Aging Concepts and Controversies 10th Edition Moody Test Bank
Test Bank for Aging Concepts and Controversies 10th Edition By Harry R. Moody, Jennifer R. Sasser, ISBN: 9781544371696, ISBN: 9781544371719
Table of Contents
Part 1: Basic Concepts I. A Life Course Perspective on Aging
Chapter 1: Controversy 1. Does Old Age Have Meaning?
Chapter 2: Controversy 2. Why Do Our Bodies Grow Old?
Chapter 3: Controversy 3. Do Intelligence and Creativity Decline With Age?
Part 2: Basic Concepts II. Aging, Health Care, and Society
Chapter 4: Controversy 4. Should We Ration Health Care for Older People?
Chapter 5: Controversy 5. Should Families Provide for Their Own?
Chapter 6: Controversy 6. Should Older People Be Protected From Bad Choices?
Chapter 7: Controversy 7. Should People Have the Choice to End Their Lives?
Part 3: Basic Concepts III. Social and Economic Outlook for an Aging Society
Chapter 8: Controversy 8. Should Age or Need Be the Basis for Entitlement?
Chapter 9: Controversy 9. What Is the Future for Social Security?
Chapter 10: Controversy 10. Is Retirement Obsolete?
Chapter 11: Controversy 11. Aging Boomers: Boom or Bust?
Chapter 12: Controversy 12. The New Aging Marketplace: Hope or Hype?
Controversy 1: Does Old Age Have Meaning?
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. As people get older, overall participation in leisure activities tends to ______.
A. increase
B. decrease
C. remain the same as earlier in life
D. vary according to ability.
Ans: B
Cognitive domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Changing Leisure Participation Patterns
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. As people age, they tend to engage in ______.
A. new activities with newly acquainted people
B. new activities with the same people they knew from middle age
C. the same activities with the same people they knew from middle age
D. no activities
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Changing Leisure Participation Patterns
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. Recent survey findings show that persons of age 75 and older spend about ______ hr a day on leisure activities.
A. 10
B. 8
C. 2
D. 5
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Changing Leisure Participation Patterns
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. The “gray market” refers to the ______.
A. consumption of goods and services during one’s retirement years
B. growing market for business comprised of those over age 50
C. growing number of businesses that offer “senior discounts”
D. growing market for meaningful activities among people over age 50
Ans: B
Cognitive domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Changing Leisure Participation Patterns
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. As people grow older ______.
A. many decrease their involvement in organized religion and increase their involvement in nonorganized religion
B. many increase their involvement in organized religion and decrease their involvement in nonorganized religion
C. many increase their involvement in both organized and nonorganized religion
D. involvement in both organized and nonorganized religion tends to stay the same as in younger years
Ans: A
Cognitive domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Religious Involvement Over the Life Course
Difficulty Level: Medium
