Number one killer in US is considered:

• A) Cancer
• B) Hepatitis
• C) Stroke
• D) Heart disease

In using ________, epileptics are taught to recognize sensations and events that are associated with attacks.

• A) Relaxation
• B) Desensitization
• C) Free association
• D) Catharsis

A stroke caused by a __________ generally occurs rapidly and causes the person to lose consciousness.

• A) Blood clot
• B) Hemorrhage
• C) Infarction
• D) Injury

Facility of free weight machines at medical stores and hospitals is an example of which of the following?

• A) Secondary prevention
• B) Basic prevention
• C) Tertiary prevention
• D) Primary prevention

Which of the following refers to any activity people undertake to get well after deciding that they are ill and what the illness is?

• A) Well-role behavior
• B) Wellness behavior
• C) Sick-role behavior
• D) Symptom-based behavior

Which of the following is NOT a risk factor important in heart diseases?

• A) High blood pressure
• B) Digestive disturbances
• C) Physical inactivity
• D) Family history of heart disease

AIDS stands for:

• A) Acquired internal deficiency syndrome
• B) Acquired internal disturbance syndrome
• C) Acquired immune disturbance syndrome
• D) Acquired immune deficiency syndrome

Which of the following hormone is a short-term appetite stimulant, produced in the stomach?

• A) Ghrelin
• B) Leptin
• C) Cholecystokinin (CCK)
• D) Pepsin

After the progression of AIDS, patient survives only __________ months.

• A) 14
• B) 11
• C) 9.2
• D) 15

Any activity people undertake to maintain or improve current good health and avoid illness is:

• A) Well-role behavior
• B) Symptom-based behavior
• C) Sick-role behavior
• D) Wellness behavior

The condition of having high blood pressure consistently over an extended period of time is called:

• A) Hyperthyroidism
• B) Hypertension
• C) Hypotension
• D) Hypothyroidism

HIV virus progressed into AIDS with the median time of _____________ years.

• A) 9 to 10
• B) 5 to 6
• C) 2 to 3
• D) 12 to 15

Identify the imaging procedure in which an X-ray machine was linked to a computer which takes the pictures of particular organs for diagnosis of cancer.

• A) PET scan
• B) CT scan
• C) MRI
• D) X-ray

Negative reinforcement brings about the increase of a behavior through the _____ of a stimulus.

• A) Addition
• B) Gossip
• C) Removal
• D) Presentation

Three of the following are examples of positive reinforcement. Which one is not?

• A) When Fawad tells a funny joke, his classmates laugh. He soon becomes the class clown, telling jokes at every opportunity.
• B) When Zaina's teacher praises her in class for her oral report, she is embarrassed and vows never to act so smart in front of her friends again.
• C) When Asma realizes that she can leave physical education class early by complaining about a stomach ache. She starts complaining every week.
• D) When Ali changes the way he throws the airplane, he finds that it goes farther than it ever has before, and so he started following new technique.

Ali’s father takes proper exercise to maintain his health. Ali performs the same activity after observing the good effects on his father’s health. Which type of learning has been adopted by Ali?

• A) Reinforcement
• B) Modeling
• C) Habituation
• D) Extinction

The majority of deaths in developed countries result from three chronic diseases which include all of the following EXCEPT:

• A) Stroke
• B) Diabetes
• C) Cancer
• D) Heart disease

All of the following are adjustment problems faced by people with chronic illness EXCEPT:

• A) Recreational
• B) Emotional
• C) Vocational
• D) Physical

The spread of cancer is called:

• A) Mitosis
• B) Metastasis
• C) Meiosis
• D) All of the given options

Which of the following statement is FALSE regarding relationship between diet and hypertension?

• A) Dietary sodium (salt) increases blood pressure, especially for salt-sensitive people
• B) Dietary potassium counteracts sodium effects
• C) Caffeine increases blood pressure
• D) Table salt decreases blood pressure