D118: OA Complete Test Bank
1. An advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) is gathering
data for an ongoing research project. In the project, the APRN
is interviewing individual patients as well as conducting
focused group sessions with multiple patients. Which type of
research design is being used by the APRN?
a. Quasi-experimental b. Qualitative
c. Experimental
d. Descriptive: ANS: B
Qualitative research relies on data obtained by the researcher from
first-hand obser- vation, interviews, questionnaires (on which
participants write descriptively), focus groups, participant
observation, recordings made in natural settings, documents,
case studies, and artifacts.
,2. An advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) is gathering
data for an ongoing research project. In the project, a group
of individuals with Type 2 diabetes are divided into two
randomized groups. Which type of research design is being
used by the APRN?
a. Quasi-experimental b. Qualitative
c. Experimental
d. Descriptive: ANS: C
In an experimental research study, the participants in both the
treatment and control groups are randomly assigned.
3. An advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) is gathering
data for an ongoing research project. In the project, a group
of individuals with Type 2 diabetes are divided into two non-
randomized groups. Which type of research design is being
used by the APRN?
,a. Quasi-experimental b. Qualitative
c. Experimental
d. Descriptive: ANS: A
A quasi-experimental design does not randomly assign
participants to treatment or control groups for comparison.
4. An advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) is
gathering data for an ongoing research project. In the project,
the APRN is focusing on identifying the characteristics that
makeup a population of patients with Type 2 diabetes. Which
type of research design is being used by the APRN?
a. Quasi-experimental b. Qualitative
c. Experimental
d. Descriptive: ANS: D
, Descriptive Research is used to describe characteristics of a
population or phe- nomenon being studied. It does not answer
questions about how/when/why the characteristics occurred.
Rather it addresses the "what" question (what are the
characteristics of the population or situation being studied?).
5. What is the purpose of Level I research?
a. To define characteristics of interest of groups of patients
b. To demonstrate the effectiveness of an intervention or
treatment c. To describe relationships among characteristics
or variables
d. To evaluate the nature of relationships between two
variables: ANS: A
Level I research is conducted to define the characteristics of
groups of patients.
1. An advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) is gathering
data for an ongoing research project. In the project, the APRN
is interviewing individual patients as well as conducting
focused group sessions with multiple patients. Which type of
research design is being used by the APRN?
a. Quasi-experimental b. Qualitative
c. Experimental
d. Descriptive: ANS: B
Qualitative research relies on data obtained by the researcher from
first-hand obser- vation, interviews, questionnaires (on which
participants write descriptively), focus groups, participant
observation, recordings made in natural settings, documents,
case studies, and artifacts.
,2. An advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) is gathering
data for an ongoing research project. In the project, a group
of individuals with Type 2 diabetes are divided into two
randomized groups. Which type of research design is being
used by the APRN?
a. Quasi-experimental b. Qualitative
c. Experimental
d. Descriptive: ANS: C
In an experimental research study, the participants in both the
treatment and control groups are randomly assigned.
3. An advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) is gathering
data for an ongoing research project. In the project, a group
of individuals with Type 2 diabetes are divided into two non-
randomized groups. Which type of research design is being
used by the APRN?
,a. Quasi-experimental b. Qualitative
c. Experimental
d. Descriptive: ANS: A
A quasi-experimental design does not randomly assign
participants to treatment or control groups for comparison.
4. An advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) is
gathering data for an ongoing research project. In the project,
the APRN is focusing on identifying the characteristics that
makeup a population of patients with Type 2 diabetes. Which
type of research design is being used by the APRN?
a. Quasi-experimental b. Qualitative
c. Experimental
d. Descriptive: ANS: D
, Descriptive Research is used to describe characteristics of a
population or phe- nomenon being studied. It does not answer
questions about how/when/why the characteristics occurred.
Rather it addresses the "what" question (what are the
characteristics of the population or situation being studied?).
5. What is the purpose of Level I research?
a. To define characteristics of interest of groups of patients
b. To demonstrate the effectiveness of an intervention or
treatment c. To describe relationships among characteristics
or variables
d. To evaluate the nature of relationships between two
variables: ANS: A
Level I research is conducted to define the characteristics of
groups of patients.
