NURSING 220 EXAM SCRIPT 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED
◉ What is the last structure of the brain to complete its growth process.
Answer: cerebellum
◉ What Piagetian stage involves the development of hypothetical-
deductive reasoning. Answer: formal operations
◉ Which of the following are the two keys to cognition in the
information processing approach. Answer: attention and memory
◉ Which of the following regions of the world has the longest and most
leisurely experience for emerging adulthood. Answer: Europe
◉ ____ is the degree to which two people share personal knowledge,
thoughts, and feelings.. Answer: Intimacy
◉ It is difficult to say that IQ tests predict career success in a definitive
way because __. Answer: most real world problems are often
,complicated and do not have the kind of simple, definite solutions IQ
tests reward
◉ Intelligence tests are often used to help identify. Answer: children
who might have learning disabilities
◉ What leads to changes in vital capacity with aging. Answer: rigidity in
the tendons and muscles of the lungs, chest and ribs
◉ Some individuals can have the very same BMI, but have differing
amounts of body fat. Accumulation of body fat in what area(s) of the
body is a good predictor of health problems. Answer: abdomen
◉ In Erik Erikson's theory of the lifespan, what is the central emotional
and psychosocial issue of young adulthood. Answer: intimacy vs
isolation
◉ You and your boyfriend are seniors in college, but have been together
since you were sophomores in high school. At this point, you have
grown apart and the passion and intimacy have long been gone.
According to Sternberg, what type of love are you experiencing.
Answer: empty love
◉ old age dependency ratio. Answer: top number receiving benefits
from government and bottom number is those paying into the benefits
, ◉ what has symptoms including acute pain, weakness, dizziness,
confusion and shortness of breath. Answer: heart attack
◉ which of the following are known side effects to the prolonged use of
growth hormones. Answer: growth of excess hair, liver damage and
abnormal growth of hands
◉ grandmother fell and broke her hip, she has been in the hospital for a
week and a half and she now has pneumonia. Her body is failing
quickly. In terms of her prospects for recovery, she and her doctor have.
Answer: Not discussed the probability that she might die
◉ there are two types of euthanasia: 1. involves ceasing medical
interventions that would prolong a person's life whereas 2. involves not
just ceasing treatment but also taking steps to hasten death. Answer: 1.
passive euthanasia
2. active euthanasia
◉ A person who is designated to make treatment decisions on behalf of a
dying person in the event of incapacitation is a. Answer: health care
proxy
◉ the major sources of death in the later stages of the lifespan are.
Answer: cardiovascular disease and cancer
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY PASSED
◉ What is the last structure of the brain to complete its growth process.
Answer: cerebellum
◉ What Piagetian stage involves the development of hypothetical-
deductive reasoning. Answer: formal operations
◉ Which of the following are the two keys to cognition in the
information processing approach. Answer: attention and memory
◉ Which of the following regions of the world has the longest and most
leisurely experience for emerging adulthood. Answer: Europe
◉ ____ is the degree to which two people share personal knowledge,
thoughts, and feelings.. Answer: Intimacy
◉ It is difficult to say that IQ tests predict career success in a definitive
way because __. Answer: most real world problems are often
,complicated and do not have the kind of simple, definite solutions IQ
tests reward
◉ Intelligence tests are often used to help identify. Answer: children
who might have learning disabilities
◉ What leads to changes in vital capacity with aging. Answer: rigidity in
the tendons and muscles of the lungs, chest and ribs
◉ Some individuals can have the very same BMI, but have differing
amounts of body fat. Accumulation of body fat in what area(s) of the
body is a good predictor of health problems. Answer: abdomen
◉ In Erik Erikson's theory of the lifespan, what is the central emotional
and psychosocial issue of young adulthood. Answer: intimacy vs
isolation
◉ You and your boyfriend are seniors in college, but have been together
since you were sophomores in high school. At this point, you have
grown apart and the passion and intimacy have long been gone.
According to Sternberg, what type of love are you experiencing.
Answer: empty love
◉ old age dependency ratio. Answer: top number receiving benefits
from government and bottom number is those paying into the benefits
, ◉ what has symptoms including acute pain, weakness, dizziness,
confusion and shortness of breath. Answer: heart attack
◉ which of the following are known side effects to the prolonged use of
growth hormones. Answer: growth of excess hair, liver damage and
abnormal growth of hands
◉ grandmother fell and broke her hip, she has been in the hospital for a
week and a half and she now has pneumonia. Her body is failing
quickly. In terms of her prospects for recovery, she and her doctor have.
Answer: Not discussed the probability that she might die
◉ there are two types of euthanasia: 1. involves ceasing medical
interventions that would prolong a person's life whereas 2. involves not
just ceasing treatment but also taking steps to hasten death. Answer: 1.
passive euthanasia
2. active euthanasia
◉ A person who is designated to make treatment decisions on behalf of a
dying person in the event of incapacitation is a. Answer: health care
proxy
◉ the major sources of death in the later stages of the lifespan are.
Answer: cardiovascular disease and cancer
