End-of-Life Care Pre-Test Questions
Course Introduction
End-of-Life Care is a comprehensive course that explores the principles, practices, and ethical considerations involved in providing compassionate care to individuals facing terminal illness or the end of life. The course covers topics such as pain management, symptom control, psychosocial and spiritual support, communication with patients and families, cultural perspectives on death and dying, advance care planning, and interdisciplinary teamwork. Students will learn to address the unique needs of patients and their families during this sensitive time, promoting dignity, respect, and quality of life while navigating complex medical and emotional challenges.
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The Last Dance Encountering Death and Dying 10th Edition by Lynne Ann DeSpelder
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Chapter 1: Attitudes Toward Death: A Climate of Change
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Q1) Which of the following are included in Ernest Becker's "four strands of emphasis" in terror management theory (TMT)
1)The world is a terrifying place.
2)There is always an underlying good versus evil struggle, and good ultimately prevails.
3)Because the terror of death is so overwhelming, we conspire to keep it unconscious.
4)The basic motivation for human behavior is the need to control our basic anxiety, to deny the terror of death.
A)1, 2, and 4
B)2, 3, and 4
C)1, 2, and 3
D)1, 3, and 4
Answer: D
Q2) Sylvia Anthony was a pioneer in the studies of adult survivors of trauma. A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Learning About Death: Socialization
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Q1) Through socialization, younger members of a society acquire knowledge from older generations.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) When asked, "What makes things die " a child responds, "You can die if you swallow a dirty bug." According to Piaget's theory, this child is probably in which developmental stage
A)Sensorimotor
B)Formal operational
C)Concrete operational
D)Preoperational
Answer: D
Q3) Nonfunctionality means that your everyday functioning (going to school or work, self-care, etc.) has diminished due to a recent loss.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Perspectives on Death: Historical and Cultural
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Q1) The rural cemetery movement began in the United States
A)in the 1830s.
B)in the early 1900s.
C)during the Spanish American War.
D)during the Civil War.
Answer: A
Q2) The danse macabre was originally a reaction to fear of death caused by an epidemic of A)tuberculosis.
B)cholera.
C)plague.
D)leprosy.
Answer: C
Q3) Historically, the Celts practiced burial and cremation.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Death Systems: Mortality and Society
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Q1) Which of the following are included in Veatch's four approaches to defining and determining death
1)Irreversible loss of flow of vital fluids
2)Irreversible loss of the soul from the body
3)Irreversible loss of communication with a higher spirit
4)Irreversible loss of the capacity for bodily integration
A)1, 2, and 3
B)1, 2, and 4
C)2, 3, and 4
D)1, 3, and 4
Q2) The Uniform Anatomical Gift Act was revised in what year to simplify organ donation
A)1968
B)1984
C)1998
D)2006
Q3) MatchingDonors.com is a government certified website for organ transplantations.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Health Care: Patients, Staff, and Institutions
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Q1) The emphasis on cure among professional caregivers can result in death being A)discussed objectively and openly.
B)seen as less stressful.
C)seen as a natural event and "I've done all I can."
D)viewed as a failure.
Q2) Which country spends more on health than any other industrialized country
A)United States
B)Sweden
C)Belgium
D)Japan
Q3) The roots of modern emergency and trauma care can be traced back to A)the Vietnam War.
B)the Maryland State Police.
C)the 20<sup>th</sup> century.
D)the Civil War.
Q4) The goal of palliative care is to cure the patient's disease.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: End-Of-Life Issues and Decisions
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Q1) Patients at the end-of-life may not want disruptive medical interventions.The preference can be recognized in a medical setting by designating the patient as
A)prognosis and preferences.
B)tacit communications.
C)comfort measures only.
D)withhold and withdraw.
Q2) Statistics show that most people die without leaving a will.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What is a state of profound unconsciousness lasting a few days or weeks
A)Persistent vegetative state
B)Minimally conscious state
C)Coma
D)Post-coma unresponsiveness
Q4) State laws specify a minimum age of 21 to make a legal will.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Do-not-resuscitate orders are a type of advance directive.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Facing Death: Living With Life-Threatening Illness
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Q1) According to Avery Weisman, the process of coping with a terminal illness can be divided into how many interrelated tasks
A)Two
B)Three
C)Four
D)Five
Q2) Often, the only task that matters in being with someone who is dying is to A)offer food and drink.
B)make gentle attempts to keep the person quiet and at rest.
C)steer conversations away from the afterlife.
D)stay close and do nothing.
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Q3) According to Avery Weisman, coping with life threatening illness involves tasks of maintaining a sense of optimism and hope and confronting the problem and A)revising one's plans as necessary.
B)attempting to strike a deal with fate or with God.
C)writing a family love letter to complete unfinished business.
D)retreating and conserving energy.
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Chapter 8: Last Rites: Funerals and Body Disposition
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Q1) Excluding burial vault and cemetery costs, what was the average cost of an adult funeral in the U.S.in 2009
A)$2,200
B)$4,200
C)$6,600
D)$8,200
Q2) Wal-Mart cells caskets and urns on its website.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Funerals in the United States are mainly
A)structured around the wishes of the deceased.
B)enacted to preserve memories of the deceased.
C)focused on the welfare of the survivors.
D)seen as a vehicle for the dead to emigrate.
Q4) Which of the following is generally considered an experimental technology
A)Harvesting of organs
B)Cryonics
C)Burial at sea
D)Donation to science
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Chapter 9: Survivors: Understanding the Experience of Loss
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Q1) Which of the following are usually identified as physical symptoms of grief
1)Shortness of breath
2)Muscle weakness
3)Empty feeling in the abdomen
4)Cerebral placidity
A)1, 2, and 3
B)1, 2, and 4
C)1, 3, and 4
D)2, 3, and 4
Q2) Individuals may experience a resurfacing of grief stimulated by a public death.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Wearing a black armband traditionally signifies
A)a conventional mourning behavior.
B)a degree of emotional hardness.
C)a protest against a political action.
D)an adherence to a certain policy.
Q4) "Trigger events" are caused by the use of a gun during a homicide or suicide.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Death in the Lives of Children and Adolescents
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Q1) When parents explain death to children, they should
A)use nursery rhymes and fairy tales to "soften" the trauma of death.
B)be honest.
C)avoid using the harsh words death or dead.
D)do it as close to the time of a death as possible, no need to discuss death beforehand.
Q2) Online social networking is a form of support for teens with chronic illness.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The psychosocial effects of war and murder lead to higher levels of
A)connectedness to God.
B)creativity in problem solving.
C)traumatic reactions.
D)trust in authority figures.
Q4) When a child is dealing with emotional pain, admonishing the child to "be brave" is
A)good because it helps teach the child to deal with tragedy.
B)good because it lends guidance during a time of confusion.
C)bad because crying is a natural response to loss.
D)bad because it makes the child feel guilty.
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Chapter 11: Death in the Lives of Adults
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Q1) What cross-cultural example is given in the text to express universal feelings about the parental role of safeguarding and protecting children
A)No parental role about safeguarding children is universal.
B)Among the Cree, infants wore "ghost-protective" moccasins.
C)Among the Cherokee, tribal pow-wows were held to protect children.
D)Among the Sioux, infants were given symbolic weapons.
Q2) The National Council on Aging uses the term middle-old for those people ages 60 to 75.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Artist Käthe Kollwitz used art as a means of working through her sorrow following the death of a child.
A)True B)False
Q4) Adverse effects of spousal death appear to be more common among A)widows.
B)widower.
C)adult male children.
D)newlyweds.
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Chapter 12: Suicide
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Q1) The type of suicide involving a person who ends his or her life for others or for a greater good is known as
A)fatalistic suicide.
B)altruistic suicide.
C)anomic suicide.
D)chronic suicide.
Q2) Some suicides appear to be related to a poetic or romantic attraction to death.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to Glen Evans and Norman Farberow, suicidal intent expressed indirectly (verbally or behaviorally) is generally an attention-getting act and may be ignored.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The 1989 explosion aboard the USS Iowa brought increased public attention to the use of
A)women in the military.
B)fire extinguishers.
C)psychological autopsies.
D)anatomical autopsies.
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Chapter 13: Risks, Perils, and Traumatic Death
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Q1) Which of the following abrogates, or nullifies, conventional sanctions against killing by substituting a different set of conventions and rules about moral conduct
A)Doing illegal drugs
B)Life on the streets
C)War
D)Police work
Q2) Violence is a public health epidemic.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Collateral damage is likely to affect the "phantom army."
A)True
B)False
Q4) Among the first steps to be taken in responding to a disaster are a set of core actions collectively defined as
A)ministering.
B)hurricane relief.
C)mobilization.
D)psychological first aid.
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Chapter 14: Beyond Deathafter Life
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Q1) Two tombstone inscriptions from the American colonial period are cited in the text: "Sleeping, but will someday meet her maker" and "Gone to his eternal reward." What is the most important insight to be gained from these inscriptions
A)They display a shared commonality of belief in time.
B)Inscriptions should be personalized.
C)Inscriptions comfort the bereaved.
D)They show how contrasting ideas about the afterlife can coexist in time.
Q2) One theory devised to explain near-death experiences is that they may result as a side effect from drug use.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The ancient Hebrews praised righteous conduct because
A)it guarantees peace in the afterlife.
B)it leads to harmony in the present life.
C)they feared eternal damnation.
D)they feared the physical pain of dying.
Q4) The Islamic vision of the afterlife is spiritual and not physical.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: The Path Ahead: Personal and Social Choices
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Q1) According to David Balk, bridging the gap between researchers and practitioners requires
A)dynamic exchange between theory and practice that makes research a useful form of gaining knowledge.
B)step-by-step progression rather than a dynamic process.
C)elimination of the cultural split between thanatologists and therapists.
D)testing practitioners on the literature produced by the researchers.
Q2) In which country does the name of the primary death education organization translate as "The Association for Thinking about Life and Death "
A)Japan
B)Fiji
C)Germany
D)Italy
Q3) What is the term used for individuals who live beyond 100 years
A)Centurians
B)Octogenarians
C)Centenarians
D)Crestenarians
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