Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Exam Questions and Answers Updated 2026-2027
# Term Definition
1 Gerontology Definition the scientific study of aging
2 chronological age? time of age
3 Population in 1900 76,300,000 over 65-3,000,000
4 population in 1990? 250,000,000 65+ 31,000,000
5 population in 2000? 281,000,000 65+ 35,000,000
6 Population in 2010? 309,000,000 65+ 40,200,000
7 Population in 2020? 341,000,000 65+ 54,800,000
8 population in 2030? 373,000,000 65+ 72,100,000
9 Biological Aging? physical changes
10 psychological aging? changes in behavior processes
11 social aging? changes in roles and relationships
12 biopsychosocial perspective?
depression=poor dental hygiene poor dental hygiene =
gum disease gum disease & loss of teeth affect social
opportunities
13 LE at birth?
Average length of life for persons born in the same year
, 14 50% point?
the point in time when 50% of persons born in a given
year are still alive and 50% have died
15 life span? genetic upper limit = 115-120 years the MAX
16 LE at 1900? 47-48 years
17 LE at 1990? 75.4 years
# Term Definition
18 LE at 1995 75.8 years
19 LE at 2005? 77.6 years
20 LE at 2008 77.9
21 LE at 2013 78.6
22 LE in 2013 for Females and Males? FE= 81.17 MA=76.19
23 LE is influenced by? Death rate; birth rate; migration
24 Advances in LE since 1900?
Research; education; social policies; economic growth;
public health
25 85+ (oldest old)
Who has the largest age gain within
older population?
26 Morbidity? sickness; illness
Exam Questions and Answers Updated 2026-2027
# Term Definition
1 Gerontology Definition the scientific study of aging
2 chronological age? time of age
3 Population in 1900 76,300,000 over 65-3,000,000
4 population in 1990? 250,000,000 65+ 31,000,000
5 population in 2000? 281,000,000 65+ 35,000,000
6 Population in 2010? 309,000,000 65+ 40,200,000
7 Population in 2020? 341,000,000 65+ 54,800,000
8 population in 2030? 373,000,000 65+ 72,100,000
9 Biological Aging? physical changes
10 psychological aging? changes in behavior processes
11 social aging? changes in roles and relationships
12 biopsychosocial perspective?
depression=poor dental hygiene poor dental hygiene =
gum disease gum disease & loss of teeth affect social
opportunities
13 LE at birth?
Average length of life for persons born in the same year
, 14 50% point?
the point in time when 50% of persons born in a given
year are still alive and 50% have died
15 life span? genetic upper limit = 115-120 years the MAX
16 LE at 1900? 47-48 years
17 LE at 1990? 75.4 years
# Term Definition
18 LE at 1995 75.8 years
19 LE at 2005? 77.6 years
20 LE at 2008 77.9
21 LE at 2013 78.6
22 LE in 2013 for Females and Males? FE= 81.17 MA=76.19
23 LE is influenced by? Death rate; birth rate; migration
24 Advances in LE since 1900?
Research; education; social policies; economic growth;
public health
25 85+ (oldest old)
Who has the largest age gain within
older population?
26 Morbidity? sickness; illness
