The ________ system is likely active during a difficult exam while the _______ system is likely active while relaxing.

we are relaxing. So a difficult exam is probably going to be perceived as a stressful maybe even potentially threatening stimulus so that is going to activate your sympathetic nervous system, right, that kind of fight or flight response and in contrast our parasympathetic nervous system is also known as our like rest and digest nervous system, kind of activates more when we are resting and relaxing. So based on that our answer is going to be b. So, the first scenario would activate the sympathetic nervous system and the second scenario would activate the parasympathetic division and there you go.