Deck 16: Health and Work: Stress

Question 1

The autonomic nervous system is divided into the:

A)Sympathetic and parasympathetic systems
B)Sympathetic and unsympathetic systems
C)Parasympathetic and diasympathetic systems
D)Diasympathetic and sympathetic systems

Answer 1

Sympathetic and parasympathetic systems

Question 2

For a stressed person, the following system is dominant:

A)Sympathetic system
B)Parasympathetic system
C)Diasympathetic system
D)Unsympathetic system

Answer 2

Sympathetic system

Question 3

Which of the following is not one of the body's reactions to stress?

A)Widening of eyes
B)Increase in heart rate
C)Increase in breathing rate
D)Decreasing blood pressure

Answer 3

Decreasing blood pressure

Question 4

The development of negativity in a person's response to others, a lowering of one's estimation of personal achievements, and total exhaustion on all fronts, is referred to as:

A)Emotional exhaustion
B)Post-traumatic stress disorder
C)Stress
D)Burnout

Question 5

Which of the following is not true?

A)Acute stress disorder could include symptoms such as emotional numbing and amnesia
B)Post-traumatic stress disorder cannot apply to occupational injuries
C)Acute stress disorder could precede post-traumatic stress disorder
D)People suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder try to blank out a traumatic experience

Question 6

Which of the following is considered a factor causing stress from within the individual?

A)Personality
B)Role conflict
C)Shift work
D)Repetitive work

Question 7

A too heavy workload is described as:

A)Role ambiguity
B)Role underload
C)Role overload
D)Role conflict

Question 8

Stressors can be classified as:

A)Challenge and hindrance
B)Dysfunctional, challenge, and hindrance
C)Functional, challenge, and hindrance
D)None of these

Question 9

Which of the following is not associated with stress at work?

A)Resilience
B)Workaholism
C)Perfectionism
D)Employee engagement

Question 10

Important factors contributing to stress are:

A)Presenteeism
B)Leaveism
C)Work-related absenteeism
D)All of these

Question 11

In the job demands-resources model of stress there is reference to:

A)Demands made on employees, such as job responsibility, and personal capability to deal with stress
B)Transactional model that emphasizes the relationship between the person and his or her environment
C)Interactive process
D)None of these

Question 12

On average, job satisfaction is highest for people in jobs with a:

A)Low decision latitude and low job control
B)High decision latitude and low job control
C)Low decision latitude and high job control
D)High decision latitude and high job control

Question 13

Which of the following is not one of the factors mentioned by Mackay and Cox in connection with the impact of visual display units on work?

A)De-skilling
B)Perception
C)Control
D)Lack of posture

Question 14

Repetitive strain injury (RSI) is the outcome of:

A)Awkward posture and repetitive tasks carried out over long periods without breaks
B)Maintaining the same posture at a computer keyboard over time
C)Lifting heavy objects on to an assembly line
D)All of these

Question 15

In a specific professional setting, the "highly driven, detail-conscious perfectionist, with a tendency to be pessimistic and blaming themselves for any predicament" is also referred to as:

A)The "Type B" personality
B)The "Type A" personality
C)The "legal personality"
D)The "Type D" personality

Question 16

Which of the following is not an intervening variable in the relationship between the person and the unemployed state?

A)Role of the family
B)Gender
C)Social class
D)Social support and structuring of time

Question 17

In a cognitive appraisal of stressful situations we can refer to two approaches:

A)The emotion-focused and the personality-focused
B)The problem-focused and the emotion-focused
C)The personality-focused and the cognition-focused
D)The cognition-focused and the intelligence-focused

Question 18

Which of the following is not an important measure to enhance social support and improve the flow of supportive behaviour among blue-collar workers?

A)Organizational change processes
B)Structural arrangements
C)Selection and assessment
D)Facilitation of supportive supervisory behaviour

Question 19

According to a study by Krause and Stryker on the relationship between locus of control and stress:

A)Moderate externals are most vulnerable to the effects of job stress
B)Externals are most vulnerable to the effects of job stress
C)Internals are most vulnerable to the effects of job stress
D)Extreme externals are most vulnerable to the effects of job stress

Question 20

Which of the following is true?

A)Bullying happens at work, but is less serious than bullying at school
B)Bullying happens only at school and not at work
C)Bullying happens at work, but never leads to trauma
D)Both bullying at school and at work can be traumatizing

Question 21

Bullying perpetrated by those in positions of power in the workplace and seen through the eyes of the victim results in:

A)Humiliation
B)Ridicule
C)Fear and social isolation
D)All of these

Question 22

Which of the following is a vulnerable stage for career development?

A)Advanced age
B)Young age
C)Middle age
D)Age of retirement

Question 23

Which of the following is true?

A)Negative mental health consequences of being unemployed occur within the first three months after the loss of a job, and remain fairly stable thereafter
B)The employed suffer more from cognitive difficulties than the unemployed
C)The employed are more affected by depression than the unemployed
D)None of these

Question 24

Rational emotive therapy is a:

A)Psychoanalytical technique
B)Social support technique
C)Cognitive-based technique
D)Technique stemming from the human relations movement

Question 25

The technique that focuses on illogical patterns of thought that underlie depression is:

A)Cognitive behavioural therapy
B)Rational emotive therapy
C)Cognitive emotional therapy
D)Rational behavioural therapy

Question 26

Which of the following statements did not follow from Williams and House's research on the relationship between social support and stress?

A)Social support can sometimes increase the level of stress that the person experiences
B)Social support can enhance health directly
C)Social support can reduce levels of stress directly
D)Social support can act as a buffer between the person and health hazards