Stress Management Quiz: Ultimate Test!
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- 1.To best manage unavoidable change, you should postpone other changes that result in negative tension.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.What is the best way to handle the demands of others that are unrealistic and of low personal or family priority?
- A.
Do the demand to avoid an argument
- B.
Learn to say "no"
- C.
Make up an excuse
- 3.When a task appears overwhelming, it is best to
- A.
Put it off until later
- B.
Drink a glass of alcohol to help relax you
- C.
Break it down into smaller segments
- D.
Avoid the task
- 4.People who are inactive are twice as likely to be stressed.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.Being assertive can help manage stress. Select the approaches that encourage assertiveness.
- A.
Make a deliberate effort to greet others and call them by name
- B.
Avoid eye contact during conversation
- C.
Avoid expressing opinions or feelings
- D.
Disagree with others when holding opposing viewpoints
- E.
Take initiative to engage in a new behavior or learn a new activity
- 6.Stress management techniques are applicable to people who
- A.
Have had an unexpected change in their life
- B.
Manifest an illness/disease
- C.
Are healthy and show no signs of illness
- 7.Stress is inevitable, avoidable, and not a natural human experience in a society that can be characterized by a slow decelerating change.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Children with chronic illnesses, compared with well children, are more confident of their ability to handle problems and less often use ineffective coping skills.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Coping strategies assist individuals in managing stress and adapt to the environment or to change through which purposeful responses?
- A.
Learned
- B.
Behavioral
- C.
Cognitive
- D.
Emotional
- 10.The best approach to avoid substance abuse and other risky behaviors is to assist adolescents in learning effective coping processes.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.Some specific physiological and behavioral changes that occur in response to stressors include:
- A.
Decreased blood pressure
- B.
Dilated pupils
- C.
Increased heart rate
- D.
Warm dry skin
- E.
Increased gastric motility
- 12.A good way to prevent stress is
- A.
Getting enough sleep
- B.
A proper diet
- C.
Drinking beverages high in caffeine
- D.
Taking time out for relaxation
- 13.Progressive Muscle Relaxation involves decreasing ___________ muscle and _________ nervous system activity, while increasing_________ functioning.
- A.
Voluntary, sympathetic, parasympathetic
- B.
Involuntary, sympathetic, parasympathetic
- C.
Voluntary, sympathetic, parasympathetic
- D.
Involuntary parasympathetic, sympathetic
- 14.Relaxation is suggested to result in the following changes (not limited to):
- A.
Lowered metabolism
- B.
Decreased alpha brain waves
- C.
Increased oxygen consumption
- D.
Decreased heart rate
- 15.What are the common problems reported when learning relaxation techniques?
- A.
Distracting thoughts during relaxation
- B.
Residual tension in some muscles after tension-relaxation
- C.
Residual tension in some muscles after progressive relaxation
- D.
Slow self-pacing through the relaxation sequence
- 16.Guided imagery is a stress reduction intervention in which the interrelationship of the _______and ________ is used to influence physiological responses.
- A.
Body and mind
- B.
Mind and soul
- C.
Muscles and brain
- D.
Body and brain
- 17.Individuals who experience (the) ________stressors often respond_________.
- A.
Different, slowly
- B.
Same, differently
- C.
Multiple, quickly
- D.
Most, irrationally
- 18.The benefits of imagery include its influence on physiological responses of the autonomic nervous system that results in stress reduction.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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