Scientific Foundations of Health

Module-5
Preventing and fighting against diseases for good health
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. What influence your health
a) Heredity
b) Environment
c) Physical environment
d) All of the above
2. Spiritual health refers
a) Meditation
b) Exercising
c) Body composition
d) All of the above
3. What is HIA
a) Health impact assessment
b) Health impact assignment
c) Health index assessment
d) Health index assignment
4. Sources of infections
a) Patients
b) Healthcare workers
c) Visitors and household members
d) All of the above
5. Reasons for Infection from Sources
a) Dust or decaying debris
 b) Wet surfaces, moist environments, and biofilms
c) both of the above
d) None of the above
6. Which of the following disease is not caused by Virus
a) Ebola
b) Genital herpes
c) Tuberculosis
d) Shingles
7. Which is not a way of reducing risk for good health
a) Achieve a healthy weight
b) Reducing stress
c) Be screened or tested regularly
d) intake of alcohol
8. Which of these is an example of chronic illness
a) Severe Cold
b) Flu
c) Upset Stomach
d) Heart Disease
9. Major Risk Factors for chronic illness
a) Tobacco Use
b) Poor Nutrition
c) Lack of Physical Activity
d) All of the above
10. A feeling of uncertainty, as when diagnosed with a chronic illness, is known as
a) Clear loss
b) Ambiguous loss
c) Post-traumatic growth
 d) Comorbid symptoms
11. A primary cause of death among infants is
a) Congenital defects
b) Accidents
c) Cancer
d) Chronic illness
12. Which of these groups is the most likely to have anemia?
a) Men
b) Women
c) Teenagers
d) Older adults
13. Anemia can contribute to which of these among older adults?
a) More falls
b) High blood pressure
c) Diminished eyesight
d) Diabetes
14. Financial health refers to
a) Physical activity
b) Mental illness
c) Good income
d) None of the above
15. Types of health
a) Mental health only
b) Physical health only
c) Mental and physical health
d) None of the above
16. How are infectious diseases, such as colds and influenza, most commonly spread?
 a) Breathing viruses in air
b) Hand-to-face contact
c) Drinking infected water
d) Eating contaminated food
17. Chronic stress has been linked to which of these health problems?
a) Headaches
b) Constipation
c) Depression
d) All of the above
18. Which of the following increases your risk for type 2 diabetes?
a) Not getting enough exercise
b) Being overweight
c) Both of the above
d) Eating too much sugar
19. Why is it important for you to perform hand hygiene prior to leaving an isolated area?
Select all that apply
a) To reduce the risk of contaminating fellow health care professionals
b) To reduce the risk of contaminating yourself
c) To reduce the risk of contaminating visitors and other clients
d) To reduce the risk of contaminating the surrounding environment
20. Modes of horizontal transmission of disease, except
a) Contact
b) Vector
c) Common Vehicle
d) Genetic
21. The HBM is short for which of the following?
a) Health Behaviour Model
b) Harfatum Bilateral Mechanism
 c) Health Belief Model
d) Higher Behavioural Mechanism
22. “Sleep hygiene" refers to the promotion of regular sleep. Which of these can help you
develop healthy sleep habits?
a) Eat a big meal late in the day
b) Go to bed and get up at the same time every day
c) Cut back on the amount of exercise you get
d) All of the above
23. Which is the most important hygiene habit to teach young children?
a) Use a tissue to cover a sneeze
b) Don't share a glass or eating utensil
c) Wash hands frequently
d) Take a bath daily
24. How does Ebola spread from human to human?
a) Spreads through direct contact with blood and bodily fluids
b) Spreads through inhaling infected droplets
c) Spreads through contaminated water
d) None of the above
25. Which of the following CANNOT be transmitted via infectious droplets?
a) Rubella
b) Common cold
c) Influenza
d) None of the above
26. If a disease jumps from a non-human animal to a human, then it is termed as
a) Zoonotic disease
b) Infectious disease
c) Congenital disease
d) Iatrogenic disease
27. Poor mental health increases the risk for long-lasting (chronic) physical conditions like
a) Heart Disease
b) Stroke
c) Cancer
d) All of the above
28. If you know someone with poor mental health, you can help by
a) Reaching out and letting them know help is available
b) Helping them access mental health services
c) Learning and sharing the facts about mental health, especially if you hear something
that is not true
d) All of the above
29. What vaccines should teens have?
a) Tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis booster (Tdap)
b) Polio
c) Shingles
d) Mononucleosis
30. Which of these may be symptoms of alcohol or drug abuse?
a) Changes in eating habits and sleep patterns
b) More hostility
c) Change in friends
d) All of the above
31. The ability to use joints through a full range of motion is called
a) Agility
b) Cardiovascular fitness
c) Strength
d) Flexibility
32. Walking should be taught in physical education because of its known impact on
a) cognitive development
 b) emotional development
c) weight gain
d) weight management
33. What is the term used when health problems are thought to cause a lowering of socio-
economic status?
a) Social decline
b) Social drift
c) Social escalate
d) Social spiral
34. Stress may differentially impact on the health of the poor because
a) they experience more stress than the better off.
b) they often have less control of their working lives.
c) they have less resources to deal with stress than the better off.
d) All of the above
35. Low social capital results in
a) unemployment.
b) high levels of stress.
c) poverty.
d) poor housing.
36. Regarding the health, the followings are true except
a) health is state of complete physical well-being
b) spiritual and intellectual are not related to health
c) health is state of complete mental well-being
d) health is state of complete social well-being
37. Regarding Health systems, the following are true
a) All activities that promote, restore or maintain health
b) Improve the health of the population it serves
c) Provide financial protection against the costs of ill-health
 d) All of the above
38. Probability of dying between birth and exactly one year of age expressed per 1000 live
births
a) Birth rate
b)Infant Mortality Rate( IMR)
c) Death rate
d) None of the above
39. Which of the following disease is caused by Virus
a) Strep throat
b) Ebola
c) Tuberculosis
d) Urinary tract infections
40. The state of being diseased or unhealthy within a population means
a) Mortality
b) Morbidity
c) Fertility
d) None of these