Gerontology
302/Psychology 375
QUIZ
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1. The minimum age for
the older, retired worker to receive Social Security benefits is
A.
65.
C.
60.
B.
62.
D.
50.
2. The culture of
poverty refers to
A. social
networks of the homeless.
B. the
hopelessness and despair in poverty subcultures.
C. deprivation
compared to someone else’s success.
D. the
norms condoning thievery among the street people – all of whom are fighting
each other for scant resources.
3. Supplemental Security
Income (SSI) is paid by funds from
A.
cities.
C.
states.
B.
counties.
D.
the U.S. Treasury.
4. Under the Social
Security law, to receive her husband’s benefits a woman must have been
married to him at least
A.
5 years.
C. 15 years.
B.
10 years.
D. 20 years.
5. Which group of elders
has the highest poverty rate?
A. those
living in the central city.
B. those
with less than eight years of schooling.
C. Hispanics
living alone.
D. Black
women living alone.
6. Homemakers now pay
into, and are covered by, the Social Security Act.
A.
True
B.
False
7. The Social Security
law favors the two-career family.
A.
True
B.
False
8. Fortunately, the
majority of retired men and women have both pension plan benefits and Social
Security.
A.
True
B.
False
9. Most elders do not
own their own homes.
A.
True
B.
False
10. The COLA is a yearly bonus given
to social security recipients if the social security system is showing a
profit.
A.
True
B.
False
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