ABPTS OCS |ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS|BRAND NEW 2026-2027
UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 1
What are the components of Evidence-Based Practice?
i. Individual clinician's experience
ii. Patient's preference(s)
iii. Best available external evidence from peer-reviewed literature
iv. All of the above
CORRECT ANSWER
iv
Question 2
Which of the following is an example of Level III evidence?
i. Case-control study
ii. Case study
iii. Prospective study
iv. Randomized controlled trial
CORRECT ANSWER
i
Question 3
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,An intervention that possesses "a single Level II study or a preponderance of Level III and
IV studies including statements of consensus by content experts" would be categorized as
having which level of evidence?
i. Expert Opinion
ii. Moderate
iii. Strong
iv. Weak
CORRECT ANSWER
iv
Question 4
Which study design is best suited to answer a question as to the effectiveness of a
treatment?
i. Cohort Study
ii. Quasi-experimental design
iii. Randomized Controlled Trial
iv. Survey
CORRECT ANSWER
iii
Question 5
Erroneously accepting the Null Hypothesis (stating there is NO difference between
intervention and control when the intervention is actually better) is an example of which
type of error?
i. Type 1
ii. Type 2
CORRECT ANSWER
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, ii
Question 6
A statistical measurement that let's us extrapolate how the Mean of a study represents
the total population is?
i. Confidence Interval
ii. Effect Size
iii. Power
iv. P-Value
CORRECT ANSWER
i
Question 7
The memory device used to remember the interpretation of an Effect Size is which of the
following?
i. 9-6-1
ii. 8-5-2
iii. 10-5-2
iv. 7-5-3
CORRECT ANSWER
ii
Question 8
Use your knowledge of Confidence Intervals and Likelihood Ratios to interpret the
following data. +LR 5 (95% CI 4.1-9.6)
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ANSWERS|BRAND NEW 2026-2027
UPDATE|GRADED A+
Question 1
What are the components of Evidence-Based Practice?
i. Individual clinician's experience
ii. Patient's preference(s)
iii. Best available external evidence from peer-reviewed literature
iv. All of the above
CORRECT ANSWER
iv
Question 2
Which of the following is an example of Level III evidence?
i. Case-control study
ii. Case study
iii. Prospective study
iv. Randomized controlled trial
CORRECT ANSWER
i
Question 3
1
@THE STUDY VAULT
,An intervention that possesses "a single Level II study or a preponderance of Level III and
IV studies including statements of consensus by content experts" would be categorized as
having which level of evidence?
i. Expert Opinion
ii. Moderate
iii. Strong
iv. Weak
CORRECT ANSWER
iv
Question 4
Which study design is best suited to answer a question as to the effectiveness of a
treatment?
i. Cohort Study
ii. Quasi-experimental design
iii. Randomized Controlled Trial
iv. Survey
CORRECT ANSWER
iii
Question 5
Erroneously accepting the Null Hypothesis (stating there is NO difference between
intervention and control when the intervention is actually better) is an example of which
type of error?
i. Type 1
ii. Type 2
CORRECT ANSWER
2
@THE STUDY VAULT
, ii
Question 6
A statistical measurement that let's us extrapolate how the Mean of a study represents
the total population is?
i. Confidence Interval
ii. Effect Size
iii. Power
iv. P-Value
CORRECT ANSWER
i
Question 7
The memory device used to remember the interpretation of an Effect Size is which of the
following?
i. 9-6-1
ii. 8-5-2
iii. 10-5-2
iv. 7-5-3
CORRECT ANSWER
ii
Question 8
Use your knowledge of Confidence Intervals and Likelihood Ratios to interpret the
following data. +LR 5 (95% CI 4.1-9.6)
3
@THE STUDY VAULT
