SOC313
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Week 2 - Quiz
Week 2 - Quiz
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Mar 31 at 11:59pm
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Week 2 Quiz
[WLOs: 1, 2] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Complete the quiz on the assigned readings for the week. The quiz contains 20 mul
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or-false or matching ques
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180 minutes for each a
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This quiz consists of 20 ques
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1 / 1 pts
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on 1
Which of the diseases discussed in this chapter is also known as Lou
Gehrig’s disease?
systemic lupus erythema amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Correct!
Correct!
cerebral palsy mul
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ple sclerosis 1 / 1 pts
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on 2
Nathan studies the prevalence
of a par
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cular neuromusculoskeletal condi
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on. What does Nathan
study?
the frequency of occurrences of that specific neuromusculoskeletal
condi
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on in a given popula
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the history of when that specific NMS condi
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on was first known the gene
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c or medical origin of that specific NMS condi
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on the propor
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on of a popula
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on that has the neuromusculoskeletal
condi
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on at a certain point in "
me
Correct!
Correct!
1 / 1 pts
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on 3
What does the presence of an
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nuclear an
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bodies typically indicate?
an acute illness a fatal illness a chronic condi
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on an autoimmune reac
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on Correct!
Correct!
1 / 1 pts
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on 4
Janine’s physicians tell her that her rheumatoid arthri
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s is idiopathic.
What does this mean?
Her RA is familial. Her RA is chronic. Her RA has an environmental cause. Her RA has an unknown cause. Correct!
Correct!
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on 5
Antonia is the only caregiver for her elderly mother. Accordingly,
Antonia is at greater risk for depression and addi
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onal stress if she
ignores her own __________.
loneliness self-care Correct!
Correct!
intui
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on finances 1 / 1 pts
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on 6
Which of the following condi
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ons is diagnosed via X-ray?
fibromyalgia lupus mul
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ple sclerosis osteoarthri
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s Correct!
Correct!
1 / 1 pts
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on 7
Which of the following systems would NOT be part of an NMS disorder?
nervous skeletal muscular endocrine Correct!
Correct!
1 / 1 pts
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on 8
ALS is most common in __________.
Caucasian women Caucasian men Correct!
Correct!
African American men African American women 1 / 1 pts
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on 9
An autoimmune disease
occurs when a body
su
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ers from a disorder that keeps returning, a
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er periods of “cure.” works to destroy some of its own cells, which it treats as foreign. Correct!
Correct!
reaches adulthood and loses some of its natural immuni
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es. succumbs to a virus or bacteria that it cannot fight o
ff
. 1 / 1 pts
Ques
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on 10
In 90 to 95 percent of all cases, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
is inherited. is contagious. has a sporadic onset. Correct!
Correct!
has an acute onset. 1 / 1 pts
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on 11
Why is it important for a person with a neurodegenera
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ve disease to
prepare advanced direc
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ves shortly a
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er diagnosis?
Because they will likely be in a skilled nursing facility with a couple of
years, and so need to have one picked out.
Because the spend-down requirement for Medicaid makes it necessary
to plan out their finances accordingly.
Because they will lose cogni
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ve func
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on at some point, and so should
make important decisions before that loss occurs.
Correct!
Correct!
Because their decline will cause a burden on family members, so they
should make arrangements to move to a nursing home before that
burden becomes too great.
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on 12
What is a macro challenge that people who su
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er from frontotemporal
demen
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a will face?
A lack of available treatment, because this disease is so common doctors
are unable to keep pace with the demand.
Slower progress on treatment approaches, because there is a lack of
funding for research related to this disease.
Correct!
Correct!
S
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gma
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za
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on, even though people are becoming more aware of this
disease because of celebrity campaigns.
Loss of income, because people with frontotemporal demen
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a are
unable to work.
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on 13
Jack is a 52-year-old hardware store manager who enjoys spending his
weekends hiking in the woods around his house with his two dogs. He
has recently received a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease, and it is in the
early stages. With care, what is a likely outcome for Jack?
He will be able to re
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re at the expected age of 68 but will need to cut
short or eliminate his weekend hikes.
Correct!
Correct!
He will begin a treatment of Carbidopa and Levodopa but will likely
experience dyskinesia as the dosage must increase over "
me.
While he can expect to live for another 20 years, he will begin to forget
his family members, thus causing emo
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onal distress among his family.
Since his ability to tolerate pain will decrease rapidly, he can expect to be
on a rigorous and complicated pain medica
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on regime for the rest of his
life.
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on 14
Which of the following is NOT a predictor in a person’s likelihood of
contrac
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ng Alzheimer's?
gender mental health status Correct!
Correct!
family history of the disease age 1 / 1 pts
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on 15
When is it appropriate to provide pallia
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ve care to a person with a
neurodegenera
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ve disorder?
Only when treatment is no longer e
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ve, and the pa
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ent is moved to
hospice care.
Primarily during periods of treatment when drug side e
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ects are
especially extreme.
When a person is experiencing pain or discomfort during their treatment
or due to their condi
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on.
Correct!
Correct!
During the transi
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on from a short-term to a long-term care facility. 1 / 1 pts
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on 16
Jackie is a 42-year-old ad execu
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ve who was recently diagnosed as
being in the early stages of Parkinson’s. At a recent brainstorming
mee
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ng, her thinking felt slow and she wasn’t able to come up with any
concepts she was excited about. She was unable to think of a solu
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on to
a problem she is having with her latest ad campaign. What kind of
impairment is Jackie facing?
bradykinesia ANS func
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on sporadic execu
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ve func
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on Correct!
Correct!
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on 17
What is one reason a person with a degenera
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ve disease of the brain is
likely to experience s
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gma while out in the public?
When a person has occasions where their hands shake while ea
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ng,
causing food to fall down the front of them
When a person it is dancing, they lose their balance and fall When a person is occasionally prone to talking loudly or even yelling You Answered
You Answered
When a person is unable to walk without involuntary or sporadic
movement
Correct Answer
Correct Answer
The answer can be found in Chapter 9, Sec
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on 9.4, Social Issues
That Arise from Neurodegenera
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ve Diseases.
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on 18
Jamal is a social worker developing a special program for people in his
community who care for loved ones with neurodegenera
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ve diseases.
A
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er reviewing all the research related to caregivers, he makes a
priori
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zed list of the caregivers’ concerns. Which of the following
concerns is MOST likely to be at the top of his list?
isola
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on from family Correct!
Correct!
financial anxiety the need for respite care experiencing social s
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gma 1 / 1 pts
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on 19
Which of the following statements are NOT true about Medicaid
coverage?
It only begins once a person has used their own funds for medical care. The state can take away a person’s property to recover the cost of their
care.
A person under 65 can qualify for both social security and for Medicaid. A person’s surviving children must pay the state back for their parents’
medical costs, beyond what is recovered from the estate.
Correct!
Correct!
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on 20
What are Lewy bodies?
clumps of dead neural cells that form during Parkinson’s disease and
cause declining cogni
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ve func
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clumps of misfolded substan
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a nigra cells that cause demen
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a during
Hun
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ngton’s disease
clumps of CAG that build up during the produc
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on of dopamine, causing
demen
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clumps of malformed alpha-synuclein protein that can cause a variety of
types of demen
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Correct!
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