EDAC SET EXAMINER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SET A+
✔✔As soon as the project scope is defined, which of the
following should kick-off the research process?
a. Identify research questions.
b. Conduct a literature review.
c. Document a hypothesis.
d. Establish performance metrics. - ✔✔a. Identify research questions.
✔✔After reviewing reliable research studies indicating
that soothing music can reduce the need for
anesthesia during medical procedures, the team
wants to incorporate this feature in their operating
rooms. What baseline data is MOST important to
gather during the design phase to be able to evaluate
the success of this feature after occupancy?
a. Average length of the procedure.
b. Average number of procedures.
c. Average patient recovery time.
d. Average patient satisfaction scores. - ✔✔c. Average patient recovery time.
✔✔A team of researchers collected data on patient
and family stress, patient length of stay (LOS),
and overall satisfaction to compare a unit with
windows to a unit without windows. After
collecting data they realized that staff changes
had been implemented in the new unit. Which of
the following should the team do before drawing
conclusions?
a. Analyze the data for confounding variables.
b. Conduct focus groups with the new staff.
c. Conduct surveys with the existing staff.
, d. Disregard the data and restart data collection. - ✔✔a. Analyze the data for
confounding variables.
✔✔What MUST the executive team of a community
health center do to establish a project vision and
goals and gain insight into how design strategies will
work in a real-world setting?
a. Confirm the project scope with the board of
directors.
b. Develop the project team structure and budget.
c. Select and engage members of an interdisciplinary
project team.
d. Establish expectations for the project and team
members. - ✔✔c. Select and engage members of an interdisciplinary
project team.
✔✔As the project team begins to develop their design
strategies for the emergency room, they want to
locate the most relevant research. What is the BEST
place for them to locate this information?
a. Trade journals
b. Indexing service
c. Websites
d. Databases - ✔✔d. Databases
✔✔As the project team begins their work, they should
establish guiding principles and design guidelines that
will lead to the creation of design concepts. What is
BEST source of information for the team to use when
developing their guiding principles?
a. Relevant literature.
b. Experiential knowledge.
c. Current healthcare regulations.
d. Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report. - ✔✔a. Relevant literature.
✔✔What is the MOST important reason to include
expert experiential knowledge from an architectural
consultant firm?
a. They have access to a database of resources.
b. They have access to a network of professionals.
c. They provide experimental data on research studies.
d. They bring project-based observations and insights. - ✔✔d. They bring project-based
observations and insights.
✔✔When measuring or evaluating results, various
SET A+
✔✔As soon as the project scope is defined, which of the
following should kick-off the research process?
a. Identify research questions.
b. Conduct a literature review.
c. Document a hypothesis.
d. Establish performance metrics. - ✔✔a. Identify research questions.
✔✔After reviewing reliable research studies indicating
that soothing music can reduce the need for
anesthesia during medical procedures, the team
wants to incorporate this feature in their operating
rooms. What baseline data is MOST important to
gather during the design phase to be able to evaluate
the success of this feature after occupancy?
a. Average length of the procedure.
b. Average number of procedures.
c. Average patient recovery time.
d. Average patient satisfaction scores. - ✔✔c. Average patient recovery time.
✔✔A team of researchers collected data on patient
and family stress, patient length of stay (LOS),
and overall satisfaction to compare a unit with
windows to a unit without windows. After
collecting data they realized that staff changes
had been implemented in the new unit. Which of
the following should the team do before drawing
conclusions?
a. Analyze the data for confounding variables.
b. Conduct focus groups with the new staff.
c. Conduct surveys with the existing staff.
, d. Disregard the data and restart data collection. - ✔✔a. Analyze the data for
confounding variables.
✔✔What MUST the executive team of a community
health center do to establish a project vision and
goals and gain insight into how design strategies will
work in a real-world setting?
a. Confirm the project scope with the board of
directors.
b. Develop the project team structure and budget.
c. Select and engage members of an interdisciplinary
project team.
d. Establish expectations for the project and team
members. - ✔✔c. Select and engage members of an interdisciplinary
project team.
✔✔As the project team begins to develop their design
strategies for the emergency room, they want to
locate the most relevant research. What is the BEST
place for them to locate this information?
a. Trade journals
b. Indexing service
c. Websites
d. Databases - ✔✔d. Databases
✔✔As the project team begins their work, they should
establish guiding principles and design guidelines that
will lead to the creation of design concepts. What is
BEST source of information for the team to use when
developing their guiding principles?
a. Relevant literature.
b. Experiential knowledge.
c. Current healthcare regulations.
d. Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report. - ✔✔a. Relevant literature.
✔✔What is the MOST important reason to include
expert experiential knowledge from an architectural
consultant firm?
a. They have access to a database of resources.
b. They have access to a network of professionals.
c. They provide experimental data on research studies.
d. They bring project-based observations and insights. - ✔✔d. They bring project-based
observations and insights.
✔✔When measuring or evaluating results, various
