Multiple Choice Questions

Both saturated fats and trans fats raise blood cholesterol.
  • True
  • False
Which of the following foods should be part of a heart-healthy diet?
  • olive oil.
  • Sudden jaw pain
  • Regular exercise
  • Fibrillation
Which of the following represents the most serious type of heart arrhythmia?
  • Regular exercise
  • Fibrillation
  • Sudden jaw pain
  • olive oil.
Which of the following cholesterol profiles would not indicate an increased risk of coronary heart disease?
  • Avoiding tobacco
  • total cholesterol=170; HDL=70
  • Eating a high-calorie, high-fat diet
  • It is characterized by a buildup of substances within the arteries which form plaque.
Which of the following has a body shape that is considered a high risk for heart disease?
  • no longer localized.
  • True
  • Woman shaped like an apple
  • cervical cancer.
Taking an aspirin a day is useful in treating cardiovascular disease becauseTaking an aspirin a day is useful in treating cardiovascular disease because
  • increasing triglycerides in your blood.
  • total cholesterol=170; HDL=70
  • Nausea, fatigue, and hair loss
  • it reduces the risk of clot formation.
Jeremy was told that his cancer could not be treated with radiotherapy and must be treated with chemotherapy. This is probably because the cancer is
  • cholesterol levels.
  • no longer localized.
  • metastasis.
  • environmental carcinogen.
Which of the following is NOT a risk factor for colorectal cancer?
  • Avoiding tobacco
  • Sudden jaw pain
  • Regular exercise
  • olive oil.
A biopsy reveals that a woman who has had breast cancer now has cancer in her lymph nodes. The process of cancer spreading from one organ or body area to others is moving throughout the body is called
  • Nausea, fatigue, and hair loss
  • Fibrillation
  • myocardial infarction
  • metastasis.
A woman who began to have sex at an early age may be at risk for
  • Regular exercise
  • myocardial infarction
  • no longer localized.
  • cervical cancer.
Speech and memory impairments following a stroke may be permanent.
  • True
  • False
An adult with a damaged sinoatrial node
  • walking up a flight of stairs.
  • blood cannot accumulate in the legs, ankles, or lungs.
  • must have a pacemaker implanted to control the heart rhythm.
  • Right atria, right ventricle, lungs, left atria, left ventricle, aorta.
One reason exercise might decrease breast cancer risk is because of
  • it can be cured with diet.
  • a decrease in body fat.
  • myocardial infarction
  • cholesterol levels.
The CT scan is a noninvasive procedure that uses X-rays to determine the shape and location of tumors.
  • True
  • False
Which of the following represents the correct sequence of blood flow as it travels through the heart?
  • Right atria, right ventricle, lungs, left atria, left ventricle, aorta.
  • Regular exercise
  • Eating a high-calorie, high-fat diet
  • reduce the saturated fat in your diet and engage in regular exercise.
The average healthy heart beats 70-80 beats per minute. A lower heart rate of 60 might indicate that
  • it can be cured with diet.
  • total cholesterol=170; HDL=70
  • the individual is very fit.
  • environmental carcinogen.
Which of the following is NOT a typical symptom of a stroke?
  • Sudden jaw pain
  • olive oil.
  • a uniform brown color.
  • Fibrillation
Sexually transmitted diseases have the greatest impact on increasng the incidence of which type of cancer.
  • Cervical
  • Fibrillation
  • the individual is very fit.
  • True
All of the following are warning signs of melanoma EXCEPT
  • blood cannot accumulate in the legs, ankles, or lungs.
  • increasing triglycerides in your blood.
  • a uniform brown color.
  • Sudden jaw pain
An individual's lifestyle does not play a significant role in the development of cancer.
  • True
  • False
A construction company used asbestos on many job sites over the years. Asbestos is an example of a(n)
  • Avoiding tobacco
  • environmental carcinogen.
  • Eating a high-calorie, high-fat diet
  • a decrease in body fat.
Inflammation may play a role in heart disease development.
  • True
  • False
All of the following are methods of reducing risk for CVD EXCEPT
  • increasing triglycerides in your blood.
  • a uniform brown color.
  • Sudden jaw pain
  • Eating a high-calorie, high-fat diet
The human heart is about the size of a(n)
  • adult's fist.
  • Regular exercise
  • Sudden jaw pain
  • olive oil.
Which of the following statements is true with regard to atherosclerosis?
  • blood cannot accumulate in the legs, ankles, or lungs.
  • It is characterized by a buildup of substances within the arteries which form plaque.
  • Right atria, right ventricle, lungs, left atria, left ventricle, aorta.
  • Fibrillation
All of the following occur as part of congestive heart failure EXCEPYT
  • blood cannot accumulate in the legs, ankles, or lungs.
  • increasing triglycerides in your blood.
  • a uniform brown color.
  • It is characterized by a buildup of substances within the arteries which form plaque.
Non-modifiable factors for CVD include all of the following EXCEPT
  • olive oil.
  • cholesterol levels.
  • a decrease in body fat.
  • myocardial infarction
Arrhythmias can be triggered by lifestyle factors.
  • True
  • False
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