Test Bank for Advancing Your Career: Concepts in
Professional Nursing 5th Edition
, Chapter 2. Theory as the Basis for Practice?
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. “A set of interrelated constructs (concepts), definitions, and propositions that present a systematic view of
phenomena by specifying relations among variables, with the purpose of explaining and predicting the
phenomena” is the definition of a:
A. Paradigm
B. Framework
C. Theory
D. Phenomena
2. Theory is defined as “a set of interrelated constructs (concepts), definitions, and propositions that present a
systematic view of phenomena by specifying relations among variables, with the purpose of explaining and
predicting the phenomena” by:
A. Piaget
B. Kerlinger and Lee
C. Erikson and Piaget
D. Barnum
3. A graphic representation of a phenomenon is a:
A. Framework
B. Metaparadigm
C. Philosophy
D. Model
4. A theory can evolve from a:
A. Conceptual model
B. Philosophy
C. Phenomenon
D. Paradigm
5. A concept:
A. Can be highly concrete or highly abstract
B. Is less complex than a construct
C. Provides a view we hold about something
D. All of the above
6. Propositions in a theory are the descriptions and relationship among the constructs that:
A. Develop a theory that includes factor-isolating
B. Propose how the concepts are linked and relate to each other
C. Describe the significance, consistency, and scope of the theory
D. All of the above
7. The classification of grand, middle range, or limited applies to:
A. Phenomena
B. Quantum theory
C. Statistical probabilities
D. Theories
Professional Nursing 5th Edition
, Chapter 2. Theory as the Basis for Practice?
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. “A set of interrelated constructs (concepts), definitions, and propositions that present a systematic view of
phenomena by specifying relations among variables, with the purpose of explaining and predicting the
phenomena” is the definition of a:
A. Paradigm
B. Framework
C. Theory
D. Phenomena
2. Theory is defined as “a set of interrelated constructs (concepts), definitions, and propositions that present a
systematic view of phenomena by specifying relations among variables, with the purpose of explaining and
predicting the phenomena” by:
A. Piaget
B. Kerlinger and Lee
C. Erikson and Piaget
D. Barnum
3. A graphic representation of a phenomenon is a:
A. Framework
B. Metaparadigm
C. Philosophy
D. Model
4. A theory can evolve from a:
A. Conceptual model
B. Philosophy
C. Phenomenon
D. Paradigm
5. A concept:
A. Can be highly concrete or highly abstract
B. Is less complex than a construct
C. Provides a view we hold about something
D. All of the above
6. Propositions in a theory are the descriptions and relationship among the constructs that:
A. Develop a theory that includes factor-isolating
B. Propose how the concepts are linked and relate to each other
C. Describe the significance, consistency, and scope of the theory
D. All of the above
7. The classification of grand, middle range, or limited applies to:
A. Phenomena
B. Quantum theory
C. Statistical probabilities
D. Theories
