Practice Quizzes -- Essential Concepts for Healthy Living Third Edition

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Please read each question and select your answer from the choices provided. You must complete all of the questions in order to view your results. At the end of each exam, you have the option to e-mail your results to your instructor.

1: Scientists who study aging are
	A: gerontologists.
	B: archeologists.
	C: epidemiologists
	D: none of the above

2: Aging is the
	A: number of years one can expect to live.
	B: process of cellular implosion
	C: sum of all changes that occur in an organism over its life span.
	D: death of an organism

3: The life span of a human being is about
	A: 77 years
	B: 85 years
	C: 100 years
	D: 120 years

4: ___ is a sign of normal aging that even healthy people experience
	A: Alzheimer's disease
	B: Glaucoma
	C: Cardiovascular disease
	D: Presbyopia

5: Which of the following physical changes is associated with the normal aging process?
	A: skin cancer
	B: increased sex hormone levels
	C: minor bone loss
	D: increased pulse rate

6: A condition that can lead to blindness is
	A: presbyopia
	B: osteoarthritis.
	C: incontinence
	D: macular degeneration.

7: Risk factors for glaucoma include
	A: family history
	B: African ancestry.
	C: diabetes
	D: all of the above

8: The inability to control the flow of urine from the bladder is called urinary
	A: incompetence
	B: inhibition.
	C: incontinence.
	D: incompatibility.

9: Ageism is
	A: a psychological change that occurs as one grows older
	B: the physical mistreatment of the elderly
	C: an intense fear of growing old
	D: a negative bias toward the elderly

10: The final stage of KÜbler-Ross''s coping response to dying is
	A: depression
	B: acceptance
	C: anger.
	D: bargaining.

11: To determine the cause of death, medical experts perform
	A: EEGs.
	B: Pap smears.
	C: autopsies.
	D: colonoscopic exams

12: A condition characterized by an abnormally high fluid pressure inside the eye is called
	A: presbyopia.
	B: glaucoma
	C: cataracts.
	D: incontinence.

13: A lifetime of use can wear out the cartilage in joints, resulting in
	A: osteoarthritis.
	B: osteoporosis.
	C: osteosarcoma
	D: osteomalacia.

14: Passive euthanasia involves prescribing doses of pain relievers to intentionally hasten a patient''s death.
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

15: Alzheimer''s disease is an age-related dementia
	A: TRUE
	B: FALSE

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