Chapter 4 Comprehensive Geriatric
Assessment Questions and Answers
(Graded A)
1. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are both 75 years old and are seeing their nurse practitioner for their
annual checkups. Mrs. Smith wonders why they each have trouble digesting different foods. It is
inconvenient for her to fix different meals that they both can tolerate. The nurse practitioner
explains that:
1. Men have more difficulty digesting vegetables.
2. Women have more difficulty digesting dairy products.
3. Men and women have different enzymes in their gastrointestinal tracts.
4. Organ systems progress differently for each person regardless of age. - ANSWER - 4. Organ
systems progress differently for each person regardless of age.
2. The nurse practitioner conducts a comprehensive geriatric assessment of the older individual
because:
1. Health of older people is affected by several factors.
2. A focused assessment will provide depth of specific information.
3. A comprehensive assessment will provide more subjective information.
4. A comprehensive assessment will result in a list of current and prior medications taken. -
ANSWER - 1. Health of older people is affected by several factors.
3. The nurse practitioner knows that conducting a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is
more beneficial for which of the following groups?
1. People between 60 and 70 years old.
2. People over 70 years old.
3. People classified as vulnerable older adults.
4. People over 55 years old. - ANSWER - 3. People classified as vulnerable older adults.
Assessment Questions and Answers
(Graded A)
1. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are both 75 years old and are seeing their nurse practitioner for their
annual checkups. Mrs. Smith wonders why they each have trouble digesting different foods. It is
inconvenient for her to fix different meals that they both can tolerate. The nurse practitioner
explains that:
1. Men have more difficulty digesting vegetables.
2. Women have more difficulty digesting dairy products.
3. Men and women have different enzymes in their gastrointestinal tracts.
4. Organ systems progress differently for each person regardless of age. - ANSWER - 4. Organ
systems progress differently for each person regardless of age.
2. The nurse practitioner conducts a comprehensive geriatric assessment of the older individual
because:
1. Health of older people is affected by several factors.
2. A focused assessment will provide depth of specific information.
3. A comprehensive assessment will provide more subjective information.
4. A comprehensive assessment will result in a list of current and prior medications taken. -
ANSWER - 1. Health of older people is affected by several factors.
3. The nurse practitioner knows that conducting a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is
more beneficial for which of the following groups?
1. People between 60 and 70 years old.
2. People over 70 years old.
3. People classified as vulnerable older adults.
4. People over 55 years old. - ANSWER - 3. People classified as vulnerable older adults.
