Aging And Society Canadian Perspectives 7th Edition By Lori Campbell – Test Bank

CHAPTER 11: HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. According to Morales and Roussau (2010), which area of a home can present the greatest barrier to an individual with a handicap?
a. the entrance
b. the kitchen
c. the bathroom
d. the laundry room

ANS: A REF: 258 BLM: REM

2. What is the term for living arrangements that help older people with meals and cleaning?
a. single family homes
b. apartments
c. enriched housing
d. rooming houses

ANS: C REF: 258 BLM: HO

3. Which of the following statements is true regarding seniors and a single family home?
a. The single family home presents the most challenges to the older person.
b. The single family home demands less work than an apartment.
c. The single family home is more affordable than an apartment.
d. The single family home is preferable for older people who are frail.

ANS: A REF: 258 BLM: HO

4. What is meant by the term, “core housing need?”
a. residences that are lacking in size and physical condition
b. important and affordable residences
c. need for affordable and uncrowded residences
d. need for optimum and perfect residences

ANS: C REF: 258 BLM: HO

5. A study by CMHC (2010) found that what percentage of senior households lived in below standard housing?
a. 14.7%
b. 19.6%
c. 28.4%
d. 53.6%

ANS: C REF: 258 BLM: REM

6. In a multi-city Canadian study, what did older people identify as the issues important to their quality of life?
a. housing and education
b. transportation and social activities
c. housing and income
d. housing and transportation

ANS: D REF: 259 BLM: HO

7. Lawton and Nahemow (1973) created a model that describes the relationship between the older person and his/her environment. What is this model known as?
a. an individual-interactive model
b. an ecological model
c. a capacity-demand model
d. a translational model

ANS: B REF: 259 BLM: REM

8. Lawton and Nahemow’s (1973) model describes the interrelation between which two variables?
a. the demands of the environment and individual capability
b. the demands of the individual and the capability of the environment to provide for them
c. the demands of the individual and the capability of the individual to realize those demands
d. the demands of the environment and the income of the individual

ANS: A REF: 259 BLM: REM

9. What are environmental demands, as defined by Lawton and Nahemow (1973)?
a. the demands that a particular situation makes on a person’s physical health, psychological adjustment, and intelligence
b. the interaction between a person’s abilities and a person’s needs
c. environmental forces, combined with a person’s need, that leads a person to make a response
d. environmental forces that cannot be adequately dealt with by an individual’s capabilities

ANS: C REF: 259 BLM: REM

10. If a person feels too little environmental demand, how does he/she feel, according to Young et al. (2006)?
a. angry and hurtful toward others
b. a decreased sense of well-being and a maladaptive response
c. positive with a sense of optimism
d. empowered and happy

ANS: B REF: 259 BLM: REM