Questions and Answers on Dementia disease

 Dementia is not a specific disease. It is overall term that describes a group of symptoms associated with a decline in memory or other thinking skills severe enough to reduce a person's ability to perform everyday activities. This article deals with the Questions.

1. Which of the following sentence is/ are correct about Dementia?

A. In Dementia mental ability declines and interfere the daily life.

B. A person suffering from this disease may forget his or her name.

C. Alzheimer's disease is a cause of Dementia.

D. All the above are correct

Ans. D

2. Which of the following statement is/ are correct about Alzheimer’s disease?

A.  Alzheimer disease is a degenerative disease of the brain that causes dementia and it has been found  that it is closely linked with type 2 diabetes

B. Alzheimer's disease is not a mental illness but it can cause symptoms related to mental health like depression, anxiety etc

C. Alzheimer's disease is categorised into mild Alzheimer's disease, moderate Alzheimer's disease and severe Alzheimer's disease

D. All the above are correct 

Ans. D

3. Which of the following is not the Symptom of Dementia?

A. Problem solving or language and the ability to focus and pay attention.

B. Memory loss

C. Difficulties with thinking

D. Dementia people are able to control their emotions.

Ans. D

4. How Dementia is caused?

A. Dementia can be caused due to Blood infection.

B. Dementia can be caused by a stomach infection.

C. Dementia may be caused due to HIV infection.

D. Deficiency of calcium may lead to Dementia.

Ans. C

5. Name the type of Dementia disease in which a neurodegenerative condition linked to abnormal structures in the brain?

A. Alzheimer's disease

B. Dementia with Lewy bodies

C. Parkinson's disease

D. Huntington's disease

Ans. B

6. Which disease is characterized by specific types of uncontrolled movements but also includes dementia?

A. Parkinson's disease

B. Mixed dementia

C. Huntington's disease

D. None of the above

Ans. C

7. Name a disease in which a person may show both Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia at the same time?

A. Alzheimer's disease

B. Parkinson's disease

C. Mixed dementia

D. Frontotemporal dementia

Ans. C

8. Which disease of dementia increases the likelihood of young-onset Alzheimer's?

A. Frontotemporal dementia

B. Posterior cortical atrophy

C. Down syndrome

D. Normal pressure hydrocephalus

Ans. C

9. What is ARDSI?

A. Alzheimer’s and related Disorders Society of India

B. Act related to Dementia, Symptoms and Infection

C. Alzheimer’s and related Dementia Symptoms of India

D. None of the above

Ans. A

10. Which of the following statements is/are correct about mnemonics?

A. Mnemonic systems are techniques or strategies consciously used to improve memory.

B. The study and development of systems for improving and assisting the memory.

C. A device of any learning technique that aids information retention or retrieval in the human memory and it is a symbol used to specify a computing function.

D. All the above are correct

Ans. D

Therefore, Dementia disease mostly affects older people but is not a normal part of aging. Many people suffer from memory loss but that does not mean that they have Alzheimer's or another dementia. There may be various reasons of having memory problems.