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PHED MIDTERM REVIEW (CHAPTERS
1,2,3,4, & 8) 2026 ACTUAL QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS.
1. Exercise is considered vigorous when its intesity exceeds
60% of an individuals maximum oxygen uptake.
(True/False?) - correct answer-True
2. How quickly an individual progresses through an exercise
program depends on the person's health status, exercise
tolerance, and exercise program goals. - correct answer-
True
3. ___ health provides a unifying power that intergrates the
other dimensions of wellness. - correct answer-Spiritual
4. Someone who spirituality positively impacts his or her well-
being is most likely to hold which belief? - correct answer-
Life has a purpose
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5. Of all deaths on the U.S., _____ percent are caused by
cardiovascular disease and cancer, and _____ percent could
be prevented by following a healthy lifestyle. - correct
answer-53; 80
6. In sedentary people, sudden, heavy duty physical activity
such as shoveling snow is associated with a ____ increase
in risk of a cardiovascular event. - correct answer-50 to 100
fold
7. An increased risk for CHD has been stablished inpeopl with
low levels of ____. - correct answer-HDL-cholesterol
8. Homocysteine is ___ - correct answer-a lactic acid
9. Most successful ex-smokers have ______. - correct answer-
quit on their own by going cold turkey or using self-help kits
10. a ____ is formed when malignant cells migrate away from
the original tumor and form a tumor else where - correct
answer-metastasis
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11. The most common cause of death in people with
diabeates mellitus is _____ - correct answer-cardiovascular
disease
12. Metabolic syndrome _____ - correct answer-results in low
HDL-cholesterol
13. Nearly ___ percent of the one million basal cell and
squamous cell skin cancers each year sin the United States
could have been prevented by using sun protection. - correct
answer-90
14. SPF 15 means that the skin takes _____ times longer to
burn than it would with no lotion - correct answer-15
15. the incidence of the CLRD increases with ________ -
correct answer-tobacco use
PHED MIDTERM REVIEW (CHAPTERS
1,2,3,4, & 8) 2026 ACTUAL QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS.
1. Exercise is considered vigorous when its intesity exceeds
60% of an individuals maximum oxygen uptake.
(True/False?) - correct answer-True
2. How quickly an individual progresses through an exercise
program depends on the person's health status, exercise
tolerance, and exercise program goals. - correct answer-
True
3. ___ health provides a unifying power that intergrates the
other dimensions of wellness. - correct answer-Spiritual
4. Someone who spirituality positively impacts his or her well-
being is most likely to hold which belief? - correct answer-
Life has a purpose
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5. Of all deaths on the U.S., _____ percent are caused by
cardiovascular disease and cancer, and _____ percent could
be prevented by following a healthy lifestyle. - correct
answer-53; 80
6. In sedentary people, sudden, heavy duty physical activity
such as shoveling snow is associated with a ____ increase
in risk of a cardiovascular event. - correct answer-50 to 100
fold
7. An increased risk for CHD has been stablished inpeopl with
low levels of ____. - correct answer-HDL-cholesterol
8. Homocysteine is ___ - correct answer-a lactic acid
9. Most successful ex-smokers have ______. - correct answer-
quit on their own by going cold turkey or using self-help kits
10. a ____ is formed when malignant cells migrate away from
the original tumor and form a tumor else where - correct
answer-metastasis
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11. The most common cause of death in people with
diabeates mellitus is _____ - correct answer-cardiovascular
disease
12. Metabolic syndrome _____ - correct answer-results in low
HDL-cholesterol
13. Nearly ___ percent of the one million basal cell and
squamous cell skin cancers each year sin the United States
could have been prevented by using sun protection. - correct
answer-90
14. SPF 15 means that the skin takes _____ times longer to
burn than it would with no lotion - correct answer-15
15. the incidence of the CLRD increases with ________ -
correct answer-tobacco use
