Health Vocabulary - A Pre-test
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Having a healthy life is something that every person achieves to have. Being that you are training to become a medical practitioner you need to be aware of all the vocabulary that is used when it comes to health. This is a pre-test. You need to know what these words mean to do this project. If you get less than 70% correct, re-take the test!
- 1.When you are diagnosed with a health problem, that means that the doctors are not sure if you have it.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.SYMPTOMS are:
- A.
The things you can do to make sure you don't get the disease
- B.
Things going wrong with your body that are usually the first sign that you have the health problem.
- C.
options the doctor will give you to help you feel better.
- 3.RISK FACTORS are:
- A.
Things about you that make it more likely that you will have a certain health problem.
- B.
Things you should make sure you do to make yourself less at risk for having the health problem.
- C.
Options the doctor will give you to help you feel better.
- 4.CAUSES are
- A.
Options the doctor will give you to help you feel better.
- B.
Things about you that make it more likely that you will have a certain health problem.
- C.
The actual reasons you have a certain health condition.
- 5.PUBLIC HEALTH professionals are typically:
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People who work to educate people about risk factors for, prevention of, and available treatments for health conditions.
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People at doctors offices who give you shots.
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Doctors.
- 6.All diseases have known causes that can be prevented.
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True
- B.
False
- 7.All diseases are contagious.
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True
- B.
False
- 8.A large percentage of health conditions are caused by behaviors (such as diet and excercies) or environmental exposures, not by genetics.
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True
- B.
False
- 9.Recent study shows that Two-thirds of Americans Have Sufficient Vitamin D Levels The above sentence is an example of:
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News related to health
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Statistics related to health
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Both News and Statistics related to health.
- 10.In this project, you get to choose which health condition to become an expert on, but you cannot choose any sexually transmitted diseases or any skin diseases.
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True
- B.
False
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