A company runs social media and television advertisements stating that clinical studies prove its herbal dietary supplement improves memory, although no such studies exist. Which of the following federal agencies has primary responsibility for taking action against the false advertising claims?

The Environmental Protection Agency

The Food and Drug Administration

The Consumer Product Safety Commission

The theory of planned behavior extended the earlier theory of reasoned action by adding which of the following constructs?

Subjective norm about the behavior

Intention to perform the behavior

A vaccine containing a weakened or inactivated pathogen prompts the body to produce its own antibodies and memory cells. Which of the following types of immunity results?

Artificially acquired active immunity

Naturally acquired passive immunity

Naturally acquired active immunity

Artificially acquired passive immunity

A student says that vaping is harmless because e-cigarettes produce only water vapor. Which of the following is the most accurate response?

The aerosol can contain nicotine, heavy metals, and ultrafine particles.

The aerosol contains carbon monoxide at the same level as cigarette smoke.

The aerosol contains more tar than the smoke from conventional cigarettes.

The aerosol is harmful only when the liquid includes added flavorings.

A high school student tells a health teacher that a classmate has repeatedly made unwelcome sexual comments and gestures toward the student in the hallway and that the student now avoids that part of the building. Under Title IX, which of the following is the teacher's most appropriate action?

Report the conduct to the school's Title IX coordinator

Advise the student to confront the classmate directly

Arrange peer mediation between the two students

Monitor the hallway for more incidents before acting

Praxis Health Education (5551)

Free Praxis Health Educ 5551 Practice Questions

10 sample questions for the Praxis Health Education (5551), with the correct answer and an explanation for each. No account needed. Try each one before you open the answer.

Sections covered on the exam: Health Education as a Discipline, Health Promotion and Prevention, Relationships and Mental Health, Community Health and Advocacy, Health Education Pedagogy.

Question 1 · Health Education as a Discipline
A high school student agrees that skin cancer is a serious disease and believes that she is at risk because of her fair skin. She still does not use sunscreen because she says it is expensive and feels greasy. According to the health belief model, which of the following constructs best explains why she has not adopted the behavior?
- A.Perceived benefits
- B.Perceived susceptibility
- C.Perceived barriers
- D.Perceived severity
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Answer: C. Perceived barriers
Perceived barriers are the tangible and psychological costs a person associates with a health action, such as expense, inconvenience, or discomfort. The student already accepts that skin cancer is serious (perceived severity) and that she is personally at risk (perceived susceptibility), so those constructs do not account for her inaction. Perceived benefits concern beliefs about how effective the action is, which the scenario does not call into question.
Question 2 · Health Promotion and Prevention
Several members of a school wrestling team develop ringworm (tinea corporis), a contagious skin infection that produces a red, ring-shaped rash. The health teacher should explain that ringworm is caused by which of the following types of pathogen?
- A.A protozoan
- B.A bacterium
- C.A helminth
- D.A fungus
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Answer: D. A fungus
Despite its name, ringworm is not caused by a worm. Tinea infections are caused by dermatophytes, fungi that live on keratin in skin, hair, and nails and spread through skin contact and shared mats, towels, or equipment. They are treated with antifungal medication. Choosing a helminth reflects the naming misconception, and antibiotics, which act on bacteria, would not be effective.
Question 3 · Health Promotion and Prevention
Which of the following pairs of substances are both classified as central nervous system depressants?
- A.Cocaine and methamphetamine
- B.Psilocybin and mescaline
- C.Alcohol and benzodiazepines
- D.Nicotine and barbiturates
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Answer: C. Alcohol and benzodiazepines
Alcohol and benzodiazepines both slow central nervous system activity, which is why combining them dangerously suppresses breathing; barbiturates are depressants as well. Nicotine is a stimulant even though users often describe it as relaxing, so a pair that includes nicotine is incorrect. Cocaine and methamphetamine are stimulants, and psilocybin and mescaline are hallucinogens that alter perception.
Question 4 · Relationships and Mental Health
In the cycle of abuse model used to explain dating and domestic violence, which of the following phases is characterized by apologies, affection, gifts, and promises that the behavior will never happen again?
- A.Tension-building phase
- B.Acute incident phase
- C.Honeymoon phase
- D.Isolation phase
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Answer: C. Honeymoon phase
The cycle of abuse describes a repeating pattern. Tension builds through criticism and growing anger, an acute incident of verbal, emotional, or physical abuse follows, and then a honeymoon, or reconciliation, phase brings apologies and affection. This contrition gives the targeted partner hope that the relationship will change, which helps explain why leaving is difficult. Isolation is a control tactic, not a phase of the cycle.
Question 5 · Community Health and Advocacy
A company runs social media and television advertisements stating that clinical studies prove its herbal dietary supplement improves memory, although no such studies exist. Which of the following federal agencies has primary responsibility for taking action against the false advertising claims?
- A.The Environmental Protection Agency
- B.The Food and Drug Administration
- C.The Federal Trade Commission
- D.The Consumer Product Safety Commission
Show answer and explanation
Answer: C. The Federal Trade Commission
The Federal Trade Commission regulates advertising and acts against deceptive or unsubstantiated claims in any medium. The Food and Drug Administration oversees the safety and labeling of supplements, drugs and foods, which makes it a tempting choice, but its primary authority is the product and its label, not the advertising. The Consumer Product Safety Commission covers hazards from general consumer products, and the Environmental Protection Agency regulates pollutants and pesticides.
Question 6 · Health Education as a Discipline
The theory of planned behavior extended the earlier theory of reasoned action by adding which of the following constructs?
- A.Attitude toward the behavior
- B.Perceived behavioral control
- C.Subjective norm about the behavior
- D.Intention to perform the behavior
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Answer: B. Perceived behavioral control
The theory of reasoned action held that behavioral intention is shaped by attitude toward the behavior and subjective norm. The theory of planned behavior added perceived behavioral control, a person's belief about how easy or difficult the behavior is to perform, to account for behaviors that are not fully under voluntary control. Intention, attitude, and subjective norm appear in both theories.
Question 7 · Health Promotion and Prevention
A vaccine containing a weakened or inactivated pathogen prompts the body to produce its own antibodies and memory cells. Which of the following types of immunity results?
- A.Naturally acquired passive immunity
- B.Artificially acquired active immunity
- C.Naturally acquired active immunity
- D.Artificially acquired passive immunity
Show answer and explanation
Answer: B. Artificially acquired active immunity
Active immunity develops when a person's own immune system produces antibodies and memory cells; it is artificially acquired when the antigen is introduced by a vaccine and naturally acquired when it follows infection. Passive immunity involves receiving ready-made antibodies, naturally across the placenta or in breast milk, or artificially through an injection of immune globulin, and it is temporary.
Question 8 · Health Promotion and Prevention
A student says that vaping is harmless because e-cigarettes produce only water vapor. Which of the following is the most accurate response?
- A.The aerosol contains carbon monoxide at the same level as cigarette smoke.
- B.The aerosol contains more tar than the smoke from conventional cigarettes.
- C.The aerosol is harmful only when the liquid includes added flavorings.
- D.The aerosol can contain nicotine, heavy metals, and ultrafine particles.
Show answer and explanation
Answer: D. The aerosol can contain nicotine, heavy metals, and ultrafine particles.
E-cigarette aerosol is not water vapor. It can contain nicotine, which is addictive and can harm the developing adolescent brain, along with ultrafine particles, heavy metals such as nickel, tin, and lead, volatile organic compounds, and flavoring chemicals linked to lung disease. E-cigarettes do not burn tobacco, so they do not produce the tar and carbon monoxide levels of cigarette smoke.
Question 9 · Relationships and Mental Health
A high school student tells a health teacher that a classmate has repeatedly made unwelcome sexual comments and gestures toward the student in the hallway and that the student now avoids that part of the building. Under Title IX, which of the following is the teacher's most appropriate action?
- A.Advise the student to confront the classmate directly
- B.Arrange peer mediation between the two students
- C.Report the conduct to the school's Title IX coordinator
- D.Monitor the hallway for more incidents before acting
Show answer and explanation
Answer: C. Report the conduct to the school's Title IX coordinator
Title IX prohibits sex-based discrimination, including sexual harassment, in education programs that receive federal funds. Unwelcome sexual conduct that interferes with a student's access to education requires a school response, and employees should promptly report it to the Title IX coordinator, who arranges supportive measures and any investigation. Asking the student to confront the classmate, using mediation for harassment, or waiting for more incidents leaves the student unprotected.
Question 10 · Community Health and Advocacy
A student researching vaccine safety finds an article on a website that sells herbal immune-support products. The article was updated recently, is clearly written and lists an author with a medical degree. Which of the following evaluation criteria should raise the greatest concern about the source?
- A.Currency
- B.Readability
- C.Purpose
- D.Authority
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Answer: C. Purpose
Evaluating a source includes asking why the information exists. A site that profits from selling a competing product has a commercial purpose and a conflict of interest that may bias its content, regardless of how current or well written it is. Currency concerns how recently the content was updated, and authority concerns the author's credentials; both appear acceptable here. Students often mistake a professional appearance for credibility.

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