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Post-Test: What Do You Know About Preventing Heart Disease?

This document is a post-test quiz created by Gwinnett Medical Center to assess knowledge about preventing heart disease. It contains 9 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of risk factors for heart disease like thickening of the arteries, symptoms of a heart attack like chest pain, and lifestyle factors that can be modified to prevent heart disease, such as exercising for at least 90 minutes per day and maintaining a healthy body mass index.

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Post-Test: What Do You Know About Preventing Heart Disease?

This document is a post-test quiz created by Gwinnett Medical Center to assess knowledge about preventing heart disease. It contains 9 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of risk factors for heart disease like thickening of the arteries, symptoms of a heart attack like chest pain, and lifestyle factors that can be modified to prevent heart disease, such as exercising for at least 90 minutes per day and maintaining a healthy body mass index.

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Post-Test: What Do You Know

About Preventing Heart Disease?


This quiz was created and develop by Gwinnett Medical Center. Please circle the correct answer.

1. Which of these is a cause of heart disease?


a. Stroke
b. Arthritis
c. Thickening of the inside of the arteries
d. None of the above

2. What can happen if blood flow in an artery is blocked or greatly restricted?


a. Heart palpitations
b. Stroke
c. Heart attack
d. B and C

3. Three risk factors for heart disease can't be controlled. Which of these are they?
a. Medicine use, vaccines, alcoholism
b. Age, sex, heredity
c. Diet, drug use, smoking
d. None of the above

4. What is considered "high blood pressure"?


a. 90/70
b. 100/80
c. 130/80
d. 140/90
e. C and D

5. Why can smoking lead to heart disease?


a. It causes the arteries to harden and thicken
b. It reduces HDL (“good”) cholesterol
c. It raises blood pressure
d. All of the above

6. How much exercise is recommended to help prevent heart disease?


a. 10 to 15 minutes on average
b. 20 minutes on average
c. 90 minutes on average
d. 40 minutes on average

7. Your risk for heart disease rises if your body mass index (BMI) is more than 24.9. Why?
a. It can increase blood pressure
b. It can increase triglycerides and lower HDL cholesterol levels
c. It can increase the risk for diabetes
d. All of the above

8. Drinking a moderate amount of alcohol is considered safe for your heart. What can happen if
you drink more?
a. Too much alcohol can raise blood pressure
b. Too much alcohol can raise triglyceride levels
c. Too much alcohol lowers LDL (“bad”) cholesterol
d. A and B

9. Which of these is a classic symptom of a heart attack?


a. Crushing pain in the chest accompanied by sweating
b. Pain that spreads from the chest to the shoulders, neck, jaw and arms
c. Indigestion or heartburn, nausea and vomiting
d. Difficulty breathing
e. All of the above

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