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The main deficit of amnestic disorder is an inability to
 
  a. transfer information into long-term memory.
 b. remember significant events from the distant past.
  c. perform basic mathematical calculations.
 d. remember autobiographical details.

Question 2

Which of the following individuals has the greatest risk of developing Alzheimer's disease dementia?
 
  a. Paul, who is wealthy and well educated
 b. Rena, who completed college, though she has an average IQ
  c. Jason, who is extremely bright but never finished college
 d. Carrie, who dropped out of school when she was very young

Question 3

According to the most recent research, which of the following statements is true concerning ethnic background and the development of Alzheimer's disease of dementia?
 
  a. Japanese, Nigerian, and Amish have lower rate of prevalence of the disorder.
 b. Alzheimer's disease is found in roughly the same numbers across all ethnic groups.
  c. Educated European ethnic groups have a lower rate of getting the disease.
 d. Native Americans have a slightly higher rate of the disorder.

Question 4

Symptoms of Alzheimer's disease neurocognitive disorder typically appear between the ages of
 
  a. 40 and 50.
  b. 50 and 60.
  c. 60 and 70.
  d. 70 and 80.

Question 5

What is the approximate average survival time of a patient diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease major neurocognitive disorder?
 
  a. 4 years
 b. 8 years
 c. 15 years
  d. 20 years

Question 6

What is the percentage of major neurocognitive disorder cases that are ultimately found to be of the Alzheimer's disease?
 
  a. 25
  b. 35
  c. 50
  d. 75

Question 7

In the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease, a phenomenon called sundowner syndrome occurs, in which cognitive disturbances tend to
 
  a. improve as the day goes on.
 b. become worse toward evening.
 c. come and go during the course of the day.
  d. peak around mid-day.

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