Test Your Health I. Q.

Complementary & Alternative Medicine: Quiz Answers 

1. Complementary medicine is used together with conventional medicine.

a. True
b. False

Answer: a. True

2. Alternative medicine is used instead of conventional medicine.

a. True
b. False

Answer: a. True

3. Out of a group of 100 Americans, how many have used complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) (according to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the National Center for Health Statistics 2004 study)?

a. 10
b. 20
c. 40
d. 60

Answer: c. 40

4. Out of a group of 100 Americans, how many adults have used CAM is used in conjunction with prayer?

a. 10
b. 20
c. 40
d. 60

Answer: d. 60

5. “Mindfulness” means to connect more with your inner resources for healing, coping, growing, and taking charge of your life in new ways. (According to the Duke University’s Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program)

a. True
b. False

Answer: a. True

6. Which of the following are considered complementary and alternative medicine therapies?

a. Deep breathing
b. Yoga
c. Meditation
d. A and B above
e. All of the above

Answer: e. All of the above

7. Massage is considered a complementary and alternative medicine therapy. What percentage of adults using CAM therapies use this therapy?

a. 5
b. 20
c. 30
d. 40

Answer: a. 5

8. Prayer is not considered a complimentary or alternative medicine.

a. True
b. False

Answer: b. False

9. In the NCCAM 2004 survey, what percentage of the adults using the therapies used them because they thought that conventional medicine was too expensive?

a. 5
b. 13
c. 35
d. 55

Answer: b. 13

10. The use of alternative medicines began in the 1970s.

a. True
b. False

Answer: b. False

Extra question:

11. There is evidence that emotional traits, both negative and positive, influence your body’s ability to fight off infection.

a. True
b. False

Answer: a. True