This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about stress management. The questions cover topics like the effects of different levels of stress, what stress management involves, examples of social stressors, characteristics of positive stress, physical and cognitive symptoms of stress, stress relief techniques like deep breathing, and stress busters. The key points are that some stress can be good in small amounts but too much is harmful, stress management is learning skills to cope with pressures, social stressors include financial problems and loss of a loved one, and negative stress is perceived as beyond one's coping abilities.

1. Stress Management
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
Select any ONE option.
Q1. Which of the following statements is true
1. In small quantities, stress is good
2. Too much stress is harmful
3. All stress is bad
4. Only ‘1’ & ‘2’ are right
Answer : 4
Q2. Stress management is about learning
1. How to avoid the pressures of life
2. How to develop skills that would enhance our body’s
adjustment when we are subjected to the pressures of life
3. Both ‘1’ & ‘2’ are true
4. None of the above
Answer : 2
Q3. Examples of social stressors are
1. Financial problems
2. Divorce
3. Loss of a loved one
4. All of the above
Answer : 4
Q4. The following are the characteristics of Positive Stress
1. It improves performance
2. It feels exciting
3. It motivates
4. All of the above
Answer : 4
Q5. What thoughts come to the mind when you’re under negative
stress
1. You think that you can cope with the situation
2. You think that you cannot cope with the situation
3. You think that everything will get fine eventually
4. You think that you will get hep immediately
Answer : 2
Q6. Aches, shallow breathing and sweating, frequent colds are
1. Physical symptoms of stress
2. Behavioral symptoms of stress

2. 3. Emotional symptoms of stress
4. Cognitive symptoms of stress
Answer : 1
Q7. Which of the following is NOT a Cognitive indicators of stress
1. Poor Problem Solving
2. Confusion
3. Tearfulness
4. Nightmares
Answer : 3
Q8. Which of the following is true about ‘deep breathing relaxation
technique’
1. It can be self-taught
2. It releases tension from the body and clears your mind
3. You have to do this under-water
4. Only ‘1’ & ‘2’ are true
Answer : 4
Q9. Which of the following are stress busters
1. Trying to find something funny in a difficult situation
2. Developing a support network
3. Taking a mindful walk
4. All of the above
Answer : 4
Q10. Which of the following statements is true
1. Positive stress is short-term
2. Negative stress can be short or long-term
3. Negative stress is perceived within our coping abilities
4. Negative stress can lead to mental as well as physical
problems
Answer : 3
By Dr. MISBAH SHAHEEN
Principal Medical Officer
MBBS / MBA (HRM)
WAPDA Hospital, Faisalabad