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hoices Study Questions and Correct Answers 202 g g g g g gg
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1. 1 After suffering a heart attack, a middle-
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aged man is counseled to take agcholesterol-
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lowering medication.This is an example of
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a. primary prevention. g
b. secondary prevention. g
c. tertiary prevention g
d. disease treatment.: c
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2. A patient has been exposed to meningococcal meningitis, but is not yet gdem
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gonstrating signs of this disease.This stage of illness is called the
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a. prodromal
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d. convalescence: b g
3. A patient with high blood pressure who is otherwise healthy is counseled gto
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a. primary prevention. g
b. secondary prevention. g
c. tertiary prevention. g
d. disease treatment.: b g g
4. what clinical course would you see SIGNS & SYMPTOMS?: PRODROMAL
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5. A disease that is native to a particular region is called
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,b. endemic.
c. pandemic.
d. ethnographic.: b g
6. C.Q. was recently exposed to group A hemolytic Streptococcus and sub-
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th multiple pustules. He complains of sore throat, malaise, and joint gstiffness. g A
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hroat culture is positive for Streptococcus, and antibiotics have gbeen prescrigbe
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The etiology of C.Q.'s disease is
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a. genetic susceptibility.
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b. pharyngitis.
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, c. streptococcal infection. g
d. a sore throat.: c
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7. The stage during which the patient functions normally, although the disease prg
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ocesses are well established, is referred as
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a. latent.
b. subclinical.
c. prodromal.
d. convalescence.: b g
8. When the cause is unknown, a condition is said to be idiopathic
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a. true
b. false: a g
9. primary level of prevention: prevention before you ever have a disease; immu-
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g nization
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10. Many of the responses to stress are attributed to activation of the sympa-
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gthetic nervous system and are mediated by?
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a. norepinephrine.
b. cortisol.
c. glucagon.
d. ACTH.: a g
11. Allostasis is best defined as g g g g
a. steady-state.
b. a state of equilibrium, of balance within the organism.
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c. the process by which the body heals following disease.
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d. the overall process of adaptive change necessary to maintain survival ga
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gndwell-being.: d g
12. Selye's three phases of the stress response include all the following ge
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gxcept?
a. allostasis.
b. resistance.
c. alarm.
d. exhaustion.: a g
13. All the following stress-induced hormones increase blood glucose ex-
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hoices Study Questions and Correct Answers 202 g g g g g gg
5/2026
1. 1 After suffering a heart attack, a middle-
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aged man is counseled to take agcholesterol-
g g g g g g
lowering medication.This is an example of
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a. primary prevention. g
b. secondary prevention. g
c. tertiary prevention g
d. disease treatment.: c
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2. A patient has been exposed to meningococcal meningitis, but is not yet gdem
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gonstrating signs of this disease.This stage of illness is called the
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ggstage.
a. prodromal
b. latent
c. sequela
d. convalescence: b g
3. A patient with high blood pressure who is otherwise healthy is counseled gto
g g g g g g g g g g g g g
g restrict sodium intake.T his is an example of
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a. primary prevention. g
b. secondary prevention. g
c. tertiary prevention. g
d. disease treatment.: b g g
4. what clinical course would you see SIGNS & SYMPTOMS?: PRODROMAL
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5. A disease that is native to a particular region is called
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,a. epidemic.
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,b. endemic.
c. pandemic.
d. ethnographic.: b g
6. C.Q. was recently exposed to group A hemolytic Streptococcus and sub-
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gsequently developed a pharyngeal infection. His clinic examination reveals g an
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oral temperature of 102.3°F, skin rash, dysphagia, and reddened throat mucosa g w
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th multiple pustules. He complains of sore throat, malaise, and joint gstiffness. g A
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hroat culture is positive for Streptococcus, and antibiotics have gbeen prescrigbe
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The etiology of C.Q.'s disease is
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a. genetic susceptibility.
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b. pharyngitis.
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, c. streptococcal infection. g
d. a sore throat.: c
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7. The stage during which the patient functions normally, although the disease prg
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ocesses are well established, is referred as
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a. latent.
b. subclinical.
c. prodromal.
d. convalescence.: b g
8. When the cause is unknown, a condition is said to be idiopathic
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a. true
b. false: a g
9. primary level of prevention: prevention before you ever have a disease; immu-
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g nization
g
10. Many of the responses to stress are attributed to activation of the sympa-
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gthetic nervous system and are mediated by?
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a. norepinephrine.
b. cortisol.
c. glucagon.
d. ACTH.: a g
11. Allostasis is best defined as g g g g
a. steady-state.
b. a state of equilibrium, of balance within the organism.
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c. the process by which the body heals following disease.
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d. the overall process of adaptive change necessary to maintain survival ga
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gndwell-being.: d g
12. Selye's three phases of the stress response include all the following ge
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gxcept?
a. allostasis.
b. resistance.
c. alarm.
d. exhaustion.: a g
13. All the following stress-induced hormones increase blood glucose ex-
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3g/g17
