NU 176 – GERI EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS - 100%
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Q: Are older adults now more educated? ANSWER True.
Q: Do negative attitudes towards aging impact the physical and psychological
well-being of patients? ANSWER True.
Q: Has society kept most of us from knowing about the aging process and
respecting those who survive it? ANSWER True.
Q: Is thinking that one older adult is just like another an expression of ageism?
ANSWER True.
Q: May communication between physicians and older patients be poor?
ANSWER True.
Q: Does aging vary dramatically among older adults? ANSWER True (Original
statement: "Aging does not vary dramatically" was False).
Q: Is aging separate from disease processes? ANSWER True.
Q: Is diminishing cardiac muscle strength a normal physiological change in the
heart of older adults? ANSWER True (Original statement: "is not a normal
change" was False).
Q: Is blood volume increased in the aging adult because of increasing water
volume? ANSWER False.
, Q: Does the diaphragm seem to lose mass in a normal aging adult? ANSWER
False (Original statement: "does not seem to lose mass" was True).
Q: What is progressively lost in the lungs with advancing age? ANSWER
Elastic recoil.
Q: How does the rib cage change in a normal aging adult? ANSWER It
becomes rigid as cartilage calcifies.
Q: Are falls a normal part of aging? ANSWER False.
Q: Is a reduction in height due to vertebral column compression a normal
physiological change in the spine? ANSWER True.
Q: What do muscles lose as a normal physiological change in an older adult?
ANSWER Flexibility.
Q: Is it a normal physiological change for an older adult’s joint range of motion
to be limited? ANSWER True.
Q: Is an increase in fat a normal physiological change in an aging adult?
ANSWER False (Body fat may redistribute, but total lean mass typically
decreases).
Q: Does saliva production increase as a normal physiological change in aging
adults? ANSWER False.
Q: What is the term for skin pigmentation caused by clustered melanocytes in
aging adults? ANSWER Age spots (or lentigines).
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Q: Are older adults now more educated? ANSWER True.
Q: Do negative attitudes towards aging impact the physical and psychological
well-being of patients? ANSWER True.
Q: Has society kept most of us from knowing about the aging process and
respecting those who survive it? ANSWER True.
Q: Is thinking that one older adult is just like another an expression of ageism?
ANSWER True.
Q: May communication between physicians and older patients be poor?
ANSWER True.
Q: Does aging vary dramatically among older adults? ANSWER True (Original
statement: "Aging does not vary dramatically" was False).
Q: Is aging separate from disease processes? ANSWER True.
Q: Is diminishing cardiac muscle strength a normal physiological change in the
heart of older adults? ANSWER True (Original statement: "is not a normal
change" was False).
Q: Is blood volume increased in the aging adult because of increasing water
volume? ANSWER False.
, Q: Does the diaphragm seem to lose mass in a normal aging adult? ANSWER
False (Original statement: "does not seem to lose mass" was True).
Q: What is progressively lost in the lungs with advancing age? ANSWER
Elastic recoil.
Q: How does the rib cage change in a normal aging adult? ANSWER It
becomes rigid as cartilage calcifies.
Q: Are falls a normal part of aging? ANSWER False.
Q: Is a reduction in height due to vertebral column compression a normal
physiological change in the spine? ANSWER True.
Q: What do muscles lose as a normal physiological change in an older adult?
ANSWER Flexibility.
Q: Is it a normal physiological change for an older adult’s joint range of motion
to be limited? ANSWER True.
Q: Is an increase in fat a normal physiological change in an aging adult?
ANSWER False (Body fat may redistribute, but total lean mass typically
decreases).
Q: Does saliva production increase as a normal physiological change in aging
adults? ANSWER False.
Q: What is the term for skin pigmentation caused by clustered melanocytes in
aging adults? ANSWER Age spots (or lentigines).
