Question 1

The "Tiger Woods description" in the 2000 census refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  New types of encounters with death 
B)  The possibility that individuals might classify themselves in more than one racial or cultural category 
C)  The fact that Hispanics are now the largest minority group in the United States 
D)  All of these 
E)  None of these

Question 2

Which of the following is/are important in Hispanic-American attitudes toward death?

Accepted Answer

A)  A sense of fatalism 
B)  The importance of family 
C)  The role of religion 
D)  All of these 
E)  None of these

Question 3

In general, death rates among African Americans are influenced by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Poverty 
B)  Inadequate access to health care 
C)  A relatively high incidence of life-threatening behavior 
D)  All of these 
E)  None of these

Question 4

An important fact concerning death-related issues in American society is that individuals who make up our society _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  are not a single homogeneous group 
B)  share common cultural and ethnic values 
C)  share common educational background 
D)  All of these 
E)  None of these

Question 5

One study of attitudes among Asian and Pacific Island Americans toward physician-assisted suicide found that _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  such attitudes tended to be associated with religious factors 
B)  acculturation to the dominant culture influenced such attitudes 
C)  those attitudes were most hostile among sub-groups with the worst health status and the shortest life expectancy among study populations 
D)  All of these 
E)  None of these

Question 6

In research published in 2015, African-American survivors of the death of a family member or friend coped with their grief by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Using coping mechanisms that emphasized religious faith and social bonds 
B)  Drawing on social support and emotion for nonviolent deaths 
C)  Pppealing to religious coping for violent death events 
D)  All of these 
E)  None of these

Question 7

Table 5.2 in Chapter 5 shows important contrasts in age-adjusted death rates between the four cultural groups discussed in this chapter. Identify and discuss one important lesson to be learned from these contrasts?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Table 5.2 in Chapter 5 shows important...

Question 8

American Indians and Native Alaskans often view life and death .

Accepted Answer

A)  in a strictly linear fashion, where life precedes death and is completely ended at death 
B)  as a product of physical events 
C)  without much anxiety 
D)  as interwoven and related in a circular fashion 
E)  as explicitly distinct and unrelated to each other

Question 9

Persons of Hispanic origin in the United States:

Accepted Answer

A)  Are primarily individuals who live in or came to the mainland from Puerto Rico 
B)  May be of any race 
C)  Exclude individuals from Central and South America 
D)  Are Caucasians distinguished in government documents from the larger community of "Anglo" whites 
E)  None of these

Question 10

Care of Hispanic Americans who are dying is typically provided by .

Accepted Answer

A)  female family members 
B)  nursing homes 
C)  a sense of "machismo" 
D)  All of these 
E)  None of these

Question 11

High overall death rates among African-Americans .

Accepted Answer

A)  result directly from ethnic and racial characteristics 
B)  are often associated with disadvantaged socioeconomic standing 
C)  are more likely to characterize females than males 
D)  have been overcome in the early 21st century 
E)  are directly related to educational attainment

Question 12

Age-adjusted death rates among Asian and Pacific Island Americans in 2014 were:

Accepted Answer

A)  Higher than those for African Americans 
B)  Higher than those for American Indians and Native Alaskans 
C)  Lower than those for all of the other four groups studied in Chapter Five 
D)  About the same as those for Hispanic Americans 
E)  None of these

Question 13

Discuss two reasons why it is important to examine cultural and ethnic patterns in death-related encounters, attitudes, and practices. Then, discuss two lessons we can learn about ourselves and about others by noting such differences.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Discuss two reasons why it is important...

Question 14

Identify and briefly explain any two (2) differences between encounters with death in any two (2) of the four groups discussed in Chapter 5.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify and briefly explain any two (2)...

Question 15

In their relations with the medical community, African Americans have been reported to .

Accepted Answer

A)  display distrust 
B)  follow the guidance of physicians implicitly 
C)  have relatively high organ donor rates 
D)  prefer not to care for dying persons at home 
E)  have good prenatal care leading to relatively low infant death rates

Question 16

Among Hispanic Americans deaths in the United States in 2014, .

Accepted Answer

A)  infant mortality rates were much lower than those for non-Hispanic Caucasian infants 
B)  an excessive number resulted from chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and suicide 
C)  death rates were much higher than those for non-Hispanic Caucasian Americans 
D)  death rates were much lower than those for non-Hispanic Caucasian Americans 
E)  heart disease and cancer are unusually prominent causes of death

Question 17

In their death-related practices, African Americans are said to be:

Accepted Answer

A)  Unwilling to touch the body at the funeral, but likely to visit the grave 
B)  Unlikely to be freely expressive in times of grief 
C)  Likely to regard funerals as unimportant 
D)  Unlikely to hold funeral directors in high regard 
E)  Likely to view death as a moment in which recognition can be provided for the deceased person's ability to stand up to others

Question 18

According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2014 the largest minority group in the United States was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Native Americans 
B)  Asian and Pacific Island Americans 
C)  Hispanic Americans 
D)  African Americans 
E)  Caucasian Americans

Question 19

In 2014, Asian and Pacific Island Americans experienced approximately .

Accepted Answer

A)  117,135 deaths 
B)  286,573 deaths 
C)  12,415 deaths 
D)  61,570 deaths 
E)  None of these

Question 20

American-Indian and Native Alaskan groups experience high vehicular death rates from:

Accepted Answer

A)  Alcoholism 
B)  Living in sparsely populated areas 
C)  Living in areas where roads are often in poor condition 
D)  All of these 
E)  None of these

Exam 5: Cultural Patterns and Death