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Preparing for Aging Societies MCQ

Preparing for Aging Societies MCQ

1. A helpful tool for predicting the timing and rate of population aging is the ______.

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Correct Answer: Population pyramid

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2. ______ refers to the condition of living later life in one’s residence of choice for as long as safely and comfortably possible.

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Correct Answer: Aging in place

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3. ______ allows aging patients to remain at home while health care providers tend to their needs.

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Correct Answer: Telehealth

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4. Allowing a person of retirement age to continue at their current place of employment for a reduced number of hours is known as ______.

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Correct Answer: Phased retirement

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5. ______ refers to a condition in which different generations have access to similar resources and opportunities.

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Correct Answer: Generational equity

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6. ______, or discrimination based on age, is prohibited by federal law.

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Correct Answer: Ageism

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7. The ______ posits that the status of older people declines as a society shifts from agricultural modes of production.

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Correct Answer: Modernization theory of aging

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8. Research across cultures indicates that the elderly engage in a good deal of ______, such as childcare, housework, and emotional support.

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Correct Answer: Invisible work

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9. People who are aged 85+ are considered to be the ______.

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Correct Answer: Oldest-old

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10. ______ refers to the ability of a program to deliver full benefits to recipients in a timely manner; the Social Security program is an example.

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Correct Answer: Solvency

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11. Social Security is an example of a(n) ______, programs that are associated with certain rules established by the government for elderly society members.

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Correct Answer: Entitlement

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12. An increase in birth rates, such as seen recently in Germany’s population, is associated with ______.

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Correct Answer: Improved economic conditions

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13. ______’s population is the oldest in the world.

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Correct Answer: Japan

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14. ______ suggests that population aging is a natural consequence of societies’ development.

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Correct Answer: Demographic Transition Theory

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15. ______ policies are one of several attempts at addressing aging populations.

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Correct Answer: Pronatalist

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16. People ages ______ is called young old

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Correct Answer: 65 to 74

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17. Designs aimed to create environments that are accessible to people with a variety of physical capabilities and characteristics is called

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Correct Answer: Universal design

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18. Workers abruptly end employment is called Traditional retirement

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Correct Answer: True

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19. The ability of a program to deliver full benefits to recipients in a timely manner is called solvency

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Correct Answer: True

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20. The proportion of the population over a certain _____ is called

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Correct Answer: Age

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21. Pro-childbearing is called Pronatalist

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Correct Answer: True

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22. Provides a visual representation of the age structure of a population and tells us what to expect in the future is called

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Correct Answer: Population pyramid

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23. A process that occurs when the portion of older people—usually defined as people ages 60 or 65 years and above—grows in relation to the portion of the population in all other age groups is called

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Correct Answer: Population aging

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24. Allows a person of retirement age to continue at their current place of employment at a reduced number of hours is known as

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Correct Answer: Phased retirement

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25. Allows a person of retirement age to continue at their current place of employment in a different, potentially less demanding capacity is known as

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Correct Answer: Partial retirement

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26. Oldest-old is People ages _____: and up

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Correct Answer: 85

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27. The number of deaths per a certain number of people is called Mortality rates

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Correct Answer: True

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28. Modernization theory of aging suggests that the status of older people declines as a society shifts from agricultural modes of production

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Correct Answer: True

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29. Millennials are those born between ________

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Correct Answer: 1981 and 1996

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30. The midpoint of the range of ages in the population such that half of the population will be below that age and half of the population will be above that age is known as

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Correct Answer: Median age

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31. Material help is support for _____ with monetary demands, such as assistance paying bills

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Correct Answer: Seniors

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32. Internalized ageism is an internalization of negative cultural beliefs and stereotypes of elders and people in later life

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Correct Answer: True

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33. Instrumental help is support for ____ with physically demanding daily tasks, such as housekeeping and running errands

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Correct Answer: Seniors

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34. Informational help is support for _____ with information about health, technology, or various day-to-day occurrences

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Correct Answer: Seniors

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35. A condition in which different generations have access to similar resources and opportunities is known as Generational equity

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Correct Answer: True

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36. _______ that impose duties on adult children to provide material support for impoverished parents is called Filial responsibility laws

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Correct Answer: Laws

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37. The number of births per ______ is called Fertility rates

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Correct Answer: Woman

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38. Entitlements are programs based on the idea that a person is granted the right to participate in such programs according to certain rules established by the government

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Correct Answer: True

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39. The number of people ages 65 (or 60) and older divided by the number of people of working age (usually defined as people between age 15 or 18 and 60 or 64 is called Elderly dependency ratio

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Correct Answer: True

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40. Suggests that population aging is a natural consequence of societies’ development is called

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Correct Answer: Demographic transition theory

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41. An approach to studying aging populations that questions typical representations of later life and older people and provides a somewhat different view of the relationship between population aging and strained government services is called Critical gerontology

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Correct Answer: True

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42. Suggests that as we age, a continuation of both internal and external structures promotes life satisfaction is called Continuity theory

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Correct Answer: True

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43. People born roughly around the same time is known as

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Correct Answer: Birth cohorts

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44. Person born between 1946 and 1964 is known as

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Correct Answer: Baby boomer

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45. A government-provided cash incentive for giving birth meant to offset the cost of raising a child is called

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Correct Answer: Baby bonus

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46. The condition of living later life in one’s residence of choice for as long as safely and comfortably possible is called Aging in place

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Correct Answer: True

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47. Age-based discrimination is called ageism

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Correct Answer: True

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48. Cities and towns that allow seniors to age in ways that optimize opportunities for later-life health, participation, security, and quality of life is called Age-friendly spaces

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Correct Answer: True

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49. Suggests that older adults are happiest and healthiest when they stay active physically and mentally, and when they are involved in social networks is called Activity theory

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Correct Answer: True

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