Prelim Exams 2021 - (Questionnaire)

NRes2 PRELIM 2021
Situation : As a beginner in nursing research , you are aware that the

selection of research problem is the most important and most difficult step in
the research process.
1. The group 1 of Level III Nursing students started to look for a researchable
topic, which of the following is NOT a good source of a problem?
a. Literature Sources and previous research studies

b. Personal and Professional experiences and interests
c. Conflicting Ideas and ideals
d. Problem Solving Techniques
2. Melissa as member of the group identify the characteristics of a
researchable problem, which is not included to her statement:
a. Research problem may represent a response to established priorities
in the nursing profession.
b. The nature and scope of the study are specific and well-defined
c. Ignore and redefine the problem
d. Human, material, physical and fiscal resources needed are
adequately provided for.
Situation : The use of massage and meditation to help decrease stress
and pain have been strongly recommended based on documented
testimonials.
3. Jean wants to do a study on this topic: “Effects of massage and

meditations on stress and pain”. The type of research that best suit this
topic is :
a. basic research c. quantitative research
b. applied research d. qualitative research
4. This research topic has the potential to contribute to nursing because
it seeks to:
a .clarify an ambiguous modality care

b. resolve a clinical problem
c. include new modalities of care
d. enhance client care
5. Jean does review of related literature for the purpose of:
a. to identify if problem can be replicated

b. gathering data about what is already known or unknown about the
problem
c. answering the research question
d. determined statistical treatment of data research
6. Client’s rights should be protected when doing research using human
subjects. Jean identifies these rights as follows EXCEPT:
a. right of self-determination
b. right to compensation
c. right not to be harmed
d. right of privacy
Situation: A nursing professor assigns a group of students to do data
gathering by interviewing their classmates as the subjects.
7. She instructed the interviewers not to tell the interviewees that the
data gathered are for her own research project for publication. The
teacher has violated the student’s right to :
a. disclosure c. privacy
b. not be harmed d. self determination
8. A nurse preceptor observes that many clients are being readmitted in
the ward for post-operative infections. She suggests to the students
that they do a research on this topic. What research activity is this?
a. sharing results with colleagues

b. data collection
c. developing guidelines for patient care
d. identifying clinical problem
9. Quantitative research involves numerical data. Which of the
following is base on quantitative research?
a. The effects of regular nurse visits to client’s bedside on the number

of client’s call to the nurse
b. A study on the effects of the white uniform of hospital personnel
on pediatric patients
c. A study on benefits of pre-operative health instructions to client’s
feeling of anxiety
d. A study on the effects of touch on the client’s feelings of isolation
10. Before the student nurse starts her study, she analyzes how much
time, money, materials and people she will need to complete the
research project.
This analysis prior to beginning of the study is called:
a. Validity c. Feasibility
b. Researchability d. Reliability
11. “A supposition or system of ideas that is proposed to explain a given
phenomenon”, best defines:
a. a concept c. a theory
b. a conceptual framework d. a paradigm
12. One of the basic components of a research which presents a brief
discussion of the rationale and background of the problem or subject of
inquiry is?
a. title c. statement of the problem

b. introduction d. hypothesis
Situation : One of the terminal competencies desired of graduates of the
BSN curriculum is the development of positive attitude towards research:
13. The main contribution of research to the improvement of the nursing

profession is which of the following?
a. provide the theoretical/ scientific basis for nursing care

b. assist the nurse administrator in planning the nursing staff
requirements
c. assist the faculty in developing the nursing curriculum
d. facilitate the development of staff development program
14. If you are to budget the time allotment for a particular study, about
75 – 80% of this is allotted to:
a. identifying the research problem, planning on the material and

research design to be used and the subjects to be involved in the study
b. survey or interview or actual observation in a laboratory or clinical
setting to gather data
c. writing the whole research
d. collating and analyzing data
15. The following statement is NOT included in describing the
limitations in conducting research:
a. knowledge of the researcher

b. age, sex, religion of the subjects or respondents
c. limitation of the researcher in terms of time and resources
d. instruments used in analyzing data
16. The following criteria is least considered in determining whether or
not a problem is researchable:
a. time factor
b. availability of a particular research instruments
c. nationality of the researcher
d. cost of the investigation
Situation : Nurse Suzy is interested to conduct a mini research on
responsible parenthood.

17. How should nurse Suzy start the process of research?
a. Make a survey in the neighborhood

b. Identify what should be the focus of the study
c. Observe family relationship at home
d. Watch family interactions in telenovelas and family shows
18. Read very well this statement. Responsible parenthood is a 50-50%
sharing of responsibilities between the husband and wife. What part of
the research does this belong?
a. Research Hypothesis c . Tool Paradigm

b. Problem Statement d. Conceptual Framework
19. The data that will gather in the study about responsible parenthood
should give answer to your ?
a. Hypothesis c. Research Problem

b. Conceptual Framework d. Instrumentation
Situation : The role of a community health nurse, which is important in
the improvement of the health delivery.
20. A community health nurse conducts a study on the Role of a Nurse

in Primary Health Care. What research design is appropriate to use in
his study?
a. Quasi-experimental c. Exploratory
b. Descriptive d. Experimental
21. If the target population of your study is limited only to families with
low income, what happens to those who are at present with higher
income due to job promotion?
a. Continue to include them in the study

b. Limit to low income families
c. Consider them extraneous variable
d. Determine adequacy of target population
22. Independent variables in a socio- demographic in your study would
include personal data of the respondent. Which of the following is NOT
an independent variable in such studies?
a. Marital Status c. Informal Consent

b. Educational Level d. Age
Situation : It is said that the half-life of knowledge in the health care field is
5 years. Because of this it is important that nurses, directly or indirectly
participates in research activities in order to add knowledge in the
Profession.
23. Which of the following characteristics do NOT describe scientific

investigation?
a. Empirical data are gathered directly or indirectly through human senses.
b. It is planned and conducted in a systematic and an orderly manner
c. External factor which may influence the relationship among advance
phenomena are not necessarily controlled
d. They are conducted to test or develop theories and study knowledge
24. Which of the following characteristics of a clinical nursing problem
is NOT a potential for research?
a. It has the potential to change how nursing care is delivered in the

unit
b. It is value-laden and involves feelings and perceptions
c. It reflects something that could be improved in clinical practice
d. It is a problem that occurs frequently in a particular client group
25. A nurse preceptor observes that many clients are being readmitted
in the ward for post-operative infections. She suggests to the students
that they do a research on this topic. What research activity is this?
a. sharing research results to colleagues

b. identifying clinical problem
c. developing guidelines for patient care
d. data collection
26. Quantitative research involves numerical data. Which of the
following is based on quantitative research?
a. A study on the effects of the white uniform of hospital personnel on

pediatric patients.
b. The effects of regular nurse visits to client’s bedside on the number
of client’s call to the nurse.
c. A study on benefits of pre-operative health instructions to client’s
feeling of anxiety.
d. A study on the effects to touch on the client’s feeling of isolation
27. Before the nurse researcher start her study, she analyzes how much
time, money, materials and people she will need to complete the
research project. This analysis prior to beginning the study is called:
a. Validity c. Reliability
b. Feasibility d. Researchability
Situation : As a nurse you are expected to participate in initiating or
participating in the conduct of research studies to improve nursing
practice. You have to be updated on latest trends and issues affecting
profession and the best practices arrived at by the profession.
28. You are interested to study the effects of meditation and relaxation
on the pain experienced by cancer patients. What type of variable is
pain?
a. Dependent c. Independent
b. Correlational d. Demographic
29. You would like to compare the support system of patients with chronic
illness to those with acute illness. How you will you best state your
problem?
a. A Descriptive Study to Compare the Support System of Patients with

Chronic Illness in Terms of Demographic Data and Knowledge about
Intervention.
b. The Effects of the Type of the Support System of Patients with Chronic
Illness and those with Acute Illness.
c. A Comparative Analysis on The Support System of Patient with Chronic
Illness and those with Acute Illness.
d. A Study to Compare the Support System of Patients with Chronic Illness
and Those with Acute Illness.
30. You would like to compare the support system of patients with
chronic illness to those with acute illness. What type of research is this?
a. Correlational c. Experimental
b. Descriptive d. Quasi-experimental
31. As a beginner in research you are aware that sampling is an
essential element of the research process? What does a sample group
represent?
a. Control group c. General Population

b. Study subject d. Universe
Situation: After completing 8 weeks of orientation, Ms . Lozada was
fortunate to be included as participant in the first Research seminar-
workshop of the Department of Nursing.
32. As a professional, nurse can do research for varied reasons, EXCEPT:

a. Professional advancement through research participation
b. to validate results of new nursing modalities
c. for financial gains
d. mainly for competition
33. Each nurse participant was asked to state a problem. Prior to the
statement of the research problem, which of the following should be
done:
a. methodology
b. review of related literature and delineating the population
c. acknowledgement
d. table of contents
34. Each nurse participant was asked to state a problem. Prior to the
statement of the research problem, which of the following should be
done:
a. methodology
b. review of related literature and delineating the population
c. acknowledgement
d. table of contents
35. Predictions of the outcome of the research are stated as:
a. methodology
b. samples
c. hypothesis
d. chi-square
36. Which of the following communicate the results of the research to
the readers. They facilitate the description of the data:
a. hypothesis
b. statistics
c. research problems
d. tables
Situation: Research is sometimes thought as concerned only with the
physical phenomena. Man major problems which demands research
include how to reduce his burden of works. The following questions are
about the different types of research:
37. Identify this type of research that was conducted by Robert Hooke's
resulted in Hooke's law. Which states that " With the limit of perfect
elasticity, strain is directly proportional to stress".
a. Pure Research b. Applied research

c. Action Research d. Field Research
38. To solve the problem on rice shortage, this type of research that a
researcher used in using new varieties of rice which has been
conducted for the purpose of producing more rice is an example of:
a. Pure Research
b. Applied research
c. Action Research
d. Field Research
39. This type of research stated by Robert Boyle's which says that " if
the temperature remains constant, the volume of a confined gas is
inversely proportional to the pressure“ is an Example of:
a. Pure Research
b. Applied research
c. Action Research
d. Field Research

40. This is a type of research wherein the process involves practitioners
who study a certain problem and from such experience draws their
decisions as well as evaluation is:
a. Pure Research
b. Applied research
c. Action Research
d. Field Research
41. Another problem that is typical of this type of research is on
overpopulation. To solve this problem, research on the effectiveness on
the different contraceptives for family planning has been conducted to
alleviate the number of children per family. Select appropriate type:
a. Pure Research
b. Applied research
c. Action Research
d. Field Research
Situation: There is a saying that " No two individuals are alike and even
identical twins are different. Same as the concept or ideas that can be
found in different studies although there is a replication of the study but it
has a distinction. Replication of the study can only be used to determine
the differences and similarities of the study. The following questions are
pertaining to the qualities, properties or characteristics of people, things,
events or situation under study.
42. Which of the following concepts best describes the characteristics of

variables which have two or more mutually exclusive values or properties?
a. Pre- operative anxiety level c. Height, weight and sex
b. Government agencies d. Height and weight of an
infant
43. These are building blocks of research studies and are not restricted
to pre existing attributes, these could be people, things events or
situation:
a. Concept c. Literature
b. Variables d. Operational
44. This type of research is intended to all bodies of scientific
knowledge in order to discover the basic truths or principles.
a. Applied research c. Field research

b. Action research d. Pure research
45. The statement of the problem may be stated in various ways. But
the most commonly used in a thesis writings is a question that
expresses simply and directly to the point which requires the precise
answer and focuses attention to the inquiry. This form is called?
a. Declarative form c. Interrogative form

b. Exclamatory form d. Narrative form
Situation: As a beginner in Nursing Research, You are aware that all the sections
of a research reports is essential in determining the usefulness of its result and its
value to society and to the profession.
46. Nursing students started to look for the basic components of a research
report, in their own understanding that the title of the study should have the
following EXCEPT:
a. It embodies substantive words or phrases which gives idea of what the

research study is all about
b. It must be clearly stated and concise
c. The variables of the study are reflected in the title, particularly the relationship
among variables and the proposed target population
d. It has varying qualities of people, institutions, situations or statuses
47. After choosing the title of the study they started to worked out on
the introduction which means that introduction should be:
a. The problem that must be clearly stated and it must express precise
terms as the subject of inquiry.
b. Present a brief discussion of the rationale and background of the
problem or subject of inquiry.
c. The reason or reasons for undertaking the study and leave no doubt
in the readers' mind regarding the true intention of the study.
d. A statement or assertions related to the problem usually drawn from
the theoretical frameworks
48. The introduction part includes the following:
1. The context of the problem and its historical background
2. Authoritative viewpoints on the problem
3.The goals of the study are expressed in a broad statement.
4. Experience, training and professional qualification of the researcher.
5. The researcher interest in working on the problem
6. It contributes to the stockpile of knowledge in the particular field
7. The purpose of the study in relation to the problem.

a. 1, 3, 5, and 7 c. 1, 2, 5 and 7
b. 2, 3, 4 and 6 d. 3, 5 6 and 7
49. Theory comes from the Greek word “Theoria” which means:
a. beholding spectacle or speculation.

b. an inquiry or examination
c. To seek again
d. To gain solution to the problems
50. Terms that are defined according to the special way that they are
used in the study is:
a. Conceptual Definition
b. Lexical Definition
c. Operational Definition
d. Denotative Definition
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NRes2 PRELIM 2021

Situation : As a beginner in nursing research , you are aware that the

a. Literature Sources and previous research studies

3. Jean wants to do a study on this topic: “Effects of massage and

a .clarify an ambiguous modality care

a. to identify if problem can be replicated

a. sharing results with colleagues

a. The effects of regular nurse visits to client’s bedside on the number

a. title c. statement of the problem

13. The main contribution of research to the improvement of the nursing

a. provide the theoretical/ scientific basis for nursing care

a. identifying the research problem, planning on the material and

a. knowledge of the researcher

a. Make a survey in the neighborhood

a. Research Hypothesis c . Tool Paradigm

a. Hypothesis c. Research Problem

20. A community health nurse conducts a study on the Role of a Nurse

a. Continue to include them in the study

a. Marital Status c. Informal Consent

23. Which of the following characteristics do NOT describe scientific

a. It has the potential to change how nursing care is delivered in the

a. sharing research results to colleagues

a. A study on the effects of the white uniform of hospital personnel on

a. A Descriptive Study to Compare the Support System of Patients with

a. Control group c. General Population

32. As a professional, nurse can do research for varied reasons, EXCEPT:

a. Pure Research b. Applied research

42. Which of the following concepts best describes the characteristics of

a. Applied research c. Field research

a. Declarative form c. Interrogative form

a. It embodies substantive words or phrases which gives idea of what the

a. beholding spectacle or speculation.

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