ABFM GERIATRICS EXAM WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
2025
distance for timed get up and go ( Correct
answers ) 10 feet
time for timed get up and go ( Correct answers )
<10 seconds
best diet for nursing home patients with unintentional weight loss ( Correct
answers )
regular
diet
aging causes an increase of this which impacts pharmacokinetics ( Correct
answers
total body)
fat
cause of cachexia ( Correct answers ) inflammaotry response due
to elevated
cytokine
s
albumin in cachexia vs starvation ( Correct answers ) decreases in early
cachexia and
late
starvation
how to measure vit. D levels ( Correct answers ) 25-
hydroxyvitamin D
best type of exercise to improve function in nursing home residents
)( Correct answers
resistance
training
mild cognitive impairment characterized by this ( Correct answers )
evidence of memory
objective
decline
old person that can't straighten leg ( Correct answers ) quad
tendon rupture
ALREADY
GRADED A+
CORRECT ANSWERS
2025
distance for timed get up and go ( Correct
answers ) 10 feet
time for timed get up and go ( Correct answers )
<10 seconds
best diet for nursing home patients with unintentional weight loss ( Correct
answers )
regular
diet
aging causes an increase of this which impacts pharmacokinetics ( Correct
answers
total body)
fat
cause of cachexia ( Correct answers ) inflammaotry response due
to elevated
cytokine
s
albumin in cachexia vs starvation ( Correct answers ) decreases in early
cachexia and
late
starvation
how to measure vit. D levels ( Correct answers ) 25-
hydroxyvitamin D
best type of exercise to improve function in nursing home residents
)( Correct answers
resistance
training
mild cognitive impairment characterized by this ( Correct answers )
evidence of memory
objective
decline
old person that can't straighten leg ( Correct answers ) quad
tendon rupture
ALREADY
GRADED A+