TEST BANK AGING AND SOCIETY A CANADIAN
PERSPECTIVES 8TH EDITION BY MARK NOVAK,
HERBERT C. NORTHCOTT, KAREN KOBAYASHI
CHAPTER 10.
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8TH EDITION BY MARK NOVAK, HERBERT C. NORTHCOTT,
KAREN KOBAYASHI CHAPTER 10.
CHAPTER 10: LEISURE, RECREATION, AND
SERVICE
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. According to studies by Stobert, Dosman, and Keating (2006), approximately
how much time per day do older Canadians spend on leisure activities?
a. 3.5 hours
b. 5 hours
c. 7.5 hours
d. 9 hours
CORRECT ANSWER: C REF: 236 BLM: REM
2. Which of the following describes how older Canadians (aged 65+) spend
their time in comparison to younger people?
a. more time on personal care
b. more time on cooking and food preparation
c. more time on shopping
d. more time sleeping
CORRECT ANSWER: A REF: 236 BLM: HO
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3. As compared with their younger counterparts, what two activities do people
aged 65 years and older spend more time doing?
a. eating and walking
b. watching television and reading
c. talking on the phone and preparing meals
d. exercising and shopping
CORRECT ANSWER: B REF: 236 BLM: HO
4. What is the significance of the fact that older people often engage in socially
satisfying, non-demanding, non-strenuous activities?
a. It lends support to the activity theory of aging.
b. It shows that older Canadians remained engaged in a wide
variety of activities well intolater life.
c. It is forcing gerontologists to develop new theories to describe the aging
process.
d. It is due to the general physiological
deterioration from aging. CORRECT
ANSWER: B REF: 236 BLM:
HO
5. According to Statistics Canada (2011), what percentage of women aged 75
years and older participate insports or physical activity?
a. 3.2%
b. 7.8%
c. 9.7%
d. 13.9%
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CORRECT ANSWER: D REF: 237 BLM: REM
6. Older people take part in active leisure. How can these activities be described?
a. They are of short duration (not more than 1 hour).
b. They have personal significance.
c. They involve younger friends or relatives.
d. They include reading, going to the movies,
socializing, and physical activity. CORRECT ANSWER:
D REF: 236 BLM: HO
7. According to Hurst (2009), which group of seniors exhibited the greatest
tendency to participate in active leisure?
a. women who have been widowed
b. those with a university degree
c. those who have grandchildren
d. those with pets
CORRECT ANSWER: B REF: 236 BLM: REM
8. Which of the following factors makes a significant difference in determining an
older person’s activity?
a. type of housing
b. intelligence quotient
c. health and life satisfaction
d. attitude towards retirement and
cohort support CORRECT
ANSWER: C REF: 236 BLM: HO
9. Researchers studied gender influence on activity level. What did they discover
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PERSPECTIVES 8TH EDITION BY MARK NOVAK,
HERBERT C. NORTHCOTT, KAREN KOBAYASHI
CHAPTER 10.
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TEST BANK AGING AND SOCIETY A CANADIAN PERSPECTIVES
8TH EDITION BY MARK NOVAK, HERBERT C. NORTHCOTT,
KAREN KOBAYASHI CHAPTER 10.
CHAPTER 10: LEISURE, RECREATION, AND
SERVICE
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. According to studies by Stobert, Dosman, and Keating (2006), approximately
how much time per day do older Canadians spend on leisure activities?
a. 3.5 hours
b. 5 hours
c. 7.5 hours
d. 9 hours
CORRECT ANSWER: C REF: 236 BLM: REM
2. Which of the following describes how older Canadians (aged 65+) spend
their time in comparison to younger people?
a. more time on personal care
b. more time on cooking and food preparation
c. more time on shopping
d. more time sleeping
CORRECT ANSWER: A REF: 236 BLM: HO
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3. As compared with their younger counterparts, what two activities do people
aged 65 years and older spend more time doing?
a. eating and walking
b. watching television and reading
c. talking on the phone and preparing meals
d. exercising and shopping
CORRECT ANSWER: B REF: 236 BLM: HO
4. What is the significance of the fact that older people often engage in socially
satisfying, non-demanding, non-strenuous activities?
a. It lends support to the activity theory of aging.
b. It shows that older Canadians remained engaged in a wide
variety of activities well intolater life.
c. It is forcing gerontologists to develop new theories to describe the aging
process.
d. It is due to the general physiological
deterioration from aging. CORRECT
ANSWER: B REF: 236 BLM:
HO
5. According to Statistics Canada (2011), what percentage of women aged 75
years and older participate insports or physical activity?
a. 3.2%
b. 7.8%
c. 9.7%
d. 13.9%
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CORRECT ANSWER: D REF: 237 BLM: REM
6. Older people take part in active leisure. How can these activities be described?
a. They are of short duration (not more than 1 hour).
b. They have personal significance.
c. They involve younger friends or relatives.
d. They include reading, going to the movies,
socializing, and physical activity. CORRECT ANSWER:
D REF: 236 BLM: HO
7. According to Hurst (2009), which group of seniors exhibited the greatest
tendency to participate in active leisure?
a. women who have been widowed
b. those with a university degree
c. those who have grandchildren
d. those with pets
CORRECT ANSWER: B REF: 236 BLM: REM
8. Which of the following factors makes a significant difference in determining an
older person’s activity?
a. type of housing
b. intelligence quotient
c. health and life satisfaction
d. attitude towards retirement and
cohort support CORRECT
ANSWER: C REF: 236 BLM: HO
9. Researchers studied gender influence on activity level. What did they discover
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