2024//2025 AG-CNS EXAM LATEST
VERSION
Memory changes - CORRECT ANSWER Long term memory is impacted and becomes
less sharp
Types of long term memory:
Episodic
Semantic- a type of long-term memory involving the capacity to recall words, concepts,
or numbers, which is essential for the use and understanding of language;
Autobiographical - contains memories of events that occurred during the course of the
lifetime
Procedural- refers to knowledge of skills and procedures such as riding a bicycle,
playing the piano, or reading a book. These highly skilled activities are acquired more
slowly than episodic memories through extensive practice. In general, older adults show
normal acquisition of procedural skills in both
Implicit - how previous experiences aid the performance of a task w/o conscious
awareness of these previous experiences
Prospective
Apraxia - CORRECT ANSWER inability to carry out motor activities despite intact motor
function
Ataxia - CORRECT ANSWER lack of muscle coordination during voluntary movement
Aphasia - CORRECT ANSWER impairment of language, usually caused by left
hemisphere damage either to Boca’s area (impairing speaking) or to Wernicke's area
(impairing understanding).
Alzheimer's Disease - CORRECT Answer type of dementia that many people
throughout the United States experience with age. Alzheimer's disease is described as
tangles of the brain causing problems in older people. Most common form. Mild:
problems managing personal finances and money
Moderate: problems following instructions and recognizing familiar people (agnosia),
and lose ability to read and write
Hypogeusia - CORRECT ANSWERAge related decline in taste
Treatment of hypertension reduce stroke and CAD events by? - CORRECT
ANSWER30%, HF by 50%, and total mortality by 13%
Thermoregulation as you age - CORRECT ANSWER inefficient vasoconstriction, a
decrease in cardiac output, diminished subcutaneous tissue and muscle mass,
VERSION
Memory changes - CORRECT ANSWER Long term memory is impacted and becomes
less sharp
Types of long term memory:
Episodic
Semantic- a type of long-term memory involving the capacity to recall words, concepts,
or numbers, which is essential for the use and understanding of language;
Autobiographical - contains memories of events that occurred during the course of the
lifetime
Procedural- refers to knowledge of skills and procedures such as riding a bicycle,
playing the piano, or reading a book. These highly skilled activities are acquired more
slowly than episodic memories through extensive practice. In general, older adults show
normal acquisition of procedural skills in both
Implicit - how previous experiences aid the performance of a task w/o conscious
awareness of these previous experiences
Prospective
Apraxia - CORRECT ANSWER inability to carry out motor activities despite intact motor
function
Ataxia - CORRECT ANSWER lack of muscle coordination during voluntary movement
Aphasia - CORRECT ANSWER impairment of language, usually caused by left
hemisphere damage either to Boca’s area (impairing speaking) or to Wernicke's area
(impairing understanding).
Alzheimer's Disease - CORRECT Answer type of dementia that many people
throughout the United States experience with age. Alzheimer's disease is described as
tangles of the brain causing problems in older people. Most common form. Mild:
problems managing personal finances and money
Moderate: problems following instructions and recognizing familiar people (agnosia),
and lose ability to read and write
Hypogeusia - CORRECT ANSWERAge related decline in taste
Treatment of hypertension reduce stroke and CAD events by? - CORRECT
ANSWER30%, HF by 50%, and total mortality by 13%
Thermoregulation as you age - CORRECT ANSWER inefficient vasoconstriction, a
decrease in cardiac output, diminished subcutaneous tissue and muscle mass,
