Hospice and Palliative Care Exam Bank
Course Introduction
This course provides an in-depth exploration of hospice and palliative care, focusing on the principles, practices, and philosophy of caring for individuals with life-limiting illnesses. Students will examine the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual aspects of end-of-life care, as well as the roles of interdisciplinary teams in supporting patients and their families. Emphasis is placed on symptom management, communication skills, ethical considerations, and culturally sensitive care. The course aims to prepare students to deliver compassionate, holistic care and to effectively address the unique challenges and needs encountered in hospice and palliative care settings.
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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) Which of the following best defines socialization
A)A process of creating visionary beliefs
B)Uprooting and restructuring basic attitudes, values, or identities
C)Learning and internalizing the norms, rules, and values of the society in which a person lives
D)Ways of thinking, feeling, and acting
Answer: C
Q2) In the study done by Helen Swain, what percentage of children said that death is unlikely or avoidable
A)95 percent
B)10 percent
C)50 percent
D)66 percent
Answer: D
Q3) Children who have had first-hand encounters with death tend to
A)still believe in reversible death.
B)avoid any mention of it.
C)deny its existence.
D)have a developmentally more mature understanding of death.
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Perspectives on Death: Historical and Cultural
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Q1) LoDagaa use of "mourning restraints"
A)prevents mourners from engaging in acts of suicidal behavior.
B)indicates degree of relationship of the bereaved to the deceased.
C)holds the family together during the funeral.
D)are placed on funeral markers after a designated period.
Answer: B
Q2) What phrase best defines how death is a mirror in which a dying person could discover his/her destiny by taking a moral balance sheet of his/her life
A)Memento mori
B)Speculum mortis
C)Muerto nuevo
D)Secular plan
Answer: B
Q3) In general, Native Americans view death as
A)a normal part of the life cycle.
B)the first step to the Island of the Dead.
C)something that terminates one's existence.
D)a time to say a final goodbye, as the dead are powerless.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Death Systems: Mortality and Society
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Q1) In a study of more than 300 homicides in a major American city, it was found that
A)the more affluent the victim, the more likely the killer would be punished.
B)the more violent the method of killing, the more likely the killer would be punished.
C)the more intimate the relationship between killer and victim, the less likely the killer would be punished.
D)the more affluent the killer, the less likely the killer would be punished.
Q2) The United Network for Organ Sharing is under contract with the federal government to maintain lists of people waiting for transplants.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Apart from certain crimes on which the Supreme Court has not ruled, the only capital crime in the United States is murder.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Death certificates aid in crime detection.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Health Care: Patients, Staff, and Institutions
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Q1) Nonverbal communication includes gestures, postures, and clothing.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is the purpose of post-trauma defusing
A)To assure people involved that their feelings are normal
B)To hold a formal meeting with after care personnel
C)To discuss coping strategies away from the scene
D)To refer victims for professional counseling
Q3) Who is at the center of the "ideal caring situation"
A)Patient
B)Physician
C)Spouse or mate
D)Medical ethicist
Q4) The elements of the health care system are patient, institution, and A)culture.
B)government.
C)staff.
D)spirits.
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Chapter 6: End-Of-Life Issues and Decisions
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Q1) What position did the state of Missouri initially take in the Nancy Beth Cruzan case
A)It contended that Nancy's parents did not have the right to remove artificial feeding.
B)It contended that the medical center did not have the right to remove Nancy's feeding tube.
C)It deferred to federal law requiring Nancy to be sustained by artificial feeding.
D)It deferred to medical professionals to determine Nancy's fate.
Q2) Most Americans lack living wills.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The case of Terry Schiavo was compounded by the fact that
A)her husband argued that she was conscious, and not in a PVS (persistent vegetative state).
B)the U.S.Supreme Court declined to grant judicial review.
C)she was subpoenaed to testify at a congressional "field hearing."
D)she had not completed her advance directive.
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Chapter 7: Facing Death: Living With Life-Threatening Illness
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Q1) Which of the following statements about pain is true
A)Pain can be directly measured.
B)Responses to pain are culturally shaped.
C)Recent therapies completely eliminate pain in terminal illness.
D)Morphine is never administered to patients as a way of managing pain.
Q2) Which of the following statements regarding pain is NOT true
A)Responses to pain are culturally shaped.
B)Pain cannot be directly measured.
C)Patients with severe pain often obtain euphoric sensations from drugs.
D)Morphine works effectively to manage cancer pain.
Q3) Which is the most common physical symptom in terminally ill patients
A)Depression
B)Fear
C)Pain
D)Anger
Q4) A massive heart attack is illustrative of one type of dying trajectory.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Last Rites: Funerals and Body Disposition
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Q1) Approximately what percentage of Americans knew within the first hour of President JohnF.Kennedy's death
A)20 percent
B)50 percent
C)75 percent
D)90 percent
Q2) There are those who believe that substituting a memorial service for a traditional funeral is lacking in which of the following respects
A)Formality, and therefore the memorial service tends to be chaotic
B)Cohesiveness as the clergy and family tend to disagree about the content of service
C)The body is not present, so the fact of death is not fixed in the minds of the mourners
D)It again brings up feelings that may have been 'put to rest'
Q3) The funeral business is generally viewed as a
A)business of mourning.
B)"closed business."
C)supplier of grief.
D)"mystery business."
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Chapter 9: Survivors: Understanding the Experience of Loss
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Q1) According to Therese Rando, which of the following may especially complicate grief
1)Death of a child.
2)Bereaved person's perceived lack of social support.
3)Relationship between bereaved and deceased that was intimate and friendly.
4)Bereaved's perception that the death was somehow preventable.
A)1, 2, and 3
B)1, 2, and 4
C)1, 3, and 4
D)2, 3, and 4
Q2) During the twentieth century, grief was considered a legal cause of death that could be listed on a death certificate.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Grief counseling on the Internet raises questions regarding the appropriateness and effectiveness of such services.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Death in the Lives of Children and Adolescents
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Q1) Spontaneous drawings and art therapy are __________ methods for working with young children to help them explore feelings.
A)excellent
B)mediocre
C)useless
D)experimental
Q2) Which was the first free standing pediatric and palliative care center in the United States
A)Helen House
B)George Mark Children's House
C)Nick Snow Hospice
D)Red Balloon Center
Q3) Which of the following age groups of seriously ill children had major concerns about discomforting and possibly disfiguring effects of the disease and related medical procedures
A)Children under five
B)Children roughly five to nine
C)Older children
D)These concerns are not typical in children
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Chapter 11: Death in the Lives of Adults
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Q1) The death of a parent may cause a person to realize that he or she has become an adult.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which group provides support for children with cancer, their parents, and other family members
A)Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation
B)Compassionate Friends Cancer Support Division
C)International Organization of Parents of Children with Cancer
D)American Association of Cancer Support
Q3) Childbearing loss includes the birth of a child with a severe impairment or a mental disability.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The twenty first century is being characterized as a century of A)population growth.
B)senescence.
C)aging.
D)bioethics.
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Chapter 12: Suicide
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Q1) Among those who die by suicide
A)males outnumber females by about 4 to 1.
B)females outnumber males by about 4 to 1.
C)the numbers for males and females is about equal.
D)African American males outnumber white American males.
Q2) A psychological autopsy is
A)an individual's perspective of death.
B)an individual's attitude toward death.
C)a method of determining how a person feels about death.
D)a method of determining a person's thoughts and state of mind prior to death.
Q3) Of the individuals who die by suicide, approximately how many write a final message
A)1 in 2
B)1 in 6
C)1 in 10
D)1 in 3
Q4) risk factors in youthful suicides because adolescence is normally viewed as a time of storm and stress.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Risks, Perils, and Traumatic Death
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Q1) 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.
Q2) The term psychic maneuver is used to describe
A)a stress reaction also known as "shell shock."
B)a sudden death as a result of occupational stress and fatigue.
C)factors that facilitate homicidal acts.
D)a method of coping with the consequences of modern technological warfare.
Q3) Individuals and societies can minimize the risk of accidents.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Autogenocide is
A)a group's killing of its own people.
B)multiple loss resulting from a car accident.
C)the enemy as torturer or sadist.
D)death without forethought.
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Chapter 14: Beyond Deathafter Life
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Q1) In the early 1960s, studies involving the therapeutic administration of LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) to patients suffering intense pain, researchers also concluded that LSD therapy
A)increased dependence.
B)diminished emotional symptoms.
C)decreased morale.
D)increased detachment from families and environment.
Q2) Which of the following statements best reflects the understanding of resurrection in early Christianity
A)The soul is eternal and is released from the body at death.
B)It is a special kind of bodily existence and has symbolic or spiritual meaning.
C)It involves an intermediate state called purgatory.
D)It involves the completion of one cycle and the beginning of another.
Q3) In China, what addressed the inner world of spiritual exploration and transformation
A)Confucianism
B)Chuang Tzuism
C)Daoism
D)I Chingism
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Chapter 15: The Path Ahead: Personal and Social Choices
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Q1) During the next two decades, the number of persons age 65 and over in the United States is expected to finally decrease.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In Japan, high-rise cemeteries exist because
A)people prefer to be entombed close to the heavens and God.
B)burial space is subject to strict zoning laws.
C)21<sup>st</sup> century people prefer modern burial accommodations.
D)burial space is at a premium.
Q3) Which of the following are defining characteristics of a "compassionate city "
1)A strong commitment to social and cultural differences
2)Offers inhabitants a close circle of secure support without interference from outsiders
3)Meets special needs of the aged, those living with life threatening illness, and those living with loss
4)Preserves and promotes spiritual traditions and storytellers
A)1, 2, and 3
B)1, 2, and 4
C)1, 3, and 4
D)2, 3, and 4
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