NCCAP NATIONAL EXAM PT.2
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT!!!
Cohort Effect – ✔✔
The impact of growing up in a specific time period, where shared historical
and social experiences shape a group’s attitudes, behaviors, and challenges.
Cumulative Disadvantage – ✔✔
A pattern where early social or economic hardships build up over time, leading
to greater inequality in later life.
Social Clock – ✔✔
Cultural expectations about the "right time" to reach major life milestones like
marriage, having children, or retiring.
Social Gerontology – ✔✔
A branch of gerontology that focuses on how aging affects people’s social
lives, relationships, and roles in society.
Functional Age – ✔✔
A measure of an older adult’s ability to function physically, mentally, and
socially, rather than just their actual age in years.
Wellness – ✔✔
A state of overall health that includes physical, mental, and emotional well-
being.
Palliative Care – ✔✔
Comfort-focused care for individuals with serious or long-term illnesses, often
provided alongside other treatments.
Age Grades – ✔✔
Lifelong social categories based on age that people move through in a society,
often tied to roles and responsibilities.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100%
CORRECT!!!
Cohort Effect – ✔✔
The impact of growing up in a specific time period, where shared historical
and social experiences shape a group’s attitudes, behaviors, and challenges.
Cumulative Disadvantage – ✔✔
A pattern where early social or economic hardships build up over time, leading
to greater inequality in later life.
Social Clock – ✔✔
Cultural expectations about the "right time" to reach major life milestones like
marriage, having children, or retiring.
Social Gerontology – ✔✔
A branch of gerontology that focuses on how aging affects people’s social
lives, relationships, and roles in society.
Functional Age – ✔✔
A measure of an older adult’s ability to function physically, mentally, and
socially, rather than just their actual age in years.
Wellness – ✔✔
A state of overall health that includes physical, mental, and emotional well-
being.
Palliative Care – ✔✔
Comfort-focused care for individuals with serious or long-term illnesses, often
provided alongside other treatments.
Age Grades – ✔✔
Lifelong social categories based on age that people move through in a society,
often tied to roles and responsibilities.
