Test Bank For
Questions and Answers A Guide to Fitness and Wellness 2024 Release Gary Liguori, Sandra
Carroll
Chapters 1-13 Answers are at the End of Each Chapter
Chapter 1
TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) Health and wellness have the same meaning.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) A communicable disease cannot be contracted from another individual.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) Another term for communicable disease is infectious disease.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) People with chronic diseases rarely need to adapt their lives to accommodate the symptoms
and effects of the disease.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) Noncommunicable diseases are caused by pathogens.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) In the developing world, people are more likely to die from diseases associated with a
shortage of necessities and basic public health measures.
⊚ true
⊚ false
7) In the developed world, people are more likely to die from communicable diseases than
noncommunicable diseases.
⊚ true
⊚ false
,8) Chronic diseases typically develop over time from a combination of genetic, environmental,
and lifestyle factors.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) Your body is designed to function best when it is active—and being busy is not the same
thing as being active.
⊚ true
⊚ false
10) Smoking kills thousands of nonsmokers every year.
⊚ true
⊚ false
11) Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death.
⊚ true
⊚ false
12) On any given day, driving is probably the safest activity that most of us participate in.
⊚ true
⊚ false
13) Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death for Americans between the age of 5
and 24.
⊚ true
⊚ false
14) Eliminating distractions while driving is a preventive safety practice.
⊚ true
⊚ false
15) The most common source of radiation exposure is X-rays.
⊚ true
⊚ false
16) Having a high level of intellectual wellness can help you navigate the healthcare system.
⊚ true
⊚ false
,17) Genes are the primary factor in determining your disease risk and overall health status.
⊚ true
⊚ false
MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
18) The WHO definition of health is
A) a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity.
B) a state of being sound and whole, generally in reference to the body.
C) a condition with multiple dimensions that falls on a continuum from negative health,
characterized by illness and premature death, to positive health.
D) the absence of illness or injury.
19) The six dimensions of wellness include
A) physical, emotional, intellectual, financial, occupational, and spiritual.
B) emotional, mental, intellectual, spiritual, psychological, and financial.
C) intellectual, social, spiritual, environmental, emotional, and physical.
D) social, intellectual, physical, emotional, financial, and spiritual.
20) Which of the following correctly identifies the six dimensions of wellness in the model
described in your text.
A) physical, emotional, intellectual, financial, vocational, and spiritual
B) emotional, mental, intellectual, spiritual, psychological, and cultural
C) intellectual, social, spiritual, environmental, emotional, and physical
D) social, intellectual, physical, emotional, dietary, and spiritual
21) The overall leading cause of death for Americans is
A) cancer.
B) stroke.
C) unintentional injuries (accidents).
D) heart disease.
22) What is the cause of 38 percent of deaths in developing regions of the world?
A) chronic diseases
B) communicable diseases
C) infectious diseases
D) injuries
, 23) The leading cause of death for young adults is
A) cancer.
B) stroke.
C) unintentional injuries (accidents).
D) heart disease.
24) The leading cause of death among people ages 15–24 years is
A) cancer.
B) suicide.
C) unintentional injuries (accidents).
D) drug and alcohol-induced deaths.
25) A noncommunicable disease can also be called
A) a communicable disease.
B) a chronic disease.
C) an infectious disease.
D) an environmental disease.
26) Chronic diseases include
A) pneumonia.
B) heart disease.
C) hepatitis.
D) influenza.
27) Which of the following is an example of a chronic disease?
A) mononucleosis
B) heart disease
C) hepatitis
D) influenza
28) One health risk factor that can be changed is
A) age.
B) excess body weight.
C) height.
D) genes.
Questions and Answers A Guide to Fitness and Wellness 2024 Release Gary Liguori, Sandra
Carroll
Chapters 1-13 Answers are at the End of Each Chapter
Chapter 1
TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) Health and wellness have the same meaning.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) A communicable disease cannot be contracted from another individual.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) Another term for communicable disease is infectious disease.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) People with chronic diseases rarely need to adapt their lives to accommodate the symptoms
and effects of the disease.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) Noncommunicable diseases are caused by pathogens.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) In the developing world, people are more likely to die from diseases associated with a
shortage of necessities and basic public health measures.
⊚ true
⊚ false
7) In the developed world, people are more likely to die from communicable diseases than
noncommunicable diseases.
⊚ true
⊚ false
,8) Chronic diseases typically develop over time from a combination of genetic, environmental,
and lifestyle factors.
⊚ true
⊚ false
9) Your body is designed to function best when it is active—and being busy is not the same
thing as being active.
⊚ true
⊚ false
10) Smoking kills thousands of nonsmokers every year.
⊚ true
⊚ false
11) Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death.
⊚ true
⊚ false
12) On any given day, driving is probably the safest activity that most of us participate in.
⊚ true
⊚ false
13) Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death for Americans between the age of 5
and 24.
⊚ true
⊚ false
14) Eliminating distractions while driving is a preventive safety practice.
⊚ true
⊚ false
15) The most common source of radiation exposure is X-rays.
⊚ true
⊚ false
16) Having a high level of intellectual wellness can help you navigate the healthcare system.
⊚ true
⊚ false
,17) Genes are the primary factor in determining your disease risk and overall health status.
⊚ true
⊚ false
MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
18) The WHO definition of health is
A) a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity.
B) a state of being sound and whole, generally in reference to the body.
C) a condition with multiple dimensions that falls on a continuum from negative health,
characterized by illness and premature death, to positive health.
D) the absence of illness or injury.
19) The six dimensions of wellness include
A) physical, emotional, intellectual, financial, occupational, and spiritual.
B) emotional, mental, intellectual, spiritual, psychological, and financial.
C) intellectual, social, spiritual, environmental, emotional, and physical.
D) social, intellectual, physical, emotional, financial, and spiritual.
20) Which of the following correctly identifies the six dimensions of wellness in the model
described in your text.
A) physical, emotional, intellectual, financial, vocational, and spiritual
B) emotional, mental, intellectual, spiritual, psychological, and cultural
C) intellectual, social, spiritual, environmental, emotional, and physical
D) social, intellectual, physical, emotional, dietary, and spiritual
21) The overall leading cause of death for Americans is
A) cancer.
B) stroke.
C) unintentional injuries (accidents).
D) heart disease.
22) What is the cause of 38 percent of deaths in developing regions of the world?
A) chronic diseases
B) communicable diseases
C) infectious diseases
D) injuries
, 23) The leading cause of death for young adults is
A) cancer.
B) stroke.
C) unintentional injuries (accidents).
D) heart disease.
24) The leading cause of death among people ages 15–24 years is
A) cancer.
B) suicide.
C) unintentional injuries (accidents).
D) drug and alcohol-induced deaths.
25) A noncommunicable disease can also be called
A) a communicable disease.
B) a chronic disease.
C) an infectious disease.
D) an environmental disease.
26) Chronic diseases include
A) pneumonia.
B) heart disease.
C) hepatitis.
D) influenza.
27) Which of the following is an example of a chronic disease?
A) mononucleosis
B) heart disease
C) hepatitis
D) influenza
28) One health risk factor that can be changed is
A) age.
B) excess body weight.
C) height.
D) genes.
