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CCSH Prep QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
The field of somnology is a science devoted to the study
of sleep and sleep disorders of individuals and general
population health, performance, safety, and quality of
life.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ A) TRUE
Sleep medicine is a branch of clinical medicine devoted
to the diagnosis and treatment of individuals suffering
from chronic sleep loss or sleep disorder
A) TRUE
B) FALSE - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ A) TRUE
In Greece, Hippocrates described insomnolence as
connected with sorrow in pains or oncoming delirium
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A) TRUE
B) FALSE - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ A) TRUE
Charles Dickens wrote the Pickwick Club during which he
describes the Pickwickian in boy Napoleon
A) TRUE
B) FALSE - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ B) FALSE
The first sleep disorders center was opened in 1975 at
Harvard.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ B) FALSE
Patients may obtain clinical information and resources
online from the:
A) National Sleep Foundation
B) Billing websites
C) Narcolepsy Foundation
D) Both A and C - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ D) Both A and C
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Sleep health is characterized by:
A) Sleep patterns and trends
B) Sustained alertness during the waking hours
C) Short sleep
D) Both A and B - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ D) Both A and B
Public health is a science of protecting and improving
health of families and communities through promotion of
healthy lifestyles
A) TRUE
B) FALSE - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ A) TRUE
Sleep is important in:
A) Population health to describe health outcomes in a
group of individuals
B) To promote and improve health in a population
C) Focus on input rather than outcomes
D) Both A and B - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ D) Both A and B
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Leptin is the hormone that:
A) Is involved in augmentation of appetite
B) Is responsible for the burning of calories
C) Light sensitivity to promote sleep
D) Leptin is not a hormone - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ B) Is
responsible for the burning of calories
What is sleep?
A) Reversible cyclic physiologic disassociation from
environment
B) Recorded only in humans
C) Variation with age
D) Both A and C - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ D) Both A and C
EEG waveforms of sleep reflects:
A) Specific cortical activity
B) Specific arousal thresholds
C) Metabolic and autonomic functions
CCSH Prep QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
The field of somnology is a science devoted to the study
of sleep and sleep disorders of individuals and general
population health, performance, safety, and quality of
life.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ A) TRUE
Sleep medicine is a branch of clinical medicine devoted
to the diagnosis and treatment of individuals suffering
from chronic sleep loss or sleep disorder
A) TRUE
B) FALSE - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ A) TRUE
In Greece, Hippocrates described insomnolence as
connected with sorrow in pains or oncoming delirium
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A) TRUE
B) FALSE - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ A) TRUE
Charles Dickens wrote the Pickwick Club during which he
describes the Pickwickian in boy Napoleon
A) TRUE
B) FALSE - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ B) FALSE
The first sleep disorders center was opened in 1975 at
Harvard.
A) TRUE
B) FALSE - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ B) FALSE
Patients may obtain clinical information and resources
online from the:
A) National Sleep Foundation
B) Billing websites
C) Narcolepsy Foundation
D) Both A and C - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ D) Both A and C
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Sleep health is characterized by:
A) Sleep patterns and trends
B) Sustained alertness during the waking hours
C) Short sleep
D) Both A and B - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ D) Both A and B
Public health is a science of protecting and improving
health of families and communities through promotion of
healthy lifestyles
A) TRUE
B) FALSE - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ A) TRUE
Sleep is important in:
A) Population health to describe health outcomes in a
group of individuals
B) To promote and improve health in a population
C) Focus on input rather than outcomes
D) Both A and B - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ D) Both A and B
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Leptin is the hormone that:
A) Is involved in augmentation of appetite
B) Is responsible for the burning of calories
C) Light sensitivity to promote sleep
D) Leptin is not a hormone - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ B) Is
responsible for the burning of calories
What is sleep?
A) Reversible cyclic physiologic disassociation from
environment
B) Recorded only in humans
C) Variation with age
D) Both A and C - .....ANSWER... ✔✔ D) Both A and C
EEG waveforms of sleep reflects:
A) Specific cortical activity
B) Specific arousal thresholds
C) Metabolic and autonomic functions
