NUR 3405 (QUIZ 2) UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Derek is considering where he will search for literature. Given his research question, he identifies
MEDLINE as the best place to start. Which stage of the literature review process does this represent?
A. Devise search strategy
B. Document search decisions and actions
C. Abstract
D. Search for, identify, and retrieve potential primary
source materials
E. Evaluate and analyze the studies
Answer:
A.
Question:
2. Molly keeps detailed notes to track her literature review progress. She uses EndNote to capture a running
bibliography of papers she retrieves. Which stage of the literature review process does this represent?
A) Devise search strategy
B) Document search decisions and actions
C) Abstract
D) Search for, identify, and retrieve potential primary
source materials
E) Evaluate and analyze the studies
Answer:
B.
Question:
3. Which stage of the literature review process does this represent?
A) Devise search strategy
B) Document search decisions and actions
C) Abstract
D) Search for, identify, and retrieve potential primary
source materials
E) Evaluate and analyze the studies
After Sandra reads the full text of each source, she adds details about relevant articles to matrix. the process
helps her pull out the most important details from the article, including the finings and her own personal
rating of the article.
Answer:
drawing on key pieces of information you have discovered to create notes that will be useful to you and
others. C. Creating abstracts - brief summaries - provides tremendous payoffs. You are
,Question:
4. Sofia uses Boolean operators and wildcard characters to expand her search results as she navigates each
database Which stage of the literature review process does this represent?
A) Devise search strategy
B) Document search decisions and actions
C) Abstract
D) Search for, identify, and retrieve potential primary
source materials
E) Evaluate and analyze the studies
Answer:
D. Developing skills for effectively searching electronic
databases will make it easier to access the best and most applicable evidence when conducting a literature
search. Key skills to develop are selection g best keywords and terms to use to guide your search on a topic
Question:
5. A) Devise search strategy
B) Document search decisions and actions
C) Abstract
D) Search for, identify, and retrieve potential primary
source materials
E) Evaluate and analyze the studies
Dianna looks across all of the research she's re- viewed and considers questions such as, "What is the pattern
of evidence"?, How much evidence is there?", and "To what types of people or settings does that evidence
apply?" What stage of the literature review process does this represent?
Answer:
E.
Question:
6. When beginning a literature search for relevant evidence, the researcher selects databases to review.
Which database is most likely to include nursing studies?
A. CINAHL
B. Google Scholar
C. PubMed
D. Medline
Answer:
A.
Question:
7. A nurse is completing a literature review, the nurse has several ideas for a focus, but has not nailed down
a specific topic for a examine. Which step would be most helpful to follow at this stage?
A. Retrieve and print source materials
B. Review abstracts for articles
C. Formulate a clear research question
D. Screen and read articles
Answer:
C.
,Question:
8. A. Use wildcard characters
B. Use Boolean logic (e.g. AND/OR operators)
C. Create a presentation to summarize results
D. Evaluate and lazy studies
E. Create an abstract
A nurse is trying to pride the best search results possible suing keywords searches. What is an appropriate
tip to provide in order to achieve this goal? (Select all that apply.)
Answer:
A, B
Question:
9. A nurse is looking across all of the studies reviewed to date and asks questions such as, "What is the
pattern of evidence?", How much evidence is there?", and "How consistent is the evidence?" The nurse is in
what stage of the literature review process?
A. Devise a search strategy
B. Formulate and refine primary and secondary
questions
C. Evaluate and analyze the studies
D. Read and screen sources
Answer:
C.
Question:
10. When conducting a research literature search, which activity is the most reliable way to identify new
scholarly references?
A. Search novel Internet websites for up-to-date information
B. Change topics and use new key search terms
C. Review materials in commercial websites
D. Note relevant citations in the articles being reviewed
Answer:
D.
Question:
11. search. What should Sofia's next step be?
A. She should go to PubMed and input search terms
B. She should devise a search strategy
C. She should search for themes
Sofia's assignment is to conduct a literature search on a "description of nursing students" involvement in
faculty research endeavors. Sofia was instructed to use PubMEd as her database for her literature
Answer:
A
, Question:
12. Sofia did not devise a search strategy and went directly to PubMed and entered terms "nursing students",
"faculty", and "research" to find out relevant information about the description of nursing students'
involvement in faculty research endeavors, How many results would you expect to see from her search?
A. less than 100
B. 100-200
C. More than 1,000
Answer:
C
Question:
13. cles that are obviously irrelevant
B. Integrate information and synthesize literature
C. Revise her search
Sofia is frustrated because she is trying to find relevant information for her assignment. her search so has
resulted in thousands of studies that don't apply to her research topic. Sofia reviews her textbook, returns to
PubMed, limits her search to the last five years, and identifies MeSH terms for her keywords: "faculty
mentoring," "undergraduate nursing student," and "student research." This time, Sofia gets more targeted
results. Total article results were N=44 What should Sofia's next step be?
A. Review the abstracts of each article snd omit arti-
Answer:
A
Question:
14. In conducting a subject search in an electronic database, the nurse would most likely initiate the search
by type in:
A. a research design.
B. an author's name
C. the name of a journal
D. a keyword or phrase
Answer:
D
Question:
15. When the nurse searches for nursing topics, what electronic database includes the most nursing
literature?
A. CINAHL
B. MEDLINE
C. ERIC
D. MedPub
Answer:
A
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Derek is considering where he will search for literature. Given his research question, he identifies
MEDLINE as the best place to start. Which stage of the literature review process does this represent?
A. Devise search strategy
B. Document search decisions and actions
C. Abstract
D. Search for, identify, and retrieve potential primary
source materials
E. Evaluate and analyze the studies
Answer:
A.
Question:
2. Molly keeps detailed notes to track her literature review progress. She uses EndNote to capture a running
bibliography of papers she retrieves. Which stage of the literature review process does this represent?
A) Devise search strategy
B) Document search decisions and actions
C) Abstract
D) Search for, identify, and retrieve potential primary
source materials
E) Evaluate and analyze the studies
Answer:
B.
Question:
3. Which stage of the literature review process does this represent?
A) Devise search strategy
B) Document search decisions and actions
C) Abstract
D) Search for, identify, and retrieve potential primary
source materials
E) Evaluate and analyze the studies
After Sandra reads the full text of each source, she adds details about relevant articles to matrix. the process
helps her pull out the most important details from the article, including the finings and her own personal
rating of the article.
Answer:
drawing on key pieces of information you have discovered to create notes that will be useful to you and
others. C. Creating abstracts - brief summaries - provides tremendous payoffs. You are
,Question:
4. Sofia uses Boolean operators and wildcard characters to expand her search results as she navigates each
database Which stage of the literature review process does this represent?
A) Devise search strategy
B) Document search decisions and actions
C) Abstract
D) Search for, identify, and retrieve potential primary
source materials
E) Evaluate and analyze the studies
Answer:
D. Developing skills for effectively searching electronic
databases will make it easier to access the best and most applicable evidence when conducting a literature
search. Key skills to develop are selection g best keywords and terms to use to guide your search on a topic
Question:
5. A) Devise search strategy
B) Document search decisions and actions
C) Abstract
D) Search for, identify, and retrieve potential primary
source materials
E) Evaluate and analyze the studies
Dianna looks across all of the research she's re- viewed and considers questions such as, "What is the pattern
of evidence"?, How much evidence is there?", and "To what types of people or settings does that evidence
apply?" What stage of the literature review process does this represent?
Answer:
E.
Question:
6. When beginning a literature search for relevant evidence, the researcher selects databases to review.
Which database is most likely to include nursing studies?
A. CINAHL
B. Google Scholar
C. PubMed
D. Medline
Answer:
A.
Question:
7. A nurse is completing a literature review, the nurse has several ideas for a focus, but has not nailed down
a specific topic for a examine. Which step would be most helpful to follow at this stage?
A. Retrieve and print source materials
B. Review abstracts for articles
C. Formulate a clear research question
D. Screen and read articles
Answer:
C.
,Question:
8. A. Use wildcard characters
B. Use Boolean logic (e.g. AND/OR operators)
C. Create a presentation to summarize results
D. Evaluate and lazy studies
E. Create an abstract
A nurse is trying to pride the best search results possible suing keywords searches. What is an appropriate
tip to provide in order to achieve this goal? (Select all that apply.)
Answer:
A, B
Question:
9. A nurse is looking across all of the studies reviewed to date and asks questions such as, "What is the
pattern of evidence?", How much evidence is there?", and "How consistent is the evidence?" The nurse is in
what stage of the literature review process?
A. Devise a search strategy
B. Formulate and refine primary and secondary
questions
C. Evaluate and analyze the studies
D. Read and screen sources
Answer:
C.
Question:
10. When conducting a research literature search, which activity is the most reliable way to identify new
scholarly references?
A. Search novel Internet websites for up-to-date information
B. Change topics and use new key search terms
C. Review materials in commercial websites
D. Note relevant citations in the articles being reviewed
Answer:
D.
Question:
11. search. What should Sofia's next step be?
A. She should go to PubMed and input search terms
B. She should devise a search strategy
C. She should search for themes
Sofia's assignment is to conduct a literature search on a "description of nursing students" involvement in
faculty research endeavors. Sofia was instructed to use PubMEd as her database for her literature
Answer:
A
, Question:
12. Sofia did not devise a search strategy and went directly to PubMed and entered terms "nursing students",
"faculty", and "research" to find out relevant information about the description of nursing students'
involvement in faculty research endeavors, How many results would you expect to see from her search?
A. less than 100
B. 100-200
C. More than 1,000
Answer:
C
Question:
13. cles that are obviously irrelevant
B. Integrate information and synthesize literature
C. Revise her search
Sofia is frustrated because she is trying to find relevant information for her assignment. her search so has
resulted in thousands of studies that don't apply to her research topic. Sofia reviews her textbook, returns to
PubMed, limits her search to the last five years, and identifies MeSH terms for her keywords: "faculty
mentoring," "undergraduate nursing student," and "student research." This time, Sofia gets more targeted
results. Total article results were N=44 What should Sofia's next step be?
A. Review the abstracts of each article snd omit arti-
Answer:
A
Question:
14. In conducting a subject search in an electronic database, the nurse would most likely initiate the search
by type in:
A. a research design.
B. an author's name
C. the name of a journal
D. a keyword or phrase
Answer:
D
Question:
15. When the nurse searches for nursing topics, what electronic database includes the most nursing
literature?
A. CINAHL
B. MEDLINE
C. ERIC
D. MedPub
Answer:
A
