NR 599- MIDTERM EXAM
QUESTION WITH VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS
Data - correct answer-Raw facts that lack meaning
Data mining - correct answer-Process of utilizing software to sort through data to
discover patterns and ascertain or establish relationships
May help discover or uncover previously unidentified relationships among the data in a
database
Foundation of Knowledge model - correct answer-Model proposing that humans are
organic information systems constantly acquiring, processing, generating, and
disseminating information or knowledge in both their professional and personal lives
Information - correct answer-Data that are interpreted, organized, or structured
Data processed using knowledge or data made functional through the application of
knowledge
Knowledge - correct answer-The awareness and understanding of a set of information
and ways that information can be made useful to support a specific task or arrive at a
decision
Information that has judgment applied to it or meaning extracted from it
Knowledge acquisition - correct answer-the act of getting knowledge
Knowledge dissemination - correct answer-Distribution and sharing of knowledge
Knowledge generation - correct answer-The creation of new knowledge by changing
and evolving knowledge based on one's experience, education, and input from others
Knowledge processing - correct answer-The activity or process of gathering or
collecting, perceiving, analyzing, synthesizing, saving or storing, manipulating,
conveying, and transmitting knowledge
Knowledge worker - correct answer-those who work with information and generate
information and knowledge as a product
Nursing informatics - correct answer-a specialty that integrates nursing science,
computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data,
information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice
QUESTION WITH VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS
Data - correct answer-Raw facts that lack meaning
Data mining - correct answer-Process of utilizing software to sort through data to
discover patterns and ascertain or establish relationships
May help discover or uncover previously unidentified relationships among the data in a
database
Foundation of Knowledge model - correct answer-Model proposing that humans are
organic information systems constantly acquiring, processing, generating, and
disseminating information or knowledge in both their professional and personal lives
Information - correct answer-Data that are interpreted, organized, or structured
Data processed using knowledge or data made functional through the application of
knowledge
Knowledge - correct answer-The awareness and understanding of a set of information
and ways that information can be made useful to support a specific task or arrive at a
decision
Information that has judgment applied to it or meaning extracted from it
Knowledge acquisition - correct answer-the act of getting knowledge
Knowledge dissemination - correct answer-Distribution and sharing of knowledge
Knowledge generation - correct answer-The creation of new knowledge by changing
and evolving knowledge based on one's experience, education, and input from others
Knowledge processing - correct answer-The activity or process of gathering or
collecting, perceiving, analyzing, synthesizing, saving or storing, manipulating,
conveying, and transmitting knowledge
Knowledge worker - correct answer-those who work with information and generate
information and knowledge as a product
Nursing informatics - correct answer-a specialty that integrates nursing science,
computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data,
information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice
