Question: Certified nursing assistants (CNAs) who provide the hands-on care in nursing homes:
Answer Options:
a) feel their work is meaningful and generative, b) have trouble forming caring relationships with residents, c) are satisfied with their pay, especially in the United States, d) are mainly in it for the money
Answer: a) feel their work is meaningful and generative.
Question 60
Question: Which intervention helps prevent falling in later life?
Answer Options:
a) installing florescent lighting, b) installing bathtubs, c) using shiny floor tile, d) putting grab bars in bathrooms
Answer: d) putting grab bars in bathrooms
Question 61
Question: Generalizing from the text, patients with early Alzheimer’s disease:
Answer Options:
a) can courageously face their disease and still enjoy life, b) retreat from loved ones, c) never know they have the disease, d) just get incredibly depressed
Answer: a) can courageously face their disease and still enjoy life
Question 62
Question: Which is NOT a benefit of calorie restriction?
Answer Options:
a) lower risk of diabetes, b) better working memory, c) improved relationships, d) improved blood pressure
Answer: c) improved relationships
Question 63
Question: Who is MOST likely to survive to their nineties?
Answer Options:
a) Christopher, a wealthy European American man, b) Marsha, a wealthy European American woman, c) Belinda, an African American woman, d) Francisco, a Hispanic American man
Answer: b) Marsha, a wealthy European American woman
Question 64
Question: If Leah is having trouble cooking and Latanya can’t dress herself:
Answer Options:
a) Latanya has instrumental ADL impairments; Leah has basic ADL impairments, b) Both women have basic ADL impairments, c) Both women have instrumental ADL impairments, d) Leah has instrumental ADL impairments; Latanya has basic ADL impairments
Answer: d) Leah has instrumental ADL impairments; Latanya has basic ADL impairments
Question 65
Question: A bottom-line message of this chapter is that the United States has:
Answer Options:
a) too many alternatives to nursing homes, b) far to go in providing excellent care for frail elderly people, c) excellent care for frail elderly people, d) no care for frail elderly people
Answer: b) far to go in providing excellent care for frail elderly people
Question 66
Question: Are there effective anti-Alzheimer’s drugs? Today, the answer is:
Answer Options:
a) “Yes, if the medicines are taken at high doses.”, b) “Yes, if the medicines are taken at the middle stages of the illness.”, c) “Yes, if the medicines are taken in the last stages.”, d) “No.”
Answer: d) “No.”
Question 67
Question: Physicians tend to be _____ when telling patients they have Alzheimer’s disease.
Answer Options:
a) angry, b) honest and upfront, c) cruel and uncaring, d) wary and use euphemistic phrases
Answer: d) wary and use euphemistic phrases
Question 68
Question: One message of the later-life driving discussion is that:
Answer Options:
a) it’s fairly easy to convince older people not to drive, b) society is doing a great job at weeding out older at-risk drivers, c) we can clearly decide who should be driving and who should not, d) many at-risk older drivers are probably still on the road
Answer: d) many at-risk older drivers are probably still on the road
Question 69
Question: When older adults have permanently impaired vision, they most likely feel:
Answer Options:
a) dependent, embarrassed, and depressed, b) angry, c) a sense of relief, d) closer to loved ones
Answer: a) dependent, embarrassed, and depressed
Question 70
Question: If someone has the APOE-4 marker, this person:
Answer Options:
a) will definitely get a vascular neurocognitive disorder, b) is at much higher risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease, c) will definitely get Alzheimer’s disease, d) is at higher risk of getting a vascular neurocognitive disorder
Answer: b) is at much higher risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease
Question 71
Question: Today, the MAIN goal for scientists studying Alzheimer’s is to:
Answer Options:
a) develop better methods for scanning the brain, b) devise better treatments once the illness has progressed, c) find precursors or biomarkers of the disease, d) understand why small strokes develop
Answer: c) find precursors or biomarkers of the disease
Question 72
Question: The maximum human lifespan is _____.
Answer Options:
a) built into our genetic code, b) about age 85, c) decreasing due to pollution, d) decreasing due to poor medical care
Answer: a) built into our genetic code
Question 73
Question: Nami wants advice on how to cope with a mother with Alzheimer’s disease. Based on the text, which suggestion is LEAST effective?
Answer Options:
a) “Use memory exercises to stimulate your mom’s brain.”, b) “Treat mom like a real person.”, c) “Keep mom safe by putting buzzers on doors and turning off the stove.”, d) “Don’t take mom’s insulting remarks personally.”
Answer: a) “Use memory exercises to stimulate your mom’s brain.”
Question 74
Question: Low socioeconomic–status adults age faster and die at a younger age than their wealthy counterparts. This is true:
Answer Options:
a) only in nations without universal health care, b) only in affluent nations, c) in every nation, d) only in impoverished nations
Answer: c) in every nation
Question 75
Question: A fifty-something person says, “I can’t see well in the dark, and I can’t see close up.” The reason is that, by this age, the _____ of the eye gets cloudier and can’t bend well.
Answer Options:
a) pupil, b) lens, c) cornea, d) retina
Answer: b) lens
Question: When Zoe, aged 75, goes down stairs, this woman moves cautiously because of a fear of falling and ending up in a nursing home. Zoe is:
Answer Options:
a) acting appropriately, b) especially concerned about breaking an arm, c) being overly paranoid, d) making her condition worse.
Answer: a) acting appropriately.
Question: Physicians tend to be _____ when telling patients they have Alzheimer’s disease.
Answer Options:
a) wary and use euphemistic phrases, b) honest and upfront, c) angry, d) cruel and uncaring.
Answer: b) honest and upfront.
Question: Education is related to longevity:
Answer Options:
a) only among men, b) only in the least affluent nations, c) among everyone, d) only among women.
Answer: c) among everyone.
Question: Which person probably had the LONGEST health span?
Answer Options:
a) Jimmy, who died suddenly at 80 in a ski accident, b) Josselin, who died at 80 after living in a nursing home for a decade, c) Gagandeep, who died at 80 after being disabled in a ski accident at age 35, d) Gustavo, who died at 80 after living with congestive heart disease for a decade.
Answer: a) Jimmy, who died suddenly at 80 in a ski accident.
Question: In the United States, the socioeconomic health gap _____ over the twenty-first century.
Answer Options:
a) dramatically declined, b) increased, c) decreased, d) stayed stable.
Answer: b) increased.
Question: In evaluating a nursing home, which is the LEAST relevant question to ask?
Answer Options:
a) Is the place appealing and does it offer people autonomy? b) Will this person fit in socially here? c) Are the staff members nurturing and generative? d) Are the rules strict enough?
Answer: d) Are the rules strict enough?
Question: Chronic diseases affect:
Answer Options:
a) only people over 75, b) most people in their old-old years, c) most middle-aged people, d) only people who do not take care of their health.
Answer: b) most people in their old-old years.
Question: Which activity does NOT mainly depend on reaction time?
Answer Options:
a) avoiding getting hurt by a flying object, b) remembering a name quickly, c) accelerating when the light turns green, d) mastering the information in a book.
Answer: d) mastering the information in a book.
Question: The MOST common age-related disease is _____.
Answer Options:
a) arthritis, b) asthma, c) osteoporosis, d) heart disease.
Answer: a) arthritis.