Question

An individual's __________ age is based on actual competence and performance.

a. biological
b. functional
c. chronological
d. skeletal

Answer 1

The individual functional age (answer B) is based on actual competence and performance. functional age refers to individuals functional fitness level as compared to others of his or her same chronological age and sex. In other words functional age measure individual functional capabilities that have been indexed to a standard

Answer 2

An individual´s functional age is based o actual competence and performance, it is said to be functional because it is a time measured in terms of other variables or processes from which it receives the meaning. When talking about functional time we can do it in two ways: - In general and global terms, the functional age term is used to designate the capacity to adapt to the environment.