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MTEL Health Education Test Answer Key

1. B: Health education is concerned with the student’s quality of life and is charged with helping him form a positive attitude about his physical, social and emotional well being. Cultural influences, home and community environment, and heredity all play a role in obtaining and maintaining a healthy body and mind. To be effective, a health education program should consider all these factors.

2. D: Researchers theorize each child experiences the same factors differently based on his relationship with intimate and extended family members. A greater emphasis is being placed on the primary caregiver no matter the gender or biological relationship, be it mother, father, grandparent, nanny or childcare worker.

3. C: Social acceptance in elementary school is a fairly accurate predictor of how successful a person will be in college and in his professional career. Researchers followed two groups of 8-year-olds into their mid-40s. People whose peers rated their social behavior acceptable in elementary school were more successful than those who had social difficulties.

4. A: Medical ethics began with the Hippocratic oath and its admonishment to “do no harm.” In 1846 the American Medical Association adopted its Code of Ethics. The Nuremberg Code deals with the concept of informed consent from participants involved in any scientific or medical research study. During the 1970s there was an explosion of scientific breakthroughs that contributed to an increased interest in medical and scientific ethics.

5. B: The outcome of CPR depends on the patient’s medical condition and while age is not a determining factor, in many cases, the older the patient, the more physical ailments are present, which means the success of CPR is problematic. If a patient is seriously ill or otherwise incapacitated, CPR may not work or may only partially work and can leave the patient in worse shape due to brain damage.