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Question #1
The world population is growing and aging. In an effort to collectively deal with some of the challenges facing the elderly, several countries gathered at a summit. Which plan was the result of this summit?
A.
The Madrid Plan
B.
The Brussels Plan
C.
The Berlin Plan
D.
The Paris Plan
Question #2
What is a dependency ratio?
A.
It is the comparison of grandparents to parents.
B.
It is the comparison of healthcare professionals to the elderly.
C.
It is the comparison of working people to non-working people.
D.
It is the comparison of children to parents.
Question #3
Your grandmother is still very active and loves to get her friends together for bridge on Friday. They always talk about all those old-old people down at the senior center who like to play bingo. About how old are the old-old senior citizens to whom they are referring?
A.
72
B.
85
C.
65
D.
75
Question #4
Elizabeth Kübler-Ross’s book On Death and Dying added much content knowledge to which field?
A.
Ontology
B.
Thanatology
C.
Metrology
D.
Teleology
Question #5
A symbolic interactionist may choose to study senior centers, and other groups of elderly people. Which theory might they find most useful for their study?
A.
Age stratification theory
B.
Selective optimization with compensation theory
C.
Subculture of aging theory
D.
Gerotranscendence
Question #6
Which of the following is NOT true about old age?
A.
Elderly people lose all appetite and drive for sex.
B.
Women notice wrinkles as one of the first signs of aging.
C.
Elderly men sometimes start to go bald as they age.
D.
Elderly people start dying their hair to replace the color they lose.
Question #7
While visiting your dad at his nursing home, you see an elderly lady sitting at the table with a full tray of food in front of her. She is in a wheel chair and seems depressed. You conclude that she is experiencing:
A.
Secondary aging
B.
Primary aging
C.
Quaternary aging
D.
Tertiary aging
Question #8
Supercentenarians are people who are ____ and older.
A.
100
B.
101
C.
105
D.
110
Question #9
According to Erik Erikson’s theory on aging, what is the final hurdle that most people who reach old age must overcome?
A.
Despair
B.
Sentimentality
C.
Concession
D.
Loathing
Question #10
Which is a social issue that many elderly females discover they are victims of?
A.
Being suspected of shoplifting by sales clerks.
B.
Being patronized by gas station attendants.
C.
Being carded to prove their Senior Citizen status.
D.
Having their medical ailments trivialized by doctors.
Question #11
What is the basic idea behind disengagement theory?
A.
As people age, they disengage with their friends in order to spend more time with their families.
B.
As people age, they begin to lose their friends and family and spend their last days mourning their losses.
C.
As people age, they generally withdraw from all forms of society.
D.
As people age, they think less and less about being married to their spouse, and more about their individuality.
Question #12
Sociologists have adopted the phrase, “the graying of the United States.” What does this phrase mean?
A.
With industrialization and the building of big cities, there is very little green nature left and everything is the color of steel.
B.
People are living under so much stress now, that they are going gray early.
C.
Gray is culturally considered beautiful and thus people are bleaching their hair.
D.
The greatest part of the population is reaching the age of 65 and entering old age.
Question #13
When your mother-in-law fell and broke her hip at age 72, you were concerned because she is still ________________.
A.
Ancient
B.
Young-old
C.
Old-old
D.
Middle-old
Question #14
When elderly people are considered elders and leaders of a group of people, they are functioning under a(n):
A.
Gerontocracy
B.
Republic
C.
Oligarchy
D.
Meritocracy
Question #15
No one in the United States can watch the news without hearing about the struggle over Social Security. Which approach has been used in the past to avoid the program’s collapse?
A.
Make Social Security a private program, much like insurance or a 401(k).
B.
Only pay Social Security to people who paid the tax; cut out any spouses or dependents who might benefit.
C.
Increase the age at which someone can start collecting Social Security.
D.
Increasing the work week to 80 hours so that there is more money coming into the program.
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