TEST BANK AGING AND SOCIETY A CANADIAN
PERSPECTIVES 8TH EDITION BY MARK NOVAK,
HERBERT C. NORTHCOTT, KAREN KOBAYASHI
CHAPTER 5.
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TEST BANK AGING AND SOCIETY A CANADIAN PERSPECTIVES
8TH EDITION BY MARK NOVAK, HERBERT C. NORTHCOTT, KAREN
KOBAYASHI CHAPTER 5.
CHAPTER 5: PERSONAL HEALTH AND
ILLNESS
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. How do gerontologists define the maximum number of years that a member
of a species can live?
a. the maximum life span of the species
b. the life expectancy of the species
c. the intrinsic age of the species
d. the senescence of the species
CORRECT ANSWER: A REF: 90 BLM: HO
2. What is the term for the number of years at birth that an average member of
society can expect to live?
a. aging parameters
b. life span
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c. specific age configuration
d. life expectancy
CORRECT ANSWER: D REF: 90 BLM: REM
3. Scientists believe that the human life span has remained the same for the
past 100,000 years. What is this span of time in years?
a. 75 to 95 years
b. 95 to 110 years
c. 110 to 125 years
d. 125 to 140 years
CORRECT ANSWER: C REF: 90 BLM: REM
4. What has happened to the human life expectancy in the past 2,000 years?
a. It has remained the same.
b. It has increased.
c. It has decreased.
d. It has fluctuated widely.
CORRECT ANSWER: B REF: 90 BLM: HO
5. Advances in technology and biomedical research have extended life
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expectancy. Which of the following summarizes what this suggests
about the future for humans?
a. The human life span will rise as more people live past the
current maximum human life span.
b. The physical signs of old age will change.
c. Progress will need to be made in extending life span to enable
further improvements in life expectancy.
d. More people will live closer to the maximum human life span,
and more people will live longer in old age than ever before.
CORRECT ANSWER: D REF: 90 BLM: HO
6. What are the two primary goals of the study of biological aging?
a. to slow senescence, and to cure the diseases of old age
b. to understand changes in the body that come with age and to apply this
knowledge
c. to identify the environmental causes of super longevity,
and to develop models for increasing the maximum
human life span
d. to develop a comprehensive theory of aging and to lobby for more
government funding for aging research
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PERSPECTIVES 8TH EDITION BY MARK NOVAK,
HERBERT C. NORTHCOTT, KAREN KOBAYASHI
CHAPTER 5.
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TEST BANK AGING AND SOCIETY A CANADIAN PERSPECTIVES
8TH EDITION BY MARK NOVAK, HERBERT C. NORTHCOTT, KAREN
KOBAYASHI CHAPTER 5.
CHAPTER 5: PERSONAL HEALTH AND
ILLNESS
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. How do gerontologists define the maximum number of years that a member
of a species can live?
a. the maximum life span of the species
b. the life expectancy of the species
c. the intrinsic age of the species
d. the senescence of the species
CORRECT ANSWER: A REF: 90 BLM: HO
2. What is the term for the number of years at birth that an average member of
society can expect to live?
a. aging parameters
b. life span
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c. specific age configuration
d. life expectancy
CORRECT ANSWER: D REF: 90 BLM: REM
3. Scientists believe that the human life span has remained the same for the
past 100,000 years. What is this span of time in years?
a. 75 to 95 years
b. 95 to 110 years
c. 110 to 125 years
d. 125 to 140 years
CORRECT ANSWER: C REF: 90 BLM: REM
4. What has happened to the human life expectancy in the past 2,000 years?
a. It has remained the same.
b. It has increased.
c. It has decreased.
d. It has fluctuated widely.
CORRECT ANSWER: B REF: 90 BLM: HO
5. Advances in technology and biomedical research have extended life
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expectancy. Which of the following summarizes what this suggests
about the future for humans?
a. The human life span will rise as more people live past the
current maximum human life span.
b. The physical signs of old age will change.
c. Progress will need to be made in extending life span to enable
further improvements in life expectancy.
d. More people will live closer to the maximum human life span,
and more people will live longer in old age than ever before.
CORRECT ANSWER: D REF: 90 BLM: HO
6. What are the two primary goals of the study of biological aging?
a. to slow senescence, and to cure the diseases of old age
b. to understand changes in the body that come with age and to apply this
knowledge
c. to identify the environmental causes of super longevity,
and to develop models for increasing the maximum
human life span
d. to develop a comprehensive theory of aging and to lobby for more
government funding for aging research
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