Free Practice Questions for WGU Health-Fitness-and-Wellness Exam

A core dimension ofsocial healthisdeveloping interpersonal relationships. Social health refers to how well a person connects with others, communicates, builds trust, resolves conflict, and maintains supportive networks. Healthy interpersonal relationships can include friendships, family connections, teammates, classmates, mentors, and community groups. Strong social ties are linked with better coping during stress, greater belonging, and improved overall well-being.

In Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), developing interpersonal relationships involves skills such as empathy, active listening, respectful communication, cooperation, and setting healthy boundaries. It also includes the ability to seek help when needed and to offer support to others appropriately. Social health is not simply “being popular”; it is about building relationships that are respectful, safe, and mutually supportive.

The other options are not direct dimensions of social health.Seeking physical wellnessrelates primarily to physical health behaviors (activity, sleep, hygiene, medical care).Completing an undergraduate degreeis an educational achievement, which may influence social opportunities but is not itself a dimension of social health.Focusing efforts on workplace successrelates to career development and achievement; it can involve social skills, but it is not the definition of social health.

Social health matters in daily life because relationships influence choices and habits: friends and family can encourage healthy behaviors, provide emotional support, and help a person feel connected. In wellness education, students are often encouraged to practice communication skills, conflict resolution, and community involvement because these strengthen social health and contribute to healthier emotional functioning.

Astrokeoccurs when blood flow to part of the brain is suddenly blocked (ischemic stroke) or a blood vessel in the brain ruptures (hemorrhagic stroke). Because brain tissue depends on a constant supply of oxygen and nutrients, even a brief interruption can cause rapid loss of function in the area of the brain that controls speech, movement, or vision. That is why stroke symptoms often appearsuddenlyand may affect only one side of the body.

The symptoms described—numbness in one arm,difficulty speaking, andblurred vision—are well-known warning signs of stroke. Many health education resources teach the FAST or BE FAST approach: facial drooping, arm weakness/numbness, speech difficulty, and urgency of time; vision changes are also commonly included as stroke warning signs. These symptoms reflect brain involvement rather than a problem starting in the heart or digestive system.

The other options do not match as closely. Aheart attacktypically causes chest pressure/pain, shortness of breath, sweating, and sometimes arm or jaw pain—but it does not usually present with sudden one-sided numbness, speech disturbance, and vision changes as the main features.Metabolic syndromeis a long-term cluster of risk factors (such as abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, abnormal cholesterol, and insulin resistance), not a sudden neurological event.Epilepsycan cause seizures, confusion, or loss of consciousness, but the specific combination of one-sided numbness with speech and vision changes is more characteristic of stroke.

From a wellness perspective, this question reinforces two essentials: (1)recognitionof stroke signs, and (2)immediate action, because rapid treatment can reduce brain damage and improve outcomes. If these symptoms occur, emergency services should be contacted urgently.