Test Bank for Aging and Society A Canadian Perspectives 7th Edition by Novak
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CHAPTER 5: PERSONAL HEALTH AND ILLNESS
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. How do gerontologists define the maximum number of years that a member of a species can live?
a. the maximum life span of the species
b. the life expectancy of the species
c. the intrinsic age of the species
d. the senescence of the species
ANS: A REF: 90 BLM: HO
2. What is the term for the number of years at birth that an average member of society can expect to live?
a. aging parameters
b. life span
c. specific age configuration
d. life expectancy
ANS: D REF: 90 BLM: REM
3. Scientists believe that the human life span has remained the same for the past 100,000 years. What is
this span of time in years?
a. 75 to 95 years
b. 95 to 110 years
c. 110 to 125 years
d. 125 to 140 years
ANS: C REF: 90 BLM: REM
4. What has happened to the human life expectancy in the past 2,000 years?
a. It has remained the same.
b. It has increased.
c. It has decreased.
d. It has fluctuated widely.
ANS: B REF: 90 BLM: HO
5. Advances in technology and biomedical research have extended life expectancy. Which of the
following summarizes what this suggests about the future for humans?
a. The human life span will rise as more people live past the current maximum human life
span.
b. The physical signs of old age will change.
c. Progress will need to be made in extending life span to enable further improvements in life
expectancy.
d. More people will live closer to the maximum human life span, and more people will live
longer in old age than ever before.
, ANS: D REF: 90 BLM: HO
6. What are the two primary goals of the study of biological aging?
a. to slow senescence, and to cure the diseases of old age
b. to understand changes in the body that come with age and to apply this knowledge
c. to identify the environmental causes of super longevity, and to develop models for
increasing the maximum human life span
d. to develop a comprehensive theory of aging and to lobby for more government funding for
aging research
ANS: B REF: 90 BLM: REM
7. According to Statistics Canada, by how many years will a girl born in 2008 outlive her male peers?
a 2 years
b. 3 years
c. 4 years
d. 5 years
ANS: D REF: 90 BLM: REM
8. According to Alway, Morissette, and Siu (2011), what process plays a part in sarcopenia in later life?
a. pleiotropic genes
b. the Hayflick genes
c. apoptosis
d. senescence
ANS: C REF: 92 BLM: REM
9. Which of the following terms describes the process by which cells are controlled and thus produce normal
human development?
a. apoptosis
b. sarcopenia
c. the phase III phenomenon
d. the Hayflick limit
ANS: A REF: 92 BLM: REM
10. Jolene is 55 years old. Her pituitary gland has stopped producing hormones to stimulate her ovaries.
What is the name for this process that occurs in aging women?
a. the female change
b. peripause
c. menopause
d. menstruation
ANS: C REF: 92 BLM: HO
11. Which of the following scenarios can occur in the body as a result of cross-linking?
a. poor eyesight
b. decreased lung capacity
c. problems with digestive function
d. stiffened connective tissue
ANS: D REF: 93 BLM: HO
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CHAPTER 5: PERSONAL HEALTH AND ILLNESS
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. How do gerontologists define the maximum number of years that a member of a species can live?
a. the maximum life span of the species
b. the life expectancy of the species
c. the intrinsic age of the species
d. the senescence of the species
ANS: A REF: 90 BLM: HO
2. What is the term for the number of years at birth that an average member of society can expect to live?
a. aging parameters
b. life span
c. specific age configuration
d. life expectancy
ANS: D REF: 90 BLM: REM
3. Scientists believe that the human life span has remained the same for the past 100,000 years. What is
this span of time in years?
a. 75 to 95 years
b. 95 to 110 years
c. 110 to 125 years
d. 125 to 140 years
ANS: C REF: 90 BLM: REM
4. What has happened to the human life expectancy in the past 2,000 years?
a. It has remained the same.
b. It has increased.
c. It has decreased.
d. It has fluctuated widely.
ANS: B REF: 90 BLM: HO
5. Advances in technology and biomedical research have extended life expectancy. Which of the
following summarizes what this suggests about the future for humans?
a. The human life span will rise as more people live past the current maximum human life
span.
b. The physical signs of old age will change.
c. Progress will need to be made in extending life span to enable further improvements in life
expectancy.
d. More people will live closer to the maximum human life span, and more people will live
longer in old age than ever before.
, ANS: D REF: 90 BLM: HO
6. What are the two primary goals of the study of biological aging?
a. to slow senescence, and to cure the diseases of old age
b. to understand changes in the body that come with age and to apply this knowledge
c. to identify the environmental causes of super longevity, and to develop models for
increasing the maximum human life span
d. to develop a comprehensive theory of aging and to lobby for more government funding for
aging research
ANS: B REF: 90 BLM: REM
7. According to Statistics Canada, by how many years will a girl born in 2008 outlive her male peers?
a 2 years
b. 3 years
c. 4 years
d. 5 years
ANS: D REF: 90 BLM: REM
8. According to Alway, Morissette, and Siu (2011), what process plays a part in sarcopenia in later life?
a. pleiotropic genes
b. the Hayflick genes
c. apoptosis
d. senescence
ANS: C REF: 92 BLM: REM
9. Which of the following terms describes the process by which cells are controlled and thus produce normal
human development?
a. apoptosis
b. sarcopenia
c. the phase III phenomenon
d. the Hayflick limit
ANS: A REF: 92 BLM: REM
10. Jolene is 55 years old. Her pituitary gland has stopped producing hormones to stimulate her ovaries.
What is the name for this process that occurs in aging women?
a. the female change
b. peripause
c. menopause
d. menstruation
ANS: C REF: 92 BLM: HO
11. Which of the following scenarios can occur in the body as a result of cross-linking?
a. poor eyesight
b. decreased lung capacity
c. problems with digestive function
d. stiffened connective tissue
ANS: D REF: 93 BLM: HO
