QUESTION 1

1. A multilingual individual with extensive atrophy is still ableto perform within normal limits on most measures of cognitiveability. This is an example of

   		Brain reserve
   		Cognitive reserve
   		Inhibition Deficit
   		Transmission Deficit

2 points   

QUESTION 2

1. 80-year-old female presents with a brain 19% smaller than whenshe was 40 and a reduction in dendritic/synaptic spines. Is this anexample of Healthy Aging?  

   Yes

   No

2 points   

QUESTION 3

1. Many of the linguistic changes associated with healthy aging canbe attributed to a reduction in:

   		Episodic memory
   		Semantic memory
   		Working memory
   		Procedural Memory

2 points   

QUESTION 4

1. 120-year-old female presents with declining scores on sustainedattention and recalling new information. Yet she walks 10 miles aday and is a lifelong vegetarian. Is this an example of healthyaging?

   Yes

   No

2 points   

QUESTION 5

1. 65-year-old female presents with a decline in coherence scores,as well as a reduction in syntactic complexity. Semantic memory didnot demonstrate any decline. fMRI demonstrated a shift fromutilizing episodic memory to using more semantic memory. Onmeasures of working memory with distractors, the individual wasable to remember 3 items. Is this an example of healthy aging?

   Yes

   No

2 points   

QUESTION 6

1. 90-year-old man presents with attention, memory, working memory,and executive function scores within normal limits. He also scoreswithin normal limits on measures of receptive and expressivelanguage. However, his discourse samples do show a small reductionin the number of vocabulary items produced. Is this an example ofhealthy aging?

   Yes

   No

2 points   

QUESTION 7

1. A 40-year-old man presents with a decline in divided/alternatingattention and executive function. An MRI reveals his brain asshrunk by 5% within the last decade. Is this an example of healthyaging?

   Yes

   No

2 points   

QUESTION 8

1. A theory of aging where the main physiological mechanism focuseson the deterioration of the myelin sheath that covers neuronalaxons?

   		Slowed Processing
   		Transmission Deficit
   		Inhibition Deficit
   		Region-Specific Hypothesis

2 points   

QUESTION 9

1. Chronological age is tied to biological age?

   True

   False

1 points   

QUESTION 10

1. A 60-year-old female presents with a decline individed/alternating attention and executive function, especiallyinhibition. The individual also presents with no decline inlanguage production, but there is a moderate decline incomprehension. Is this an example of healthy aging?

   Yes

   No

2 points   

QUESTION 11

1. A 65-year-old female presents with cognitive scores withinnormal limits for attention, memory, working memory, and executivefunction. She hasn't noticed a change in her language production orcomprehension. She claims to read everyday. An MRI revealed severaltiny infarcts across the cortex. Is this an example of healthyaging?

   Yes

   No

2 points   

QUESTION 12

1. 75-year-old female presents with declining scores in the recallof novel word lists but scores within normal limits on measures ofsemantic memory. Measures of attention and executive function showno decline. However, her working memory capacity is reduced to 1item with distractors and 4 items without distractors. She is ableto perform her activities of daily livingindependently.  

   Yes

   No

2 points   

QUESTION 13

1. Theory of aging that focuses on the atrophy of brain regions,especially the frontal cortex.

   		Slowed Processing
   		Transmission Deficit
   		Inhibition Deficit
   		Region-Specific Hypothesis