WorksheetsFinal Exam
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Social Security was initiated in 1935 by which leader’s effort to provide protection against old-age poverty and job loss?
Dwight D. Eisenhower’s initiative
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s initiative
Lyndon B. Johnson’s initiative
Harry S. Truman’s initiative
Over time, Social Security has shifted to represent which role for many Americans after retirement?
Primary financial support
Supplemental emergency aid
Temporary unemployment insurance
Means-tested welfare program
What primary challenge does Social Security face from cohort dynamics?
Rapid influx of young workers paying
Small baby boomer cohort delaying benefits
Sharp decline in life expectancy
Large baby boomer cohort drawing benefits
Eligibility for Medicare includes which criterion beyond age?
Residency in long-term care homes
Unemployment or low income status
Temporary illness or minor injury
Disability or permanent kidney failure
Which services are covered under Medicare Part A?
Preventive dental services
Prescription drug coverage
Outpatient clinic services
Inpatient hospital services
Which services are covered under Medicare Part B?
Emergency transport only
Outpatient medical services
Inpatient surgical services
Long-term custodial care
Which coverage is associated with Medicare Part D?
Some prescription medications
Inpatient hospice services
Durable medical equipment
Vision and hearing benefits
Which statement best captures the core idea of healthy aging?
Avoiding disease while staying engaged and functional
Accepting decline and reducing daily activities
Relying on medication to manage most conditions
Prioritizing independence over social connections
What central assumption does the life-span perspective emphasize about aging?
Aging is determined entirely by early adulthood
Aging is mostly physical and rarely psychological
Aging is linear and predictable for everyone
Aging is a complex, multidimensional process
Which trend highlights a foundational practice for good health in later life?
Regular exercise as a basic component
Routine fasting as the main strategy
Strict rest to conserve energy
Exclusive reliance on dietary supplements
If someone maintains good health habits and a positive outlook but lacks a social network, which targeted action would most improve their overall aging success?
Track monthly expenses more rigorously
Join community groups to build relationships
Increase daily exercise intensity moderately
Adopt intermittent fasting three days weekly
Which statement best defines clinical death in medical practice?
Irreversible loss of brainstem reflexes
Lack of heartbeat and respiration
Cessation of cortical electrical activity
Coma with known etiology and prognosis
Which age group most commonly reports feeling cheated by death in a life-course perspective?
Young adults typically feel cheated
Middle-aged adults feel cheated
Older adults feel cheated
Children most often feel cheated
Which statement best describes older adults’ general attitude toward death?
More accepting of death
More convinced death is unlikely
More fearful of death
More avoidant of death talk
Kübler-Ross’s model of dealing with one’s own death originally proposed how many stages?
Five distinct stages
Three linear stages
Four optional stages
Seven cyclical stages
Which sequence includes all stages in Kübler-Ross’s theory?
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
Shock, protest, despair, reorganization, relief
Avoidance, rage, compromise, sorrow, peace
Fear, resistance, negotiation, sadness, closure
How are Kübler-Ross’s stages commonly experienced across individuals?
They can overlap and vary in order
They happen only once each
They occur in strict fixed order
They are identical for everyone
Death anxiety most precisely refers to what?
Medical anxiety during terminal illness
Stress from funeral financial costs
Fear of ghosts and supernatural beings
People’s anxiety or fear of death and dying
Which statement reflects the role of hospice staff?
To execute curative medical procedures
To focus on surgical interventions
To prioritize discharge planning
To be present with patients, not treat
Which term best describes sorrow, hurt, anger, guilt, or confusion after a loss?
Integration
Bereavement
Mourning
Grief
Which statement about grieving timeframes is most accurate?
Uniform for all
Predictable schedule
Highly individual
Always brief
What does MAGD stand for in the context of grieving?
Model of Adaptive Grieving Dynamics
Method of Applied Grief Development
Metric for Assessing Grief Duration
Modeling Affective Grief Domains
Thinning and graying of hair is an example of which force of development?
Biological forces
Psychological forces
Histological forces
No force of development
Knowing all the names of each president and vice president of the United States of America draws on which intelligence?
Fluid intelligence
Crystallized intelligence
Tetraton intelligence
