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Quiz #1: 1. Kyle is a nurse working in the area of medicine that is interested in the autoimmune diseases that afflict individuals as they get older, such as rheumatoid arthritis. Kyle is most likely a _______ nurse. a. thanatology b. geriatric c. gerontology d. biochronology 2. Which of the following individuals will MOST likely live the longest? a. Jai, a black middle-class male living in Ohio b. Sara, a white middle-class female living in Hawaii c. Marta, a poor Hispanic female living in Texas d. Tom, a wealthy white male living in Virginia. 3. Which of the following is considered a programmed aging theory? a. endocrine theory b. DNA damage theory c. cross-linkage theory d. free radical theory 4. The free radical theory states that aging occurs when ________-free radicals are produced inside cells with the free radicals damaging cell molecules by “stealing” electrons from them. a. nitrogen b. protein c. oxygen d. telomere 5. Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding what people look like after 50? a. Men usually shrink in height faster than women do. b. Roughly half of all women over age 50 experience a fracture due to brittle bones. c. Men generally gain weight until their mid 40s and women until their mid 50s, after which both sexes gradually lose weight. d. Men generally tend to accumulate fat in their abdomens, while women more often deposit fat on hips and thighs. 6. Jason is 79 years old and is having trouble seeing. His eye doctor tells Jason that he has developed cloudy spots on the lens in his eyes. Jason has an eye condition known as  a. cataracts. b. glaucoma. c. macular degeneration. d. presbyopia. 7. Which of the following is FALSE regarding hearing loss due to aging?     a. The rate of hearing loss is about three times faster after age 55 than it was before. b. Men lose their hearing sooner and faster than women. c. People usually have trouble hearing low-pitched sounds first. d. Aging causes problems in the ability to locate the sources of sounds, such as where a siren or a horn is coming from. 8. Which of the following is FALSE regarding older people’s ability to fight illness? a. Older immune systems generate fewer antibodies to detect foreign substances. b. As people get older, their susceptibility to various diseases, including cancer, increases dramatically. c. Older people are more likely to catch the common cold because of their impaired immune system. d. Older people take longer to recover from illness and are more likely to have serious complications, even for common illnesses such as the flu. 9. Due to a phenomenon known as “last in, first out,” age-related declines are most noticeable in areas of the brain that developed last, such as the _________, which is responsible for controlled attention and planning. a. amygdala b. thalamus c. corpus callosum d. prefrontal cortex 10. Maria is a 71-year-old female and has been having a great deal of difficulty in falling asleep each night. Which sleep disorder does Maria appear to have? a. narcolepsy b. sleep apnea c. lucid dreaming d. insomnia