Gerontology Final Exam Questions and Answers
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All of the following are used to define age with the exception of: - ✔✔Cohort Age
Which of the following is an example of implicit ageism? - ✔✔Not hiring a potential employee because
she had some gray hairs visible at the interview
Which of the following is NOT an example of senescence? - ✔✔Memory Impairments
Gerontologist define a "cohort" as - ✔✔An aggregate of individuals who experience the same event
within the same event within the same time interval
Gerontology is the scientific study of the ____________ aspects of aging - ✔✔Biological, psychological and
social
America's healthcare system is biased toward aging because it focuses on treatment of chronic conditions
more than acute conditions - ✔✔False
Who did articles say was an anomaly and died of poisoning by execution not of old age? - ✔✔Socrates
Viewing aging as a positive thing can lengthen the number of years of life more than just having low
blood pressure, good cholesterol levels, low body-mass index, not smoking, and getting regular exercise.
- ✔✔True
How a person thinks about their own aging can ultimately affect how long they live. - ✔✔True
Which famous person said, "It gives me great pleasure to converse with the aged, they have been over the
road that all of us must travel and know where it is rough and difficult and where it is easy and level." -
✔✔Plato
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, One author states that successful aging in today's culture is equated with inter-generational housing
options - ✔✔False
The tendency to discourage the elderly from taking risks is also a form of ageism - ✔✔True
The theory of senescence would argue that death is part of the process of natural selection - ✔✔True
Social gerontology is a sub-field of gerontology, concerned primarily with the physiological changes
brought on by age - ✔✔False
_________ is the greatest number of years any member of a species has been known to survive - ✔✔Life
span
Most recent immigrants to the US can trace their ancestry to: - ✔✔Asia and Latin America
Which of the following statements is NOT a characteristic of the Echo Boomers? - ✔✔Members of this
cohort were born between 1964 and 1979
The fastest growing segment of the aging population is: - ✔✔oldest old (85 and over)
____________ is the study of population processes - fertility, mortality, and migration. - ✔✔Demography
If you wanted to market a product to African American Baby Boomers, who would be best to network
with so that you message got to the target population? - ✔✔Not the men of the household - dont have the
right answer
Which state in the US reached the majority- minority milestone first in 2015? - ✔✔California
Which of the following suggestions did an author give to policymakers that could improve the outlook
for the future in the US? - ✔✔Work to reduce the gaps in education, employment and earning of younger
workers.
In the 1900s young immigrants entered the United States through Boston Harbor - ✔✔False
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100% Pass
All of the following are used to define age with the exception of: - ✔✔Cohort Age
Which of the following is an example of implicit ageism? - ✔✔Not hiring a potential employee because
she had some gray hairs visible at the interview
Which of the following is NOT an example of senescence? - ✔✔Memory Impairments
Gerontologist define a "cohort" as - ✔✔An aggregate of individuals who experience the same event
within the same event within the same time interval
Gerontology is the scientific study of the ____________ aspects of aging - ✔✔Biological, psychological and
social
America's healthcare system is biased toward aging because it focuses on treatment of chronic conditions
more than acute conditions - ✔✔False
Who did articles say was an anomaly and died of poisoning by execution not of old age? - ✔✔Socrates
Viewing aging as a positive thing can lengthen the number of years of life more than just having low
blood pressure, good cholesterol levels, low body-mass index, not smoking, and getting regular exercise.
- ✔✔True
How a person thinks about their own aging can ultimately affect how long they live. - ✔✔True
Which famous person said, "It gives me great pleasure to converse with the aged, they have been over the
road that all of us must travel and know where it is rough and difficult and where it is easy and level." -
✔✔Plato
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, One author states that successful aging in today's culture is equated with inter-generational housing
options - ✔✔False
The tendency to discourage the elderly from taking risks is also a form of ageism - ✔✔True
The theory of senescence would argue that death is part of the process of natural selection - ✔✔True
Social gerontology is a sub-field of gerontology, concerned primarily with the physiological changes
brought on by age - ✔✔False
_________ is the greatest number of years any member of a species has been known to survive - ✔✔Life
span
Most recent immigrants to the US can trace their ancestry to: - ✔✔Asia and Latin America
Which of the following statements is NOT a characteristic of the Echo Boomers? - ✔✔Members of this
cohort were born between 1964 and 1979
The fastest growing segment of the aging population is: - ✔✔oldest old (85 and over)
____________ is the study of population processes - fertility, mortality, and migration. - ✔✔Demography
If you wanted to market a product to African American Baby Boomers, who would be best to network
with so that you message got to the target population? - ✔✔Not the men of the household - dont have the
right answer
Which state in the US reached the majority- minority milestone first in 2015? - ✔✔California
Which of the following suggestions did an author give to policymakers that could improve the outlook
for the future in the US? - ✔✔Work to reduce the gaps in education, employment and earning of younger
workers.
In the 1900s young immigrants entered the United States through Boston Harbor - ✔✔False
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