NCCAP National Exam Pt.2 | Actual Questions and Answers
Latest Updated 2026/2027 (Graded A+)
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Cohort Effect
- ✔✔The consequences of having been born in a given year and having grown up during a
particular time period with its own unique pressures, problem, challenges, and
opportunities.
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Cumulative Disadvantage
- ✔✔The idea that the negative effects of patterns of inequality in wealth, status, and
availability of opportunities accumulate over the life span.
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Social Clock
- ✔✔The culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood, and
retirement.
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Social Gerontology
- ✔✔A subfield of gerontology with an emphasis on social rather than physical aspects of
aging.
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Functional Age
- ✔✔actual competence and performance of an older adult, as distinguished from
chronological age.
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Wellness
- ✔✔An overall state of well-being or total health.
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Palliative Care
- ✔✔Care provided to those suffering from chronic and serious illness. Similar to hospice.
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Age Grades
- ✔✔Permanent age categories in a society through which people pass during the course of
a lifetime.
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Age Norms
- ✔✔Informal standards defining appropriate age and behavior for certain life events.
Latest Updated 2026/2027 (Graded A+)
•
Cohort Effect
- ✔✔The consequences of having been born in a given year and having grown up during a
particular time period with its own unique pressures, problem, challenges, and
opportunities.
•
Cumulative Disadvantage
- ✔✔The idea that the negative effects of patterns of inequality in wealth, status, and
availability of opportunities accumulate over the life span.
•
Social Clock
- ✔✔The culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood, and
retirement.
•
Social Gerontology
- ✔✔A subfield of gerontology with an emphasis on social rather than physical aspects of
aging.
•
Functional Age
- ✔✔actual competence and performance of an older adult, as distinguished from
chronological age.
•
Wellness
- ✔✔An overall state of well-being or total health.
•
Palliative Care
- ✔✔Care provided to those suffering from chronic and serious illness. Similar to hospice.
•
Age Grades
- ✔✔Permanent age categories in a society through which people pass during the course of
a lifetime.
•
Age Norms
- ✔✔Informal standards defining appropriate age and behavior for certain life events.
