiz

4.

What are vital signs?

a)

Measurements of the body’s most basic functions and useful in detecting or monitoring medical problems.

b)

The rhythmic expansion and recoil of arteries resulting from heart contraction; can be felt from the outside of the body.

c)

A measure of cardiac activity usually expressed as the number of beats per minute.

d)

To recognize a disease by signs and symptoms.

5.

What is Bacteria?

a)

Single-celled organisms that do not rely on a host.

b)

Tiny infectious agents that can only multiply when they are inside a host, the living cells of plants, animals or bacteria.

c)

Organisms such as yeasts or molds that reproduce quickly in a moist, humid environment.

d)

The time between contact and onset of illness.

6.

What is Blood Pressure?

a)

The force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood and expressed in millimeters of mercury.

b)

The blood pressure generated by the heart during contraction.

c)

Blood pressure that remains between heart contractions.

d)

A measure of cardiac activity usually expressed as the number of beats per minute.

7.

Vital signs are important for medical professionals because....

a)

They determine if a virus or infection may be in one's body.

b)

Gives medical professionals an idea of what might be wrong.

c)

Helps determine the treatment plan.

d)

All of the above

8.

The four main vital signs are....?

a)

Body temperature, pulse rate, respiration rate and blood pressure.

b)

Body temperature, blood sugar, pulse rate, and blood pressure.

c)

Pulse rate, blood sugar, A1C, blood pressure.

d)

Respiration rate, blood sugar, blood pressure, pulse rate.

9.

When taking blood pressure, systolic pressure refers to.....?

a)

The pressure inside the artery when the heart contracts and pumps blood through the body.

b)

The pressure inside the artery when the heart is at rest and filling with blood.

c)

The bottom number in a blood pressure reading.

d)

Written in Farenheit or Celsius degrees.

10.

When taking blood pressure, the diastolic pressure refers to....?

a)

The pressure inside the artery when the heart is at rest and filling with blood.

b)

The pressure inside the artery when the heart contracts and pumps blood through the body.

c)

The top number in the blood pressure.

d)

The highest number in the blood pressure.

11.

There are several places you can find your heart rate or pulse.  These are two of them.

a)

Your wrist and your neck.

b)

Your finger and your toe.

c)

Your nose and your ear.

d)

Your eye and your mouth

12.

Viruses can be spread by...?

a)

Contact with contaminated surfaces.

b)

Airborne droplets from coughing or sneezing from an infected person.

c)

Ingesting infected food or water.

d)

All of the above

13.

Contagious diseases reduce significantly by getting vaccinations.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Hypertension is defined as low blood pressure.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

When a person is running a fever...

a)

Their temperature is higher than 37.5 degrees Celsius.

b)

Their temperature is higher than 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit.

c)

Their body is fighting something to maintain equilibrium.

d)

All of the above.

16.

There are several factors that contribute to high blood pressure.  Being overweight and lack of exercise are two of them.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

People can become ill if food is not cooked correctly?

a)

True

b)

False

18.

When a person has a virus.....

a)

It is usually not treated with an antibiotic.

b)

You need to get plenty of rest and treat the symptoms.

c)

You should drink plenty of fluids.

d)

All of the above

19.

According to the lab results, the patient is positive for STREP THROAT.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

            This microorganism causes the common cold. It can only multiply when inside a human host. It is so small, it can’t be seen with microscopes you will use in school, and it has the ability to mutate or change.

What type of disease agent is this microorganism?

a)

Bacteria

b)

Virus

c)

Fungus

d)

This microorganism is not a disease agent

21.

What are 2 ways a virus can spread person-to-person through a population?

a)

an infected person sneezes and others inhale airborne droplets

b)

you touch a contaminated surface and then your tongue with the same hand

c)

you touch an infected person

d)

all members are vaccinated against the virus

22.

When an infectious disease spreads quickly and sickens a large number of people in a given area, it is called a/an

a)

virus

b)

pandemic

c)

pathogen

d)

epidemic

23.

Viruses do which of the following?

a)

eat

b)

multiply

c)

breathe

d)

grow

24.

A person is running a race. Which of the following will happen to their vital signs as they’re running?

a)

Heart Rate will increase

b)

Blood pressure will increase

c)

Respiratory Rate will increase

d)

All of the above: all 3 vital signs increase

25.

Why is it necessary to check more than one vital sign on a patient?

a)

Someone may be unconscious and you can't take their vital signs.

b)

Each vital sign only measures one important element.

c)

Checking just two is okay.

d)

It's not, you can check only one vital sign.

26.

What illness does the patient have?

a)

Strep Throat

b)

Influenza

c)

Neither

d)

Both

27.

As a doctor or medical professional, you should ask a patient about both their symptoms and their behavior to accurately diagnose them. 

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

28.

Which disease agent would you mostly treat with an antibiotic?

a)

Virus

b)

Bacteria

c)

Fungus

29.

The average vital signs can vary depending on factors like age, gender, heredity, lifestyle, medications, and others.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

30.

Experiment 1: A group of students performed an experiment to see whether doing jumping jacks for two minutes would increase their blood pressure. 

    They had five students perform jumping jacks for two minutes and then measured their blood pressure. 

    They repeated the experiment three times. 

    They analyzed their results, and since the blood pressure measurements were all above the normal values you’d expect, they concluded that doing jumping jacks does increase blood pressure.

What was wrong with Experiment 1?

a)

They didn’t include a control group.

b)

They didn’t include multiple trials.

c)

They included more than one independent variable.

d)

They should’ve only had one test subject.