Gerontology Exam 1 Practice Questions and
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True or False: Depression is more common in older adults? - ✔✔False
True or false: lung vital capacity tends to decline as people age - ✔✔True
People over ____ years old are considered older adults. - ✔✔65
What is age range for "young old"? - ✔✔65-74
What is age range for middle old? - ✔✔75-84
What is age for old old? - ✔✔85 and older
True or false: People tend to become more religious as they age - ✔✔true
True or false: The majority of older adults say they are seldom irritated or angry - ✔✔true
In the United States, currently 1 in ___ people are older adults - ✔✔7
Which group is the fastest growing of the older population in much of the world? - ✔✔oldest old
True or false: The majority of older adults stay in their homes and do not move into LTC facilities -
✔✔True
True or false: almost half of women 75 and older live alone - ✔✔true
Highest poverty rates were found for older ____ ___ living alone. - ✔✔Hispanic women
True or false: older adults take longer to learn something new - ✔✔true
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, What are 5 most common health conditions for older adults? - ✔✔hypertension; arthritis; heart disease;
cancer; diabetes
What percent of older adults are working? - ✔✔19
Older adults make up ___ percent of the workforce - ✔✔5
True or false: older adults have fewer accidents per driver than those under age 65 - ✔✔true
What impacts how people view and experience getting old? - ✔✔culture; gender; resources; living
situation; cohort effects; health; personality; education
What is the process by which the capacity for cell division and capacity for growth and function is lost
over time, ultimately leading to death called? - ✔✔senescence
True or false: There is nothing positive about senescence - ✔✔True (changes are degenerative)
What are four ways age can be defined? - ✔✔chronological; biological; psychological; social
What type of aging is length of time lived? - ✔✔chronological
True or false: chronological age is a good measure of functional age? - ✔✔False (people go through
changes at different times and rates)
What type of aging looks at individual's aging compared to the norm? - ✔✔Biological
True or false: there is a consensus on how to measure biological age - ✔✔false
What type of aging looks at person's mental and cognitive capabilities, including things like learning,
memory and perception? - ✔✔Psychological
What type of aging is what a society deems appropriate for a person to do? - ✔✔Social
What are two categories of theories of aging? - ✔✔random; programmed
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True or False: Depression is more common in older adults? - ✔✔False
True or false: lung vital capacity tends to decline as people age - ✔✔True
People over ____ years old are considered older adults. - ✔✔65
What is age range for "young old"? - ✔✔65-74
What is age range for middle old? - ✔✔75-84
What is age for old old? - ✔✔85 and older
True or false: People tend to become more religious as they age - ✔✔true
True or false: The majority of older adults say they are seldom irritated or angry - ✔✔true
In the United States, currently 1 in ___ people are older adults - ✔✔7
Which group is the fastest growing of the older population in much of the world? - ✔✔oldest old
True or false: The majority of older adults stay in their homes and do not move into LTC facilities -
✔✔True
True or false: almost half of women 75 and older live alone - ✔✔true
Highest poverty rates were found for older ____ ___ living alone. - ✔✔Hispanic women
True or false: older adults take longer to learn something new - ✔✔true
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, What are 5 most common health conditions for older adults? - ✔✔hypertension; arthritis; heart disease;
cancer; diabetes
What percent of older adults are working? - ✔✔19
Older adults make up ___ percent of the workforce - ✔✔5
True or false: older adults have fewer accidents per driver than those under age 65 - ✔✔true
What impacts how people view and experience getting old? - ✔✔culture; gender; resources; living
situation; cohort effects; health; personality; education
What is the process by which the capacity for cell division and capacity for growth and function is lost
over time, ultimately leading to death called? - ✔✔senescence
True or false: There is nothing positive about senescence - ✔✔True (changes are degenerative)
What are four ways age can be defined? - ✔✔chronological; biological; psychological; social
What type of aging is length of time lived? - ✔✔chronological
True or false: chronological age is a good measure of functional age? - ✔✔False (people go through
changes at different times and rates)
What type of aging looks at individual's aging compared to the norm? - ✔✔Biological
True or false: there is a consensus on how to measure biological age - ✔✔false
What type of aging looks at person's mental and cognitive capabilities, including things like learning,
memory and perception? - ✔✔Psychological
What type of aging is what a society deems appropriate for a person to do? - ✔✔Social
What are two categories of theories of aging? - ✔✔random; programmed
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