GERO 200 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
/. Under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act early retirements... - Answer-✅must
be voluntary
/.Social Security began in... - Answer-✅1935 to counteract the effects of the Great
Depression
/.Which of the following is a factor contributing to the predicted bankruptcy of the Social
Security system? a. Social Security is a trust fun
b. the baby-boomer generation will be retiring
c. people are living longer
d. women have been having fewer children since the 1960s
e. all of these choices - Answer-✅E-all of these choices
/.Medigap policies are policies sold by... - Answer-✅private companies to provide health
care protection that Medicare doesn't provide
/.Older people are more likely to reside in... - Answer-✅ordinary houses in ordinary
institutions
/.A sunbird - Answer-✅lives in the south and moves north for the summer
/.Aging in place means... - Answer-✅staying in one's home as long as possible
/.An adult day care center.. - Answer-✅provides care during the day at a center for
elders who commute from home
/.Measures of intelligence have been criticized as being ageist because they... -
Answer-✅are inadequate to measure applied knowledge
/.Crystallized intelligence is... - Answer-✅the measure of knowledge acquired through
experience and education
/.Which of the following activities is included in the Activities of Daily Living Index
(ADL)? a. bathing
b. preparing own meals
c. use the telephone without help
d. do own housework - Answer-✅a. bathing
, /.True or false: Social security changes are encouraging people to extend their work
lives - Answer-✅False
/.True or false: social security was designed to provide the total income of aged people -
Answer-✅False
/.T or F: Medicare, she combined with Medicaid, will cover all medical expenses when
one is over age 65 - Answer-✅False
/.T or F: People don't need much money in their later years because they have less to
do - Answer-✅True
/.T or F:Compared with other industrialized nations, the US has been quicker to
acknowledge the house needs of its older citizens and offer the needed housing option -
Answer-✅False
/.T or F: The elderly are more likely to change residence than other age groups -
Answer-✅True
/.T or F: Most elderly express a desire to move from their present home - Answer-
✅False
/.T or F: Studies suggest that staying mentally active may help reduce the risk of
Alzheimer's - Answer-✅True
/.T or F: People who don't think quickly don't think as well - Answer-✅False
/.T or F: Senility is an inevitable consequence of growing old - Answer-✅False
/.T or F: The most common form of chronic organic brain disease is Parkinson's disease
- Answer-✅False
/.T or F: Alcoholism can lead to dementia - Answer-✅True
/.T or F: Research has found that American families generally work hard together to
provide care for their relatives - Answer-✅True
/.T or F: It is correct to project future retirement patterns on past retirement patterns in
the US today - Answer-✅False
/.Kinsey; Masters and Johnson; Duke Longitudinal Study - Answer-✅Says sexual
activity stops with old age; said sex slows with age; said sex varies in age
/. Under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act early retirements... - Answer-✅must
be voluntary
/.Social Security began in... - Answer-✅1935 to counteract the effects of the Great
Depression
/.Which of the following is a factor contributing to the predicted bankruptcy of the Social
Security system? a. Social Security is a trust fun
b. the baby-boomer generation will be retiring
c. people are living longer
d. women have been having fewer children since the 1960s
e. all of these choices - Answer-✅E-all of these choices
/.Medigap policies are policies sold by... - Answer-✅private companies to provide health
care protection that Medicare doesn't provide
/.Older people are more likely to reside in... - Answer-✅ordinary houses in ordinary
institutions
/.A sunbird - Answer-✅lives in the south and moves north for the summer
/.Aging in place means... - Answer-✅staying in one's home as long as possible
/.An adult day care center.. - Answer-✅provides care during the day at a center for
elders who commute from home
/.Measures of intelligence have been criticized as being ageist because they... -
Answer-✅are inadequate to measure applied knowledge
/.Crystallized intelligence is... - Answer-✅the measure of knowledge acquired through
experience and education
/.Which of the following activities is included in the Activities of Daily Living Index
(ADL)? a. bathing
b. preparing own meals
c. use the telephone without help
d. do own housework - Answer-✅a. bathing
, /.True or false: Social security changes are encouraging people to extend their work
lives - Answer-✅False
/.True or false: social security was designed to provide the total income of aged people -
Answer-✅False
/.T or F: Medicare, she combined with Medicaid, will cover all medical expenses when
one is over age 65 - Answer-✅False
/.T or F: People don't need much money in their later years because they have less to
do - Answer-✅True
/.T or F:Compared with other industrialized nations, the US has been quicker to
acknowledge the house needs of its older citizens and offer the needed housing option -
Answer-✅False
/.T or F: The elderly are more likely to change residence than other age groups -
Answer-✅True
/.T or F: Most elderly express a desire to move from their present home - Answer-
✅False
/.T or F: Studies suggest that staying mentally active may help reduce the risk of
Alzheimer's - Answer-✅True
/.T or F: People who don't think quickly don't think as well - Answer-✅False
/.T or F: Senility is an inevitable consequence of growing old - Answer-✅False
/.T or F: The most common form of chronic organic brain disease is Parkinson's disease
- Answer-✅False
/.T or F: Alcoholism can lead to dementia - Answer-✅True
/.T or F: Research has found that American families generally work hard together to
provide care for their relatives - Answer-✅True
/.T or F: It is correct to project future retirement patterns on past retirement patterns in
the US today - Answer-✅False
/.Kinsey; Masters and Johnson; Duke Longitudinal Study - Answer-✅Says sexual
activity stops with old age; said sex slows with age; said sex varies in age
