GERO EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Which of the following terms has been used to describe elderly patients who appear
filthy and unkempt, whose homes are dirty and untidy, but who show no shame for their
situation?
a. Self-neglect Syndrome
b. Senile Breakdown Syndrome
c. Dilemma of Neglect Syndrome
d. Diogenes Syndrome
e. none of the above - Answer-Diogenes Syndrome
The dependency ration for children has increase/decreased since 1960 and the elderly
dependency ratio has increased/decrease - Answer-decreased/increased
T or F according to the generational accounting method of analyzing generation equity
the lifetime tax rate baby boomers is about 1/3 higher than that of their parents -
Answer-True
When did Congress recognize that SS could no longer operate in the future as a purely
pay as you go system - Answer-1980s
T or F: the fact that there are stereotypic causes of self neglect assist professionals in
arriving at the simplistic solutions to a variety of situations - Answer-False
T or F: there is a clear cut psychopathology that explains the tendency ins some
individuals to neglect themselves - Answer-False
_____was the first state to pass a law permitting physician assisted dying - Answer-
Oregon
According to Kass, which of the following reasons are used to support physician
assisted death:
a. The right to control one's body and life; freedom and autonomy.
b. . When the patient's life is deemed no longer worth living, usually because of great
pain, a terminal condition, an irreversible coma, advanced senility, or extreme
degradation.
c. . Once a patient is diagnosed with a terminal illness, the physician is no longer
obligated to heal.
, d. . all of the above
e. The right to control one's body and life; freedom and autonomy and when the
patient's life is deemed no longer worth living, usually because of great pain, a terminal
condition, an irreversible coma, advanced senility, or extreme degradation. - Answer-e.
the right to control ones body and life freedom autonomy, when the patients life is
deemed no longer worth living usually bc of great pain, a terminal condition and
irreversible coma advanced senility or extreme degradation
T or F: Kass argues that form the health care providers perspective the duty to make
whole and to heal can never be compatible with intentionally killing the patient - Answer-
True
The "sex ratio" refers to which of the following?
a.the differing social consequences of aging for men and women
b. the statistical likelihood of women marrying men who are older than they are
c. the proportion of women to men in the population
d. the proportion of men to women in the population
e. none of the above - Answer-a. the proportion of men to women in the population
The greater likelihood of poverty among women in old age is called:
the feminization of poverty
the sex ratio
the crossover phenomenon
the aging poverty phenomenon
economic jeopardy - Answer-The feminization of poverty
Older people tend to have ______ wealth than younger people and ______ incomes
compared to other adults in the U.S.
a. more, higher
b. more, lower
c. less, higher
d. older white men
e. less, lower - Answer-more, lower
Which of the following is the largest source of income for people over age 65 in the U.S.
today?
a, earnings from employment
b. Social Security
c. private pensions
d. asset income
e, individual savings - Answer-a, social security
T or F. As people age they become increasingly alike - Answer-False
T or F: income tends to increase after retirement bc of the increasing value of home
equity as proportion of assets - Answer-false
CORRECT ANSWERS
Which of the following terms has been used to describe elderly patients who appear
filthy and unkempt, whose homes are dirty and untidy, but who show no shame for their
situation?
a. Self-neglect Syndrome
b. Senile Breakdown Syndrome
c. Dilemma of Neglect Syndrome
d. Diogenes Syndrome
e. none of the above - Answer-Diogenes Syndrome
The dependency ration for children has increase/decreased since 1960 and the elderly
dependency ratio has increased/decrease - Answer-decreased/increased
T or F according to the generational accounting method of analyzing generation equity
the lifetime tax rate baby boomers is about 1/3 higher than that of their parents -
Answer-True
When did Congress recognize that SS could no longer operate in the future as a purely
pay as you go system - Answer-1980s
T or F: the fact that there are stereotypic causes of self neglect assist professionals in
arriving at the simplistic solutions to a variety of situations - Answer-False
T or F: there is a clear cut psychopathology that explains the tendency ins some
individuals to neglect themselves - Answer-False
_____was the first state to pass a law permitting physician assisted dying - Answer-
Oregon
According to Kass, which of the following reasons are used to support physician
assisted death:
a. The right to control one's body and life; freedom and autonomy.
b. . When the patient's life is deemed no longer worth living, usually because of great
pain, a terminal condition, an irreversible coma, advanced senility, or extreme
degradation.
c. . Once a patient is diagnosed with a terminal illness, the physician is no longer
obligated to heal.
, d. . all of the above
e. The right to control one's body and life; freedom and autonomy and when the
patient's life is deemed no longer worth living, usually because of great pain, a terminal
condition, an irreversible coma, advanced senility, or extreme degradation. - Answer-e.
the right to control ones body and life freedom autonomy, when the patients life is
deemed no longer worth living usually bc of great pain, a terminal condition and
irreversible coma advanced senility or extreme degradation
T or F: Kass argues that form the health care providers perspective the duty to make
whole and to heal can never be compatible with intentionally killing the patient - Answer-
True
The "sex ratio" refers to which of the following?
a.the differing social consequences of aging for men and women
b. the statistical likelihood of women marrying men who are older than they are
c. the proportion of women to men in the population
d. the proportion of men to women in the population
e. none of the above - Answer-a. the proportion of men to women in the population
The greater likelihood of poverty among women in old age is called:
the feminization of poverty
the sex ratio
the crossover phenomenon
the aging poverty phenomenon
economic jeopardy - Answer-The feminization of poverty
Older people tend to have ______ wealth than younger people and ______ incomes
compared to other adults in the U.S.
a. more, higher
b. more, lower
c. less, higher
d. older white men
e. less, lower - Answer-more, lower
Which of the following is the largest source of income for people over age 65 in the U.S.
today?
a, earnings from employment
b. Social Security
c. private pensions
d. asset income
e, individual savings - Answer-a, social security
T or F. As people age they become increasingly alike - Answer-False
T or F: income tends to increase after retirement bc of the increasing value of home
equity as proportion of assets - Answer-false
