IAP DEATH DOULA CERTIFICATE FINAL PAPER 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔(Exam 1) 18. One of the difficulties of children under the age of 5 in grasping the
concept of concept of death is that their cognitive development is such that they cannot
typically think: - ✔✔a. abstractly
✔✔(Exam 1) 19. Research suggests that the age group with the highest death
anxiety/fear is: - ✔✔c. middle-aged individuals
✔✔(Exam 1) 20. The age group which is sometimes referred to as the sandwich
generation: - ✔✔c. middle-aged
✔✔(Exam 1) 21. The social psychologist who argued that both anthropologists
Malinowski and Radcliffe-Brown were correct regarding death fear/ anxiety and
religiosity, though seemingly they were contradicting each other, was: - ✔✔c. George
Homans
✔✔(Exam 1) 22. The age group where peek-a-boo and hide-and-seek may be the first
indication of separation, thus "death," though Freudian, is the _____________ age
group. - ✔✔a. birth-3
✔✔(Exam 1) 23. The theoretical approach which compares different societies regarding
their customs and beliefs on death and dying is: - ✔✔a. cultural anthropology
✔✔(Exam 1) 24. Mascot of the College of Charleston is the: - ✔✔d. cougar
✔✔(Exam 1) 25. A communicable disease (such as pneumonia), which one either gets
over or dies from, caused by a number of microorganisms including viruses, fungi, and
bacteria is known as: - ✔✔b. an acute disease
✔✔(Exam 1) 26. Most individuals dying in the United States today is: - ✔✔c. in hospital/
nursing home/ residential care
✔✔(Exam 1) 27. Structural functional theory can be best described as a theory
stressing: - ✔✔b. the interaction of parts and the whole
✔✔(Exam 1) 28. Historians divide American death and bereavement experiences into
three periods. The second period from 1830 to 1945 is known as: - ✔✔c. dying of death
✔✔(Exam 1) 29. Though we often suggest that animals, especially dogs, have a sense
of grief perhaps not unlike that of humans, are we Homo sapiens perhaps interpreting
, such by putting our own human values on their behavior? Such action is called: - ✔✔c.
anthropomorphism
✔✔(Exam 1) 30. Which theoretical framework would investigate the following question:
"Are adult children who care for their elderly parents more likely to receive a greater
share of the parents' inheritance than children who do not participate in the terminal
care?" - ✔✔b. social exchange
✔✔(Exam 1) 31. The concept "life review" was established by a geriatrician named: -
✔✔c. Robert Butler
✔✔(Exam 1) 32. The setting for the pictures shown in class of children's drawings of
death was: - ✔✔d. Kentucky
✔✔(Exam 1) 33. A frequently occurring image in the children's drawings of death shown
in class was: - ✔✔a. sun and moon
✔✔(Exam 1) 34. Sex ratio is the number of _________ per _________. - ✔✔a. males/
females
✔✔(Exam 1) 35. Religious group which believes in reincarnation: - ✔✔d. Hindu
✔✔(Exam 2) 1. Author of living and Dying at Murray Manor is: - ✔✔b. Jaber Gubrium
✔✔(Exam 2) 2. Author of Tuesdays with Morrie is: - ✔✔a. Mitch Albom
✔✔(Exam 2) 3. Whereas in the 1960s about 10% of physicians in the U.S. were telling
their patients of their terminal diagnosis, today that percentage is around: - ✔✔d. 90%
✔✔(Exam 2) 4. AIDS/HIV is primarily passed from one person to another via: - ✔✔d.
sexual intercourse
✔✔(Exam 2) 5. The physician in the U.S. who by his own account helped over 100
individuals die and was known as "Dr. Death" was: - ✔✔c. Jack Kevorkian
✔✔(Exam 2) 6. A Biblical New Testament figure who committed suicide was: - ✔✔d.
Judas
✔✔(Exam 2) 7. Under what age does the U.S. Dept. of Vital Statistics not report
suicides as suicides? - ✔✔c. 8
✔✔(Exam 2) 8. What impact does the presence of a psychosis have on suicide
possibilities? - ✔✔a. increases the possibilities
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔(Exam 1) 18. One of the difficulties of children under the age of 5 in grasping the
concept of concept of death is that their cognitive development is such that they cannot
typically think: - ✔✔a. abstractly
✔✔(Exam 1) 19. Research suggests that the age group with the highest death
anxiety/fear is: - ✔✔c. middle-aged individuals
✔✔(Exam 1) 20. The age group which is sometimes referred to as the sandwich
generation: - ✔✔c. middle-aged
✔✔(Exam 1) 21. The social psychologist who argued that both anthropologists
Malinowski and Radcliffe-Brown were correct regarding death fear/ anxiety and
religiosity, though seemingly they were contradicting each other, was: - ✔✔c. George
Homans
✔✔(Exam 1) 22. The age group where peek-a-boo and hide-and-seek may be the first
indication of separation, thus "death," though Freudian, is the _____________ age
group. - ✔✔a. birth-3
✔✔(Exam 1) 23. The theoretical approach which compares different societies regarding
their customs and beliefs on death and dying is: - ✔✔a. cultural anthropology
✔✔(Exam 1) 24. Mascot of the College of Charleston is the: - ✔✔d. cougar
✔✔(Exam 1) 25. A communicable disease (such as pneumonia), which one either gets
over or dies from, caused by a number of microorganisms including viruses, fungi, and
bacteria is known as: - ✔✔b. an acute disease
✔✔(Exam 1) 26. Most individuals dying in the United States today is: - ✔✔c. in hospital/
nursing home/ residential care
✔✔(Exam 1) 27. Structural functional theory can be best described as a theory
stressing: - ✔✔b. the interaction of parts and the whole
✔✔(Exam 1) 28. Historians divide American death and bereavement experiences into
three periods. The second period from 1830 to 1945 is known as: - ✔✔c. dying of death
✔✔(Exam 1) 29. Though we often suggest that animals, especially dogs, have a sense
of grief perhaps not unlike that of humans, are we Homo sapiens perhaps interpreting
, such by putting our own human values on their behavior? Such action is called: - ✔✔c.
anthropomorphism
✔✔(Exam 1) 30. Which theoretical framework would investigate the following question:
"Are adult children who care for their elderly parents more likely to receive a greater
share of the parents' inheritance than children who do not participate in the terminal
care?" - ✔✔b. social exchange
✔✔(Exam 1) 31. The concept "life review" was established by a geriatrician named: -
✔✔c. Robert Butler
✔✔(Exam 1) 32. The setting for the pictures shown in class of children's drawings of
death was: - ✔✔d. Kentucky
✔✔(Exam 1) 33. A frequently occurring image in the children's drawings of death shown
in class was: - ✔✔a. sun and moon
✔✔(Exam 1) 34. Sex ratio is the number of _________ per _________. - ✔✔a. males/
females
✔✔(Exam 1) 35. Religious group which believes in reincarnation: - ✔✔d. Hindu
✔✔(Exam 2) 1. Author of living and Dying at Murray Manor is: - ✔✔b. Jaber Gubrium
✔✔(Exam 2) 2. Author of Tuesdays with Morrie is: - ✔✔a. Mitch Albom
✔✔(Exam 2) 3. Whereas in the 1960s about 10% of physicians in the U.S. were telling
their patients of their terminal diagnosis, today that percentage is around: - ✔✔d. 90%
✔✔(Exam 2) 4. AIDS/HIV is primarily passed from one person to another via: - ✔✔d.
sexual intercourse
✔✔(Exam 2) 5. The physician in the U.S. who by his own account helped over 100
individuals die and was known as "Dr. Death" was: - ✔✔c. Jack Kevorkian
✔✔(Exam 2) 6. A Biblical New Testament figure who committed suicide was: - ✔✔d.
Judas
✔✔(Exam 2) 7. Under what age does the U.S. Dept. of Vital Statistics not report
suicides as suicides? - ✔✔c. 8
✔✔(Exam 2) 8. What impact does the presence of a psychosis have on suicide
possibilities? - ✔✔a. increases the possibilities
