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, NR 524 FINAL EXAM
Curriculum Development
Chamberlain University
100 Original Practice Q & A with Rationales
2026/2027 Edition
1. A school of nursing begins a major curriculum revision. What should educators examine first?
A) Available textbook covers only
B) Faculty preferences for classroom times
C)Program mission, stakeholder needs, learner characteristics, and practice expectations
D)The oldest set of exam questions
Correct Answer: Program mission, stakeholder needs, learner characteristics, and practice expectations
Rationale: A systematic needs assessment and mission review establish the reasons and direction for revision.
2. A proposed curriculum emphasizes rural population needs. Which evidence most directly
supportsthis priority?
A) Community health needs and workforce data
B) An individual faculty member's favorite topic
C)The color of the course website
D)A textbook publisher's promotional schedule
Correct Answer: Community health needs and workforce data
Rationale: Community and workforce data help demonstrate population relevance and program accountability.
3. What feature makes a nursing program outcome measurable?
A) A vague promise that students will appreciate nursing
B) An observable performance criterion and evaluation method
C)A requirement to like all courses
D)A statement with no evidence source
Correct Answer: An observable performance criterion and evaluation method
Rationale: Specific observable performance and evidence make program outcomes assessable.
4. What is vertical curriculum alignment?
A) Using the same assignment without change in every semester
B) Scheduling all courses on one weekday
C)Making each course unrelated to the next
D)Progressively building competence across successive courses
Correct Answer:
Rationale:
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, Correct Answer: Progressively building competence across successive courses Rationale:
Vertical alignment supports increasingly complex learning across the program.
5. What is horizontal curriculum alignment?
A) Coordinating related learning across courses at the same level
B) Repeating introductory content every year
C)Replacing clinical instruction with lectures only
D)Removing prerequisite expectations
Correct Answer: Coordinating related learning across courses at the same level
Rationale: Horizontal alignment connects concurrent courses around shared outcomes and concepts.
6. Which example illustrates a spiral curriculum?
A) Teaching medication calculations once and never again
B) Placing all content in one final lecture
C)Randomly alternating unrelated skills
D)Revisiting patient safety with increasing case complexity over time
Correct Answer: Revisiting patient safety with increasing case complexity over time Rationale:
Spiral organization returns to important concepts at higher levels of sophistication.
7. A concept-based curriculum is most likely to organize learning around what?
A) Lists of every disease in alphabetical order only
B) Individual instructor slide decks
C)Transferable concepts such as perfusion and safety across settings
D)The sequence of chapters in one textbook
Correct Answer: Transferable concepts such as perfusion and safety across settings
Rationale: Conceptual organization promotes transfer and clinical reasoning beyond isolated diagnoses.
8. Which statement best describes a curriculum framework?
A) The organizing concepts and relationships that guide course design
B) A record of classroom attendance
C)A faculty vacation calendar
D)A list of examination answer letters
Correct Answer: The organizing concepts and relationships that guide course design
Rationale: The framework provides coherent structure for content and learning experiences.
9. An educator wants graduates to demonstrate evidence-based practice. What is the
strongestcurricular approach?
A) Mention the phrase once during orientation
B) Embed searching, appraisal, application, and evaluation across multiple courses
Correct Answer:
Rationale:
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, NR 524 FINAL EXAM
Curriculum Development
Chamberlain University
100 Original Practice Q & A with Rationales
2026/2027 Edition
1. A school of nursing begins a major curriculum revision. What should educators examine first?
A) Available textbook covers only
B) Faculty preferences for classroom times
C)Program mission, stakeholder needs, learner characteristics, and practice expectations
D)The oldest set of exam questions
Correct Answer: Program mission, stakeholder needs, learner characteristics, and practice expectations
Rationale: A systematic needs assessment and mission review establish the reasons and direction for revision.
2. A proposed curriculum emphasizes rural population needs. Which evidence most directly
supportsthis priority?
A) Community health needs and workforce data
B) An individual faculty member's favorite topic
C)The color of the course website
D)A textbook publisher's promotional schedule
Correct Answer: Community health needs and workforce data
Rationale: Community and workforce data help demonstrate population relevance and program accountability.
3. What feature makes a nursing program outcome measurable?
A) A vague promise that students will appreciate nursing
B) An observable performance criterion and evaluation method
C)A requirement to like all courses
D)A statement with no evidence source
Correct Answer: An observable performance criterion and evaluation method
Rationale: Specific observable performance and evidence make program outcomes assessable.
4. What is vertical curriculum alignment?
A) Using the same assignment without change in every semester
B) Scheduling all courses on one weekday
C)Making each course unrelated to the next
D)Progressively building competence across successive courses
Correct Answer:
Rationale:
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, Correct Answer: Progressively building competence across successive courses Rationale:
Vertical alignment supports increasingly complex learning across the program.
5. What is horizontal curriculum alignment?
A) Coordinating related learning across courses at the same level
B) Repeating introductory content every year
C)Replacing clinical instruction with lectures only
D)Removing prerequisite expectations
Correct Answer: Coordinating related learning across courses at the same level
Rationale: Horizontal alignment connects concurrent courses around shared outcomes and concepts.
6. Which example illustrates a spiral curriculum?
A) Teaching medication calculations once and never again
B) Placing all content in one final lecture
C)Randomly alternating unrelated skills
D)Revisiting patient safety with increasing case complexity over time
Correct Answer: Revisiting patient safety with increasing case complexity over time Rationale:
Spiral organization returns to important concepts at higher levels of sophistication.
7. A concept-based curriculum is most likely to organize learning around what?
A) Lists of every disease in alphabetical order only
B) Individual instructor slide decks
C)Transferable concepts such as perfusion and safety across settings
D)The sequence of chapters in one textbook
Correct Answer: Transferable concepts such as perfusion and safety across settings
Rationale: Conceptual organization promotes transfer and clinical reasoning beyond isolated diagnoses.
8. Which statement best describes a curriculum framework?
A) The organizing concepts and relationships that guide course design
B) A record of classroom attendance
C)A faculty vacation calendar
D)A list of examination answer letters
Correct Answer: The organizing concepts and relationships that guide course design
Rationale: The framework provides coherent structure for content and learning experiences.
9. An educator wants graduates to demonstrate evidence-based practice. What is the
strongestcurricular approach?
A) Mention the phrase once during orientation
B) Embed searching, appraisal, application, and evaluation across multiple courses
Correct Answer:
Rationale:
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