Question 1
Your body uses dietary proteins as sources of:
amino acids
lipids
glucose
vitamins
Question 2
Which of the following is an example of epigenetics?
DNA damage due to sun exposure creates a change to one's genotype; this is passed on to the next generation
chemical modifications to proteins called histones make it more or less likely a gene will be expressed
chromosomes exchange genetic material during sexual reproduction; this creates new combinations of genetic material in the offspring
an abnormality of embryological development causes a section of a chromosome to be deleted
Question 3
This stage of sleep is also called "slow-wave sleep":
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
REM sleep
Question 4
Jillian really wants to lose weight. After months of thinking about it, she finally goes out today, joins a gym, and works out. This means she is in what stage of the transtheoretical model?
Precontemplation
Contemplation
Preparation
Action
Question 5
Wes wants to quit smoking but can't get up the motivation to do it because he doesn't feel capable of doing it; thus, he feels a lack of control over the process of quitting. The fact that this causes him to continue smoking is best explained by which theory of health behavior?
Health belief model
Theory of planned behavior
Transtheoretical model
Question 6
Tim has coronary heart disease. His doctor has prescribed a medication that thins his blood to reduce the risk of a heart attack. This is what type of prevention?
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Quaternary
Question 7
The people who are most at risk for developing mesothelioma are those that worked in what industry between the 1950s and 1980s?
painting
teaching
construction
airline
Question 8
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a good example of a/an:
disorder whose symptoms can be alleviated by adopting better sleep habits
disorder caused by a gene x environment interaction
condition exacerbated by chronic stress
disease caused by a vitamin deficiency
Question 9
Asbestos forms a fine dust that is dangerous when inhaled, but is unique in that there are no other known compounds that form the type of fine dust that might be able to initiate processes linked to mesothelioma.
True
False
Question 10
Selye's experiments were considered important because:
They demonstrated that there is a different stress response for different types of stressors (e.g. temperature, needle pokes, etc.)
They emphasized the importance of allostasis rather than homeostasis in physiological functioning
They demonstrated that there is a general response to stress that is similar for a wide array of stressors
They suggested the HPA axis is the primary physiological system that mediates the stress response
Question 11
How does the immune system respond to a stressor that continues for a prolonged period of time?
Initially the immune response is suppressed but as the stressor continues the immune response becomes heightened
Initially the immune response is heightened but as the stressor continues the immune response becomes suppressed
Initially the immune response doesn't change but as the stressor continues the immune response becomes heightened
The immune response does not generally change when someone experiences a stressor