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Question 26 (1 point)

Retrospective voting is a type of bloc voting and occurs when:

Question 26 options:

1)	voters give votes to candidates based on promises made.

2)	the elderly voters withhold votes to candidates based on a judgment of past performance.

3)	voters tell their friends not to vote for a candidate based on the candidates' past performance.

4)	elderly voters do not vote but think about the past times in which they have voted.

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Question 27 (1 point)

Families now are smaller. The average person now has:

Question 27 options:

1)	one sibling.

2)	two siblings.

3)	three siblings.

4)	no siblings.

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Question 28 (1 point)

Proof that age does impact voting preferences is shown by the percentage of young people who voted for Barack Obama in 2012. That percentage was:

Question 28 options:

1)

45.

2)

28.

3)

11.

4)

60.

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Question 29 (1 point)

Identify an accurate statement about voting.

Question 29 options:

1)	Younger people are more likely than older people to register to vote.

2)	Voter turnout is higher among people with disabilities than among those without disabilities.

3)	Voter turnout is consistently low among older people for all election years.

4)	Voting increases with age in any single election year.

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Question 30 (1 point)

Among older men and women, regardless of their ethnic group, women are less likely to receive income from:

Question 30 options:

1)

pensions.

2)

assets.

3)

stocks.

4)	Social Security.

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Question 31 (1 point)

In which country are the dead cremated in fields because of the limited number of crematoria?

Question 31 options:

1)

Thailand

2)

Cambodia

3)	the Philippines

4)

Malaysia

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Question 32 (1 point)

Older women are more likely than older men to live:

Question 32 options:

1)

alone.

2)	with children.

3)	with siblings.

4)	in a retirement home.

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Question 33 (1 point)

Older adults have numerous sources of income. The largest source of ethnic/racial disparity is income from:

Question 33 options:

1)

pensions.

2)

savings.

3)

assets.

4)

antiques.

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Question 34 (1 point)

Which type of retirement occurs when husbands and wives retire at the same time?

Question 34 options:

1)	sequential retirement

2)	dual retirement

3)	joint retirement

4)	bridge retirement

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Question 35 (1 point)

At what age do children begin to comprehend that death is irreversible and universal?

Question 35 options:

1)	very young (ages 1-2)

2)	middle childhood

3)	pre-teen years

4)	teenage years

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Question 36 (1 point)

All of the following are factors in the increase of the "gray lobby" except:

Question 36 options:

1)	battle over health insurance.

2)	convening of the White House Conference on Aging.

3)	the consideration by President Carter to cut Social Security benefits as a solution to the declining reserves in the program trust fund in 1977.

4)	the Townsend Movement.

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Question 37 (1 point)

With respect to Social Security, people who receive the highest lifetime earnings receive the _____ benefits.

Question 37 options:

1)

best

2)

highest

3)

longest

4)	consistent

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Question 38 (1 point)

Which ethnic group is most likely to live in an extended family household?

Question 38 options:

1)

Latinos

2)	Alaskans or Indians

3)	Middle Easterners

4)

Asians

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Question 39 (1 point)

There is a gender difference in the division of labor among caregivers. Daughters are more likely than sons to:

Question 39 options:

1)	provide hands-on personal care such as dressing and bathing.

2)	arrange transportation and social services.

3)	assist in yard work and manage finances.

4)	provide help with household repairs.

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Question 40 (1 point)

Which of the following is a difference between the elderly before the 1960s and the elderly of today?

Question 40 options:

1)	Mortality rates for the elderly have increased rapidly.

2)	The elderly now have the highest poverty rates among all age groups.

3)	Social Security benefits for the elderly have reduced.

4)	The median income of people who are 65 and above has risen steadily.

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Question 41 (1 point)

According to research, support for gay marriage was lowest among:

Question 41 options:

1)	the Millennials.

2)	the Silent Generation.

3)	the Echo Boomers.

4)	the Swing Generation.

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Question 42 (1 point)

In the context of activities of daily living, which of the following activities has the highest percentage of limitation among people who are 85 years and above?

Question 42 options:

1)

walking

2)

eating

3)

bathing

4)

dressing

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Question 43 (1 point)

Reducing benefits is an option to preserve Social Security. Which age group is likely to be adversely affected by reducing benefits?

Question 43 options:

1)	low-income elderly

2)	middle-income elderly

3)	higher-income elderly

4)	corporate elderly

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Question 44 (1 point)

The term "welfare" as used by social scientists refers to programs that protect people from the risk of loss due to all of the following except:

Question 44 options:

1)	unemployment.

2)	retirement.

3)	accidents.

4)	disability.

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Question 45 (1 point)

All of the following are related to active life expectancy for minorities except:

Question 45 options:

1)	they are less likely to have health insurance.

2)	they are more likely to engage in a physical fitness program.

3)	they are more likely to be employed at jobs where there is greater risk of injury.

4)	they are more likely to engage in behaviors like smoking.

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Question 46 (1 point)

One of the recommendations to preserve Social Security is to raise the normal retirement age. A consequence of raising it is that:

Question 46 options:

1)	fewer people will receive its benefits than before.

2)	it could worsen racial and ethnic inequality among older Americans.

3)	more elderly people will fall below the poverty level than before.

4)	companies will suffer due to the increasing average age of their employees.

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Question 47 (1 point)

A women's risk of poverty ________ if she gets a divorce.

Question 47 options:

1)

increases

2)

decreases

3)	stays the same

4)	increases and decreases

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Question 48 (1 point)

In comparison with the types of diseases that caused deaths among older people in the United States in the nineteenth century, one of the major causes of death among people 65 years and older today is _____.

Question 48 options:

1)

pneumonia

2)	diphtheria

3)	tuberculosis

4)

cancer

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Question 49 (1 point)

Functional age may be measured by:

Question 49 options:

1)	reduced skin elasticity.

2)	diminished long-term memory.

3)	speech defect.

4)	level of activity.

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Question 50 (1 point)

A _____ is a rupture or obstruction of a blood vessel to the brain that damages brain tissue.

Question 50 options:

1)	vascular dementia

2)

stroke

3)

tumor

4)

blackout

Answer 1

26) the elderly voters withhold votes to candidates based on a judgment of past performance.

27) No siblings

28) 60

29) Younger people are more likely than older people to register to vote

30) stocks

31) Cambodia

32) Alone

33) Pension

34) Joint retirement

35) Middle childhood

36) Battle over health insurance

37) consistent

38) Asians

39) provide hands-on personal care such as dressing and bathing

40) Mortality rates for the elderly have increased rapidly.

42) eating

43) High income elderly

44) accidents