Personal Health
Physical & Health Education · 50 practice questions
Meaning and importance of personal health; personal hygiene (care of teeth, mouth, hair, skin, hands, nails); methods of promoting and maintaining personal health (exercise, nutrition, regular medical check-up); personal health screening - eye defects (myopia, hypermetropia, astigmatism) and their correction, auditory defects (otitis media, partial deafness) and their correction, dental diseases (dental caries, gingivitis).
- Define personal health and state its importance.
- Differentiate the care of various parts of the body.
- State the methods of promoting and maintaining personal health.
- State the outcome of personal health screening for the eye, ear and teeth.
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- Practice question 1
Personal hygiene practices specifically include the proper care of the hands and nails to reduce
- A.the spread of germs
- B.a factor entirely unrelated to germs or infection of any kind
- C.the overall cleanliness of the hands, contrary to the practice's own purpose
- D.no particular outcome of any kind, despite being a recognized hygiene practice
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A. the spread of germs
Personal hygiene practices specifically include proper hand and nail care to reduce the spread of germs.
- Practice question 2
Dental disease screening specifically can help identify conditions such as dental caries
- A.at no particular stage of progression at all, despite the screening involved
- B.only after they have already progressed to their most severe stage
- C.a factor entirely unrelated to the progression of dental caries
- D.before they progress further
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D. before they progress further
Dental disease screening specifically can help identify conditions such as dental caries before they progress further.
- Practice question 3
Personal health screening results specifically should be followed up with
- A.no particular action of any kind, regardless of any identified defect
- B.a factor entirely unrelated to corrective action of any kind
- C.immediate dismissal of the screening results, regardless of their own findings
- D.appropriate corrective action where a defect is identified
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D. appropriate corrective action where a defect is identified
Personal health screening results specifically should be followed up with appropriate corrective action where a defect is identified.
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