Question: Coraline’s bones have become so fragile that simply standing up can cause them to break. Coraline has _____.
Answer Options:
a) asthma, b) osteoarthritis, c) diabetes, d) osteoporosis.
Answer: d) osteoporosis.
Question: A device in train stations and theaters that beams messages directly to a user’s hearing aid, bypassing background noise, is called the hearing _____.
Answer Options:
a) sound, b) loop, c) assist, d) amplifier.
Answer: b) loop.
Question: Based on the text, caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease:
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a) feel comfortable putting their loved ones in a nursing home, b) often reject their impaired loved ones, c) can demonstrate their generativity through this incredibly stressful experience, d) have a relatively easy time.
Answer: c) can demonstrate their generativity through this incredibly stressful experience.
Question: Mr. Andrade has a hearing impairment; Ms. Seg has impaired vision. Who is MOST likely to have problems relating to people?
Answer Options:
a) neither person, b) both people equally, c) Mr. Andrade, d) Ms. Seg.
Answer: b) both people equally.
Question: Which group is MOST likely to survive longest physically impaired?
Answer Options:
a) women, b) people from impoverished backgrounds, c) men, d) people from affluent backgrounds.
Answer: d) people from affluent backgrounds.
Question: Which group lives longer but gets more illnesses during adult life?
Answer Options:
a) Hispanic Americans, b) men, c) women, d) African Americans.
Answer: c) women.
Question: Based on the study with African American caregivers, the best advice for relating to aggressive, angry loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease is to:
Answer Options:
a) rely just on drugs, b) immediately put the person in a nursing home, c) use behavioral techniques, d) be patient and calm and go at the person’s own pace.
Answer: d) be patient and calm and go at the person’s own pace.
Question: Who has basic activities of daily living (ADL) impairments?
Answer Options:
a) Mr. Horowitz, who has trouble driving at night, b) Ms. Kiefer, who cannot get to the toilet, c) Mr. Cortez, who has trouble walking up steps, d) Mrs. Im, who cannot clean the house.
Answer: b) Ms. Kiefer, who cannot get to the toilet.
Question: Which age-related vision impairment is easiest to treat (or cure)?
Answer Options:
a) glaucoma, b) macular degeneration, c) cataracts, d) diabetic retinopathy.
Answer: c) cataracts.
Question: Which age-related chronic disease is MOST likely to produce depression in later life?
Answer Options:
a) heart disease, b) diabetes, c) osteoporosis, d) vision impairments.
Answer: a) heart disease.
Question: Mrs. Quach’s joint cartilage has worn away. Mrs. Quach has _____.
Answer Options:
a) osteoarthritis, b) osteoporosis, c) diabetes, d) asthma.
Answer: a) osteoarthritis.
Question: Which is the BEST predictor of the transition to Alzheimer’s disease?
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a) mild cognitive impairment, b) hearing impairments, c) falling, d) vision impairment.
Answer: a) mild cognitive impairment.
Question: Older people _____ to buy hearing aids.
Answer Options:
a) never want, b) love, c) are often reluctant, d) are thrilled.
Answer: c) are often reluctant.
Question: Who is LEAST likely to need a nursing home?
Answer Options:
a) Mr. Rodrigues, who can no longer drive, b) Mrs. ElGeziry, who cannot get dressed, c) Ms. Sladkov, who needs help eating, d) Mr. Lee, who cannot get out of bed.
Answer: a) Mr. Rodrigues, who can no longer drive.
Question: A basic message of the Alzheimer’s discussion is that society needs to:
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a) send these people to nursing homes, b) embed people with these diseases into normal life, c) offer these people more drugs, d) isolate these people from the world for their own good.
Answer: b) embed people with these diseases into normal life.
Question: Which is a normal age-related vision change?
Answer Options:
a) farsightedness, b) nearsightedness, c) difficulties seeing in dim light, d) glaucoma.
Answer: c) difficulties seeing in dim light.
Question: The sensory fibers from the skin generally conduct impulses up to about 130 meters per second.
Answer Options:
False
True
Answer: False
Question: The psoas minor muscle extends from the bodies of vertebrae T12 and L1 to the
Answer Options:
pubis of the pelvic bone.
lesser trochanter of the femur.
gluteal muscles.
greater trochanter of the femur.
Answer: pubis of the pelvic bone.
Question: Income disparities will be unlikely to impact the diffusion of new medical technologies.
Answer Options:
True, False
Answer: False
Question: Which of the following statements is true of a voluntary, nonprofit health organization?
Answer Options:
a. They are always profitable, b. Profits cannot be distributed to owners or directors, c. They are legally barred from making profits, d. They have the same incentives to increase earnings as for-profit companies
Answer: b. Profits cannot be distributed to owners or directors
Question: Which of the following holds promise for the future development of precision or personalized medicine?
Answer Options:
a. Marvel comic books, b. Individual genome maps, c. Compatibility studies, d. Analysis of variance
Answer: b. Individual genome maps
Question: One of the predicted trends in health care is there will be increased activity of consumer advocacy groups and consumers will have a stronger voice in shaping health policy.
Answer Options:
True, False
Answer: True
Question: What are the key attributes of managed care plans?
Answer Options:
a. Selecting providers who will deliver a comprehensive range of services at an agreed upon rate, b. Giving economic incentives to providers to choose less costly care, c. Reviewing providers’ utilization and quality of care, formally and regularly, through data mining claims data and chart review, d. All of the above
Answer: d. All of the above
Question: A person on Medicare cannot also be covered by Medicaid.
Answer Options:
True, False
Answer: False
Question: Which of the following was most characteristic of the U.S. health care system before the mid-1960s?
Answer Options:
a. Cottage industry made up of individual or small groups of providers, b. Prevalence of HMOs and managed care, c. Domination by large for-profit companies, d. Single-payer government control
Answer: a. Cottage industry made up of individual or small groups of providers
Question: “Crowding out” is a term used by economists and politicians to describe:
Answer Options:
a. public transportation being over utilized, b. when reporters are herded out of a congressional hearing, c. when more and more $ are being used in healthcare which limits $ available for other needs, d. when someone gains so much weight that their underwear don’t fit anymore
Answer: c. when more and more $ are being used in healthcare which limits $ available for other needs