Hi All, just took the Here's to Your Health test. I read my college network notes & went over the IC info once and passed with 66 in about 35 minutes. As others have said this is a lot of common sense, with a few terms and data you should understand.

The following is what I remember the questions asking:

General Health - Heath wellness is the primary responsibility of the individual. Understand fitness, resting heart rate, how should a new college student whose gained 20 pounds in a semester progress to fitness. Know the definition of isometric, restictive & isokinetic exercises. 1 lb = approx 3500 cal. Which nutriet has more cal per gram: protein, fat or carbs?

Know about genetic theory of programmed aging, free radical theory & wear and tear theory. Know the stages of death and dying i.e. denial, anger, bargaining, depression etc., Know about social death and secularization of the aging.

Know about hospice care, that lung cancer is the leading cause of death by a cancer & most preventable. Know about breast cancer, and that skin cancer is a melanoma. Know the difference between benign & malignant.

Alcoholism: Know about binge drinking, what percentage of death is caused by drunk driving. What is tolerance? What are the signs & symptoms of fetal alcohol syndrome?

Smoking: know about nicotine, carbon monoxide and its ill effects.

What are psychoactive drugs, hallucinogens & their effect? Which drugs can you get over the counter i.e. sedative, pain medicine, antifungals. Know that Opiates are codeine, heroine, opium, methodone & that mescaline is a hallucinogen.

Know about congestive heart failure, stroke, hypertension, diabetes I (insulin dependant and usually is dx before age thirty). Diabetes type II (adult onset) not always insulin dependant. What is a somewhat hypertensive bp? 140/90. Know what an angioplasty does.

Infections: know about memory & suppressor T cells, immunizations, the safest sex (abstinence). Know what a pathogen is. Know the different stages of infections, i.e. infection, incubation, symptoms etc. The testes produce sperm. Male sexual dysfunction i.e. impotence, pre & retarded ejaculation. Know estrogen & progesterone are female hormones, know that Human chorionic gonatotrophin (HCG) levels detected are a way to confirm pregnancy.

STDs: which are bacterial or viral. Know the treatment for Syphilis & Gonorrhea.

Know the leading cause of accidental death in the home. Know about HMOs & medicare.

There was a question about waste management. A question about what is important in having a good relationship.

There's more, but I just went blank. Hope this helps though, Luv.

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Luv
Information sys & comp appl - 56
Intro to World Religions - 72
Technical Writing - 52
Principles of Management 70
Principles of Supervision 60
Here's to Your Health 66
Intro to Educational psychology 63
Abnormal psychology avg 77
Western Civ I 69

Wow, thanks a bunch for the feedback! I have been studying for this one most of the day and think I'm about ready. My goal is to take this and Fundamentals of Counseling on the same day. Your feedback was awesome!

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Machelle

HG&D - 62
Ed. Psych - 57
Humanities - 59
A&I Literature - 59
Here's To Your Health - 59
Fund. of Counseling - 49
Criminal Justice - 55
Intro to Law Enforcement - 51

Happy to help. I am sure you'll do just fine. You'll be suprised at just how fast your going to be clicking along through this one. I am always impressed when people say they are taking two on the same day. I know that you will ace both. Good luck & break a # 2 pencil. Luv.

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Luv
Information sys & comp appl - 56
Intro to World Religions - 72
Technical Writing - 52
Principles of Management 70
Principles of Supervision 60
Here's to Your Health 66
Intro to Educational psychology 63
Abnormal psychology avg 77
Western Civ I 69

Great score and feedback, I'll post it in the Specific Exam Feedback section. Congrats!

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Associates Degree, Aviation Maintenance Technology, Community College of the Air Force
Bachelors of Science, Liberal Studies Degree, Excelsior
MBA Human Resource Management, California Coast University

Congrats on your pass!!

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Here's To Your Health 66
Foundations of Education 66
Fundamentals of Counseling (next)
Criminal Justice or Principles of Supervision (soon)
ALL ELECTIVES NEEDED WILL BE DONE!

A.A.S. Office Systems Technology, Brunswick Community College - Phi Theta Kappa
B.S. Early Childhood Education, Mount Olive College - Dec. 08

I walked in cold, no prep and cut a 68 on this one. It is easy, common sense health questions. If you study you should have no problems.

Do you remember how many questions there were? I am scheduled for tomorrow -- thank you for the information....

I don't know if there are other versions, but mine had 101 questions. Good luck, although I don't think you'll need it for this one.

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Luv
Information sys & comp appl - 56
Intro to World Religions - 72
Technical Writing - 52
Principles of Management 70
Principles of Supervision 60
Here's to Your Health 66
Intro to Educational psychology 63
Abnormal psychology avg 77
Western Civ I 69

Luv
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. I took the test and by studying hard on your suggestions I feel pretty good about it. Some of the questions were outside the flash cards here, but using the "common sense" approach, I was able to eliminate the known wrong answers and then have a 50/50 chance of getting it right.
KarinK

Moved from Specific Exam Feedback section- posted by batsona on 08/16/07