Multiple Choice Questions

Which of the following is NOT a noncontrollable risk factor for cardiovascular disease?
  • HDL levels vary greatly with age
  • PVD is often fatal in older adults.
  • ringing ears
  • personality traits
Which of the following statements regarding tobacco and cardiovascular risk is FALSE?
  • Smoking effects appear to decrease about 10 years after tobacco use is stopped.
  • Tobacco decreases levels of LDL cholesterol.
  • PVD is often fatal in older adults.
  • Inhaled steroids are used during asthma attacks.
Visceral fat, as indicated by abdominal circumference and lack of physical activity, appears to be a strong indicator of risk for which type of diabetes?
  • Type-2
  • Black
  • embolism.
  • COPD.
The right ventricle of the heart
  • electrical activity in the heart
  • pumps oxygen-poor blood to the lungs.
  • systolic, less than 120; and diastolic, less than 80.
  • PVD is often fatal in older adults.
Perhaps the most important noncontrollable risk factor for cardiovascular disease is
  • personality traits
  • age
  • Black
  • Tobacco decreases levels of LDL cholesterol.
A blood clot that develops at a distant site and then travels to a blood vessel where it becomes lodged and blocks blood flow is called a(n)
  • 79 million
  • embolism.
  • angioplasty
  • metabolic syndrome
Which of the following statements regarding symptoms of heart attacks is FALSE?
  • People with diabetes are less likely to have "silent" heart attacks
  • All symptoms occur in all cases; they are just not always recognized.
  • Inhaled steroids are used during asthma attacks.
  • Clot-dissolving medications can be used for all types of strokes.
Which of the following statements regarding the treatment of cerebrovascular disease is FALSE?
  • Clot-dissolving medications can be used for all types of strokes.
  • HDL levels vary greatly with age
  • People with diabetes are less likely to have "silent" heart attacks
  • Inhaled steroids are used during asthma attacks.
Which of the following chronic lung diseases is indicated if you have the following symptoms: an ongoing cough, shortness of breath, wheezing, and chest tightness?
  • asthma, bronchitis, and emphysema
  • PVD is often fatal in older adults.
  • vitamin deficiency
  • It is an irreversible process.
Which of the following is NOT one of the major controllable risk factors known to increase the likelihood of cardiovascular disease?
  • asthma, bronchitis, and emphysema
  • It is an irreversible process.
  • vitamin deficiency
  • ringing ears
In the United States, ________ people are at high risk of developing diabetes in the next 10 years.
  • embolism.
  • angioplasty
  • 79 million
  • ringing ears
What is the condition in which the heart becomes scarred after a throat infection with a strain of streptococcus bacteria (usually strep throat)?
  • asthma, bronchitis, and emphysema
  • ringing ears
  • vitamin deficiency
  • rheumatic heart disease
Which of the following ethnic population groups has the highest rate of hypertension?
  • personality traits
  • ringing ears
  • Black
  • HDL levels vary greatly with age
A diet that supports cardiovascular health does NOT emphasize which of the following?
  • high density lipoproteins (HDLs)
  • heart attack.
  • high-fat dairy
  • ringing ears
A combination of insulin resistance, hypertension, high lipids, and central obesity represents what medical syndrome?
  • embolism.
  • metabolic syndrome
  • personality traits
  • rheumatic heart disease
The leading cause of death in the United States is
  • emphysema
  • rheumatic heart disease
  • electrical activity in the heart
  • cardiovascular disease.
Which of the following conditions, with sudden onset, is NOT a signal that a stroke has occurred?
  • personality traits
  • ringing ears
  • vitamin deficiency
  • HDL levels vary greatly with age
Which of the following statements regarding tobacco use and cardiovascular disease is FALSE?
  • Smoking effects appear to decrease about 10 years after tobacco use is stopped.
  • Tobacco decreases levels of LDL cholesterol.
  • Clot-dissolving medications can be used for all types of strokes.
  • People with diabetes are less likely to have "silent" heart attacks
Type-1 diabetes is caused by
  • systolic, less than 120; and diastolic, less than 80.
  • Secondhand tobacco smoke increases the risk of heart disease
  • pumps oxygen-poor blood to the lungs.
  • the destruction of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas by the immune system.
What is the leading controllable risk factor for all forms of cardiovascular disease?
  • Tobacco decreases levels of LDL cholesterol.
  • tobacco use
  • ringing ears
  • personality traits
Which of the following statements regarding differences between men and women with heart disease is FALSE?
  • cardiovascular disease.
  • If a woman has a heart attack, she is less likely than a man to die from it
  • emphysema
  • transient ischemic attack
Kevin woke up and had difficulty speaking. He went to the hospital and, several hours later, his speech was back to normal. What medical condition best describes Kevin's situation?
  • asthma, bronchitis, and emphysema
  • rheumatic heart disease
  • vitamin deficiency
  • transient ischemic attack
An electrocardiogram, or EKG, is used to visualize what?
  • It is an irreversible process.
  • heart attack.
  • low density lipoproteins (LDLs)
  • electrical activity in the heart
Marian recently went through a surgery in which blood vessels were taken from her legs and then attached to her coronary arteries to allow a bypass of blood flow around some narrowed vessels. Which surgical procedure was performed on Marian?
  • electrical activity in the heart
  • coronary artery bypass grafting
  • low density lipoproteins (LDLs)
  • HDL levels vary greatly with age
Which of the following statements regarding cardiovascular health and diabetes is FALSE?
  • Clot-dissolving medications can be used for all types of strokes.
  • Inhaled steroids are used during asthma attacks.
  • Smoking effects appear to decrease about 10 years after tobacco use is stopped.
  • People with diabetes are less likely to have "silent" heart attacks
Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding treatments for asthma?
  • People with diabetes are less likely to have "silent" heart attacks
  • PVD is often fatal in older adults.
  • Inhaled steroids are used during asthma attacks.
  • Tobacco decreases levels of LDL cholesterol.
A person with which of the following is most likely to require supplemental oxygen in later stages?
  • emphysema
  • Type-2
  • cardiovascular disease.
  • 79 million
Which type of lipoprotein takes cholesterol from cells or atherosclerotic deposits back to the liver?
  • high density lipoproteins (HDLs)
  • PVD is often fatal in older adults.
  • HDL levels vary greatly with age
  • low density lipoproteins (LDLs)
How many chambers does the heart have?
  • Secondhand tobacco smoke increases the risk of heart disease
  • 4
  • age
  • systolic, less than 120; and diastolic, less than 80.
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